Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 751 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
Two Opposing Worldviews - Wisdom Wednesday
Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 751 of our Trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. We continue this Wednesday to explore our trek of life through a Biblical Worldview. It is important as a Christ follower to interpret life through the lenses of a Biblical Worldview. That is a view of the world that is aligned with what the Bible teaches us. We are exploring current issues that impact our world and society and comparing them through the lens of the Bible, instead of the lens of our society, culture, modern media, or social media. I do not desire to tell you what to think, but teach you how to think, so that you may be able to filter current issues and events through your Biblical Worldview. I may explore opposing views and challenge you to think. You may not always agree with my view, and that is ok, and I am open to any comments that you may have on the subjects that we explore.
We are broadcasting from our studio at ‘The Big House’ in Marietta, OH. As more and more homes are decorated for Christmas, I enjoy looking at the beautiful homes. It reminds me that as part of my Biblical Worldview we are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world.
A biblical worldview begins with God in Genesis, chapter one and verse one. A Biblical worldview is viewing the world, the beginning of the world, people in the world, the problems in the world, governments in the world, issues in the world, solutions for the problems in the world, and the future of the world -- through God’s Word.
When you boil it all down there are only:
Two Opposing Worldviews
While there are really only two opposing worldviews, in today’s world, as it has been since the beginning of time, all of us have a mix of worldviews that make up our personal worldview. The key for the Christ-follower is to continually refine your worldview to be more and more in alignment with God’s Word. It is an unfortunate fact that many Christ-followers don’t know God’s Word well enough to have a strong Biblical Worldview.
A biblical worldview requires that you know what the Word of God teaches!
Everyone has a worldview whether they realize it or not. Your response to news about an abortion clinic is based on your worldview. Your response to school shootings is based on your worldview. Your response to evolution is based on your worldview. Your response to issues of sexuality is based on your worldview. Your response to issues of life and death is based on your worldview. Everyone has developed a "system of beliefs" and core values that they operate from. The goal is to be sure that this "system of beliefs" is based completely on the Word of God!It is also an unfortunate fact that each of us mixes our own partiality based on our own weaknesses, biases, addictions, genetic makeup, and environment into our worldview. This is even true of those who are in what we consider full-time ministries such as pastors and priest. Even as Christ-followers if we do not have a good understanding of the entirety of God’s Word from the perspective of the authors and their culture, our worldview will be a hybrid between a humanistic worldview and a Biblical worldview. A pure Biblical worldview cannot be based upon any human system of beliefs and values.
The best way to define a worldview is "simply how you see the world." If you were to put on a pair of glasses that had "blue lenses" everything you see would be "blue." If you were to put on a pair of glasses that had "green lenses" everything you see would be "green." There is an older phrase that is used when someone is not awar...
