The Christian Worldview

In summary, Christian worldview belief illustrated that there is hope for humanity. God created the universe and all who live in the world. God loved humanity that his plan was to restore the relationship with God for all believers. Through Jesus God can have a relationship with humanity and the holy spirit is the one that transform us to build our character like Jesus. We have to be a blessing not only to our family but to others so they can have the same opportunity as I had. This is the will of God and that was all of creation purpose to do the will of God not our own because we fall short in Gods glory.

Everyone has a worldview, whether we know it or not. Worldview is the way a person makes sense of the world, life and reality. For example: I view the glass as half full, but you might view the glass as half empty. We both see the glass but we do not agree on how to view it. Our worldview is formed by our education, family beliefs, the culture we live in, and media we are exposed to. For many of us our surrounding culture influences our worldview and we have never had to think about why we believe what we believe and we wouldn’t be able to defend our beliefs to others.

The IMF oversees the exchange rate of currencies and encourages the free convertibility of any currency into another nation’s form of currency. A Biblical Worldview component should be added to the IMF for the purpose of instilling absolute truths to prevent cultural subjectivity and corruption. Having Biblical worldview added as a component provides an authority for absolute truth to be derived from. Absolute truth would be determined through the authority of God and His word. Having God as a standard for morality would help to prevent corruption arising from subjectivity determined by power-alliances and bribery.

Nancy Pearcey, American evangelical author, said, “Having a Christian Worldview means being utterly convinced that biblical principles are not only true but also work better in the grit and grime of the real world.” Everyone has a world view whether they are religious or not. A standard Worldview is how people see the world and how humans pertain to it. A Worldview is not only a way people view the world but it can change the world through cultures, countries, and civilizations similarly to how they shape individuals. A Christian Worldview is a view from a religious standpoint and seeing that the world is a sinful place and it is important to try and change that through Gods help. There are children in this world with environments that can damage their belief in Jesus. As having a Christian Worldview, myself I see this and know that there must be something done about it.

Throughout this class we have discussed the different worldviews that an individual may have. This class has taught me that a worldview is how an individual understands the world and their place in it. “A worldview consist of what a person believes to be real and true, what a person values, how a person makes decisions, and what forms a person’s desires, longings, and goals” (Fuller, Lecture One). An individual’s worldview is the motivating force behind their every emotion, decision, and action. A worldview is what helps an individual make sense of life and this world. A worldview will provide answers for many different questions in life. A few of the questions that a worldview helps answer are questions of origin, human dilemma, hope, and destiny.

A worldview is one’s views and beliefs about the world and reality that impact how we think, live our lives, and perceive the world. “People have their own private worldviews with values and beliefs that have been shaped by culture, education, experiences, and relationships” (“Lecture 1,” 2015). There are many worldviews and outlooks in the world, but we are mainly focusing on the Christian worldview. In this paper, I will summarize and analyze the Christian worldview and describe their beliefs with regard to God, Humanity, Jesus, and the Restoration while reflecting on my own beliefs.

My personal Christian worldview is full of heavy doses of God, and plenty of drizzles of the Bible, and it was born from a combination of how I was raised, my life experiences, and my assumptions. This worldview is heavily involved as I bring up my children to love God, and do my best to be a good wife to my husband. Most of all, this combination has filled my heart and soul with the conclusion that God is my all!

From what I know, Planet Earth consists of seven continents. Collectively, those seven continents are home to approximately seven billion humans. And each human has their own unique worldview. Defined as, the bias or presumption a person holds as a result of the environment, culture, or faith they live in, worldview influences how everyone responds to life’s pertinent questions. (A Christian Worldview?) Throughout this paper, I intend to give a description of my own worldview, answering what I believe about God, creation, humankind, epistemology, and ethics. Whilst comparing my worldview to that of O. Henry's illustrated in the short story "The Ransom of Red Chief".

There are many different opinions as to what is true when it comes to religion. All over the globe, many diverse cultures look up and pray to a variety of gods or perhaps none whatsoever. Yet, how does one define what is existent? What is truly divine and worthy of the utmost worship and praise? As humans, we are limited to fully comprehending and understanding exactly who God is and what the afterlife looks like. This paper will discuss the aspects of the Christian faith viewing God, humanity, Jesus, Restoration and the Christian Worldview, as well as, a reflection of what I believe in my own personal life.

Whether clearly defined or not, everyone holds a worldview. Through life, travel, study, and contemplation, I have sought to clarify and substantiate my worldview. When comparing my beliefs to various other worldviews, mine stands up as logical and rational. Most importantly, my Christian worldview can be applied to contemporary problems and even explain many of the world’s issues. Though the Christian worldview is one of the most criticized, it provides substantive answers instead of more philosophical questions. After all, a worldview is only worthwhile if one can explain and defend their beliefs.

The Christian worldview is the most followed religion in the world with around 2.2 billion followers, this makes up 32 percent of the world’s population. With the Christian worldview comes a lot of essential elements like God, humanity, Jesus, restoration, the influence of Christianity and how the religion benefits the people that follow it. These elements play a key role in my life and how I live my life following the Christian belief.

Not knowing or understanding the biblical worldview, as Christians, can be very detrimental to the people of the world, because we are called to lead others to Christ. In today existence, there are many cries and screams for answers for everyday life; furthermore, the greatest and the most difficult achievement is to find meaning in life. I read an interesting book about worldview by Phillips, W. G., Brown, W. E. & Stonestreet, J (2008). Making sense of your world; A biblical worldview quoted, “A worldview has been compared to a pair of glasses through which we see the world. Without these glasses, the world would appear as an unfocused, meaningless blob of people, places, and ideas. Our worldview puts the world in focus and shapes how we make

Due to the "highly subjective nature of most scientific theorizing... [we should] let the Bible speak for itself and modify our scientific view of origins accordingly." (as cited in Downey, D., & Porter, S., 2009).

To Christians, having a God centered life is perfect and veracious. With God being the center of one’s life, one may believe that everything they do is focused on God, and accomplished with Him. However, as this essay will discuss, Theocentrism does not reflect this belief. Although, there are a couple differing views on what theocentrism is—one where God is still God, but he is attached to all creation and they all have the same value, and one where God is creation and human beings should worship God by witnessing and caring for all of creation with love and respect. Theocentrism believes that God is in everything and within everything, similar to pantheism were God is everything. It focuses on physical connections to God instead of spiritual. Its knowledge of God instructs humanity in their proper dealing with creation. One of the essential gifts within its knowledge of God is “a perfect knowledge of the nature of the animals, the herbs, the fruits, the trees, and the remaining creatures. Unlike pantheism, it believes that there is one God who created and works within the world, yet also dwells within all of his creation. In this, he is more than the trinity, which implies that

Secular Humanism states that matter is perpetual, that there is no God, and that man and his atmosphere are the results of evolutionary forces. For humanists, all meaning and purpose in human existence is provided on a human scale. Humanists have faith that we can provide all the meaning we need ourselves, from our concerns, out of our own ideas and philosophies. This paper will reinforce how in the face of Christianity these meanings and purposes dissolve into absolute and utter insignificance. Christianity, on the other hand gives a more solid and substantial foundation in that it teaches the exact opposite of these things. That God is everlasting, man does have an immortal soul, that there is a heaven, hell and a guaranteed and prearranged redemption that lie in wait for him.