Biblical WorldviewChristianity & Culture

Define it…

Worldview: a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world: I have broadened my worldview by experiencing a whole new culture.

So then…Biblical Worldview is…?

Biblical Worldview

Why is it important?

Worldview shapes your values.

WORLDVIEW VALUES BEHAVIOR

Your values shape your behavior.

Values Shape Behavior Colossians 2:8

Don’t become “captive to ideas.” The defense

Values Shape Behavior

Take your thoughts captive! The offense

II Corinthians 10:5

WORLDVIEW

VALUES

BEHAVIOR

CULTURE

The 5 Worldview Components

1. GOD has to do with the nature, character, and role of God.

2. CREATION has to do with what is made and sustained by God.

3. MANKIND has to do with who and what humans are.

4. MORAL ORDER has to do with moral behavior and responsibility.

5. PURPOSE has to do with the intention or meaning of all that exists.

The 5 Worldview Components

“God created humanity with moral order and purpose.”

Worldview & Culture

John 15:19

Romans 12:2

II Corinthians 10:3

Do we fit our Worldview into Culture?

Or

Do we fit Culture into our Worldview?

Worldview & Culture Put the cultural issues within the 5 aspects of

the Biblical Worldview.

How does the issue fit?

Remember: be IN the world and not OF the world

Is it something we, as Christians, should support or avoid?

That is how our Worldview then shapes our values, behavior, and culture.

Key Points to Maintaining a Biblical Worldview

1. Do not let the ideas of the world take you captive.

2. Be in the world, but not of the world.

3. When considering a cultural issue, fit it into the “target.”

1. How does the issue fit within: God, Creation, Mankind, Moral Order, Purpose?