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Thinking Biblically
Mixing your faith with...VoodooRacismConsumerismSecularism
Syncretism
Answers the big questions of life:Ultimate reality: “What kind of God, if any,
actually exists?”Knowledge: “What can be known, and how
can anyone know it?”Identity: Who am I and where did I come
from?
1. What is a Worldview?
Morals: Who gets to decide what is right and wrong?
Values: What matters most in life?Purpose: What am I here for?Predicament: What is humanity's
fundamental problem?Resolution: How can humanity's problem be
solved?Destiny: Will I survive the death of my body
and, if so, in what state?
Big Questions...
UpbringingProv 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.Friends
1 Cor 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals
EducationDan 1:3-5
MediaIsa 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good and good
evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
2. Worldview Shapers
MoviesMusicAdvertsNews
Media & Worldview
Rom 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within (J B Phillips)
Gen 1-3: The foundations for a Biblical worldview
Developing a Biblical Worldview
Gen 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.The Cosmological ArgumentThe heavens declare the glory of God, and the
sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Psalm 19:1 ESV)
A God who intervenes, acts, reveals himselfA God who loves, who is relational
Gen 3:8-9 they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day ... The Lord God called to the man ... “Where are you?”
What Kind of God, if Any Exists?
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
I am made in the image of GodDignity and sanctity of human lifeEquality of all people, male and female
I am God’s representative on the earthA steward of God’s creation (Gen 1:28)He has a will and purpose for my life
Who am I and where did I come from?
God is the standard of good“And God saw that it was good.”
God has the right to ruleGen 3:16 you may surely eat of every tree of
the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat
What is right and wrong?
Our culture’s answers:“A few bad apples”“Lack of education”The government / economic inequality /
religionBible’s answer:
Sin, Disobedience, Rebellion, PrideGen 3:1 “Did God actually say”Gen 3:6 she took of its fruit and ate, and she
also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate
What’s wrong with the world?
Consequences of sin: ShameSeparationCurse (Judgement)
Proto-evangelium (the first gospel proclamation):Gen 3:15 I will put enmity between you and
the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Gen 3:21 the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
What is the Solution?
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