BY Barry Borthistle, a Spiritual Entrepreneur with a Biblical Worldview

A Biblical worldview is a worldview behavior based upon God’s unchanging inspired Word.  II Timothy 3:15-17

Examples of worldviews (by Artanna)

Secular worldview: a secular worldview teaches that beliefs are a matter of personal preference, not absolute truth. Truth in a secular worldview comes from reason and science.

Scientific world (Scientific Naturalism):  our Biblical Worldview textbook defines a scientific world as , “A worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences (p. 307).”

Postmodern worldview: postmodernism believes there is no absolute truth.  Personal truth is determined by your upbringing and culture. It believes that truth is just used to suppress and oppress the less powerful.

Why is a Biblical worldview important?

A Biblical worldview is important because it is the only true worldview.  If we reject God’s Word, we fail to see the world as it really is.  Think of a worldview as a pair of glasses.  If you have broken or discoloured lenses or the wrong prescription, you won’t see the world correctly.  A Biblical worldview shows you the world as its Creator intended.  We’d love to be able to see the world with perfect vision, but because of sin, our view is distorted. Using a Biblical worldview corrects our vision and helps us see the world through the theme of God’s redemption.

How to determine your worldview:

Your beliefs, actions, and perspective of the world all define your worldview.  Here are a few questions to ask when defining your view of the world:

What are your basic beliefs?

These are what we call the head and heart system. Your worldview affects how you think about things.  Why do you think murder is wrong”?  Why is kindness important? What happens after this life?  Your worldview is what determines your answers to these questions.

A worldview is not simply intellectual – it also influences your feelings and desires. What do you love?  What are you passionate about?  Our heart can tell us a lot about our worldview.  But the heart or emotions can make a worldview inconsistent, wrong and sometimes evil.

What is the big story of the world?

A person’s worldview also determines how they interpret past, present and future.  A worldview tells the story of where we came from, why we’re here and where we’re going.  This master story can also be called a meta-narrative.  How we tell stories is important and how we view the big story of the world determines what stories we value and most importantly, the stories we tell our children.

"A Gospel that does not deal with the issues of the day is not a Gospel at all.”   ~~ Martin Luther

“The Christian belief system (worldview) which the Christian knows to be grounded in divine revelation is relevant to all of life.”  ~~ Carl F. H. Henry

A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW HAS A RADICAL EFFECT ON A PERSON’S LIFE

Any objective social analyst would conclude that the United States and Canada and the globe, faces its fair share of moral and spiritual problems.  A new research study from Barna Group suggests that a larger share of the nation’s moral and spiritual challenges is directly attributable to the absence of a Biblical worldview.

Citing the findings from a just-completed national survey of 2033 adults that showed only 4% of adults have a biblical worldview as the basis of their decision-making, researcher George Barna described the outcome. “If Jesus Christ came to this planet as a model of how we ought to live, then our goal should be to act like Jesus.  Sadly, few people consistently demonstrate the love, obedience and priorities of Jesus,  the primary reason that people do not act like Jesus is because they do not think like Jesus.  Behavior stems from what we think – our attitudes, beliefs and values.

Among the most prevalent alternative worldviews was postmodernism, which seemed to be the dominant perspective among the two youngest generations (i.e. the Busters and Mosaics).

Barna Research:

• Only 9% of Christians have a Biblical worldview.
• Only 2% of parents are teaching their children a Biblical worldview
• Only 37% of pastors have a Biblical worldview
• Only 10% of youth pastors have a Biblical worldview.

“The Bible has all the answers to all of our problems if we would only read and obey”.  ~~  President Ronald Reagan

Barry Borthistle has written three books, all from a perspective of ‘how to live with a Biblical worldview’.

1. “Your Body is God’s Temple” – I Cor. 3:16,17
2. “Spiritual Authority” - that Jesus Christ gave to us with the keys = competent authority;  Matt. 16:18,19
3. “33 Things the Holy Spirit Wants for You”, as God’s Temple - Acts 1:7,8

All available at solomonsporchteaching.com

Articles that Barry has written on the subject of the Vital Importance of a Biblical Worldview, as a basis to make the correct decisions in life.

• A Biblical Worldview will have a Positive Effect on your Life
• Our Behavior will follow our Biblical worldview
• The Vital Importance of a Biblical Worldview of End Times
• The Biblical worldview of the Word of God.

Conclusion:

When a person has a Biblical worldview to guide life when making decisions including:

• Marriage
• Parenting
• How to handle trials
• Finances - There are well over 2000 verses about money plus 40% of the parables of Jesus were about money.
• Prophecy – the Bible is about 30% prophetic, telling us what the future looks like and how we should live until Jesus returns.
• Forgiveness – the key to living the Biblical worldview is the power to forgive because you cannot move forward if you do not.  Jesus said if we do not forgive, He cannot forgive us.  Matthew 6:13-15

Remember…  Your body is God’s Temple