Personal Narrative: My Education With A Christian World-View

Simpson Anne. Session1. JournalI feel like my experiences in life have shaped me into the person I am today. I feel that life has it ups and downs. I love God and know he is always there for us. A favorite scripture verse is John 17:16.”They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.”My dad was a minister. I am thankful that I grew up in a strong Christian home. I chose Colorado Christian University because I wanted an academic community that loves God. I feel in my short time so far at CCU that I have grown as a Christian. For example, I have more boldness to witness to people about Christ.What were some assumptions I had about CCU before I started my classes? I assumed that I would not have support from my fellow teachers and classmates.

To begin, this is my worldview and how I view the world. I do not believe in labels because it hinders a person from their full capability. I do believe in the understanding a person not just by their appearance but by who they are personally and behavior. Anyone can appear appealing and charismatic, but only a true follower of Christ has like a special glow about them, which is rare in my world. I have learned that it does not matter what denomination, ethnicity or upbringing a person comes from as long as they know The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus has done miraculous things in the past and in the present. Since I am on this Earth until I either die an earthly death or Jesus comes back, I try to live my life to the fullest.

I became a Christian in 1982 while in high school. I had never attended church prior to Easter 1982. I found something interesting in the whole of the service and decided to read a Bible. The Bible made some sense to me. I had a few questions about some of the stuff that had happened and was given Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. Well that answered most of my questions. I was also given Mere Christianity which answered more questions. I felt convicted by the Holy Spirit and asked G-d to come into my life and forgive me of my sins.

I have change my worldview so many times, growing up as a Christain. I’m not orieganally not from here, I was born in Liberia during the the war. My parents lost everything we had, including our houses, clothes, food, and not to talk about money. They had to fled with me to a neighboring contry cslled Guinea for a safety. My mom whom I love to death was also pregnent with my younger brother who now goes to ASU. My biological dad was killed during the process of us leaving the country and my mom was stuck with both my brother and I in a country with no support. So many kids lots their fathers in the war, because the rebels were afraid that the men might one day fight against them and take charge.

On March 27th, 1997, I was born. I was baptized on June 24, 1997, at Holy Face. Growing up, my family were strong believers in the Catholic faith. My sisters and I attended Catholic school from Kindergarten through 12th grade. We attended Mass every week, biweekly while we were at St. John's. My parents raised us as Catholics, with God at the center of everything that we did.

When it comes to my worldview, I feel pretty confident in what I know and what I stand for. I grew up in a Christian home, therefore I have been pretty consistent on what I believe in for my whole life. Some of the preceding questions really made me think though about what I really believe and how I am actually living. Although I know what my worldview is, it is not always easy to make sure that I am fully living it out.

“Back to the old grind” I said to myself as I started my third year at Lake View Christian School. Being there was only one class per grade you were with the same people every year. For, me in that case I was the only nerd in the class. It was like being Einstein with a class of NFL players. That is except my best and slightly nerdy friend Shawn. It was okay for the past few years. I never got bullied or teased, but also no one was like me. But at the end of the day I was happy I had at least one friend. That is until that unfortunate September day.

As the American public reels back and forth from the winds of political posturing and fundamental change, it seems that the values of our Christian faith are continually under attack or being disregarded in the public arena. There seems to be an underlying movement to remove Christianity from the eye of the public and an assault to marginalize Christian beliefs in order to change the mind of our nation to view Christianity as an antiquated religion that has no necessary reason to be part of the public affairs of our Nation.

When it comes to my religious beliefs, I am Catholic and after taking this class Religious Imagination class with Professor Martin. I can say that I have gained new insight to the different religions that we have learned throughout the course of the class. This class really opened and broadened my perspective on different religions because never experience or even learned about these different religions before taking this class. The specific religions that I have gained insight on were Hinduism, Buddhism and Primal religion. Before taking this class I heard of these religions but I did not actually know what they were. Each Religion that we learned helped me is the amazing ways people believe in God. I found the Primal religion extremely interesting

31.50% of the world is Christian. 22.32% of the world is Islamic. 0.20% of the world is Judaic. 13.95% of the world is Hindu. 5.25% of the world is Buddhist. 15.35% of the world is secular, nonreligious, agnostic, or atheist. 10.58% of the world is made up of other religions. I am among the 15.35% of the world that is secular, nonreligious, agnostic, or atheist. However, I identify as a religion called LaVeyan Satanism, which sprung up into our world on Walpurgisnacht in 1966 and was birthed by Anton Szandor LaVey.

The name of my country is Felix.It is located near Austrailia.Many people in my country have been fighting over which country should be ours. As their leader I think we should be in Christianity religion because they read a book about God called the Holy Bible.They have over 2 million followers.They also have this big place where they worship called a church.

7th Grade has been a long, memorable year at Water Of Life Christian School. Over the school year I have learned many things and I have done many things with the help of God.

I came to Christ at the young age of four. My parents were Christians and were actively involved in the church. Most of my only memories from when I was between the ages of three and ten were going to church, VBS, and house church. I loved going to those events and having fun and learning about Jesus. The things I learned at church and from others had a major impact on my entire childhood and built me into the person I am now. I was as die hard of a Christian as a child could be. I knew Jesus, I loved Him, and all I can remember was wanting to learn more about Him.

As two days ago, I join new office in kunduz one of my neighbors suddenly has seen me in office around and last evening he spread this in area that I am working with Christian people and this guy relatives have link with Taliban and others Group so I see my life in danger in future as regular office attendance ,

I study the bible , pray and worship God, it's my favorite thing to do every day,besides teaching everyone I know what I have learned from Gods word. I have two grown daughters from a previous marriage who inspire me always to continue in the word of God. I am blessed to be married for the last 25 yrs.