To have a Christian worldview is to view the world as Christ does. The way we attain this is not by viewing the world, but by seeing Christ and being changed into His image as we behold His glory. Only when we become like Him in nature will we be able to see as He does. For this reason, the chief devotion of every Christian should be to see the Lord as He is, not as we want Him to be, and to keep Him as our first love and first devotion. We see this in II...

          We have been discussing some of the general and basic distinctions between different worldviews. Our goal is the strengthening and deepening of our Christian worldview and understanding how we are to interact with the world.

         However, there are as many Christian worldviews as there are movements and denominations, and actually as many as there are Christians. We all add our own life experiences and understanding to our view to some degree. This can be good or bad, often depending on whether we have had a good or bad experience in life. Even more importantly,...

         Last week we addressed the elements of truth in the saying, “In Jerusalem, Christianity became a religion. In Greece, it became a philosophy. In Rome, it became an institution. In Britain, it became a tradition. In America, it became an enterprise.”  Not all of this was bad or unintended. The Christian culture that was to be received by all nations was also intended to receive from all nations.

         Even so, the expression of Christianity has picked up a lot of baggage from its passage through the nations that it needs to get rid of. Much...

        There is a saying that contains an important insight: “In Jerusalem, Christianity became a religion. In Greece, it became a philosophy. In Rome, it became an institution. In Britain, it became a tradition, and in America, it became an enterprise.”

         There is some truth to this, and it is not all bad or unintended. The new creation culture that was to be received by all nations was also intended to receive from all nations. This is not to imply that the basic tenets of the faith were to be modified, but that the gospel would...

        Our worldview is how we see the world. As covered last week, there are four basic, dominant worldviews—Christian, Islamic, Secular, and Marxist. As stated, most of the troubles and conflicts in the world today are the result of the clash of these four worldviews. Understanding these is a key to understanding the world in our times.

         To the Marxist purist, the entire world must be conquered and brought into submission to the one world order. True Marxism cannot work until the entire world is compliant with it. This world order is defined in Marxism. It...