What should we consider when considering our Christian worldview and other worldviews? I have explored James Sire’s The Universe Next Door and found some excellent information.
What is a worldview?
“A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart that can be expressed as story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being.” (Sire 17)
Some questions that Sire sparks the reader to indulge in when considering worldview are as follows:
1) What is prime reality? – “What ideas are real?”
2)What is the nature of external reality, that is the world around us? -”What in the world is real?”
3) What is a human being? – “Who is man?”
4)What happens to a person at death? – “When you die?”
5)Why is it possible to know anything at all?
6) How do we know what is right and wrong?
7) What is the meaning of human history?
*The previous outline and the following list were taught by Dr. Chris Leland of Focus on the Family. *
What are we up against when considering faulty Christian worldviews and worldviews outside of Christ?
1) A lack of HOPE.
2) A lack of DIRECTION
3) A lack of TRUTH
- There is a battle raging. A battle of the mind and of worldviews. We must challenge ourselves, as followers of Christ, to be fully transformed in our view and thinking in regards to the world as we know it. And we must be prepared to look at EVERYTHING in a new light…
1)Family 2)Church 3)Education 4)Government 5)Media/Entertainment 6)Economics 7)Vocation
What do you think? Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments with an opportunity to challenge each other and dialogue!
