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6/21/2020

Chapter 6 Defining a Christian Biblical Worldview

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. — Colossians 1:15-18

A Christian Biblical Worldview begins and ends with Jesus. Jesus is the very foundation upon which we support our hope and salvation. He is the Alpha and Omega of the Christian Biblical Worldview. The Apostle John establishes Jesus’ (the Word) status as the Alpha in the first verses of his gospel.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:15

John also reveals Jesus as the Omega in the last chapter Revelation.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and His servants will serve Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever. Revelation 22:1-5

At its very core a Christian Biblical Worldview stands on the belief and confession that we believe in the God of the Bible, revealed as God the Father, Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth and the Holy Spirit, the Triune God, as described by the Apostle’s Creed. A recognition and acknowledgment that through Him comes all knowledge, wisdom and that in Him all creation was made and is held together.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy catholic* Church, the Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.

* The word “catholic” means “relating to the church universal” and was the word used in the original version of the Creed. It does not mean the Roman Catholic Church, but the church, the body of Christ, as a universal fellowship. The phrase, “He descended into hell,” was not part of the creed in its earliest form.

A worldview must strive to answer questions like:

Where did we come from?
Who are we?
What has gone wrong with the world?
What solution can be offered to fix it?

As we ask and answer the questions presented above we must seek to answer these key questions of life, identify what is wrong with the world and how to find the solutions to fix it. The Christian Biblical worldview recognizes that Jesus Christ and He alone has the ability to “fix” the problem through His virgin birth, sinless life, death and resurrection. It is the resurrection of Jesus that forms one of the key foundation stones of the Christian belief and the hope that we hold onto.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. John 11:25

In the previous chapter we listed the eight questions that Dr. George Barna used in his survey to determine whether or not a person held a Christian Biblical Worldview. Those eight questions in reality were from a 10,000 foot viewpoint. If we were to drop down to a 1000 foot view and try to take a closer look at what a Christian Biblical Worldview entails, we might look at the doctrinal statement from most any conservative church. Such a doctrinal statement will contain fundamental core beliefs shared by many conservative denominations. Here is a typical example of a doctrinal statement:

The Bible (Old and New Testaments) is the Word of God, without error in the original writings. It is truthful and trustworthy, reflecting God’s authorship through Spirit-controlled human personalities. It is the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct. — Psalm 19:7-11; Matthew 5:17-19; II Peter 1:19-21; II Timothy 3:16-17
There is only one true and living God, eternally existing in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity), who are equal in every divine perfection, yet execute distinct but harmonious roles in creation and salvation. — Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6
God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity. He is the supreme ruler of the entire universe, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power, and boundless in love. To accomplish His divine purpose, the Father has, at His appointed time, sent forth both God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. — Exodus 34:6-7; I Chronicles 29:11-12; John 14:26; 15:26; 1 John 2:1
God the Son, Jesus Christ, is fully divine and fully human. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life. He died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose bodily from the dead. He appeared to many before He ascended into heaven where He intercedes for His people as Lord. He will return to earth to rule according to His promise. — Isaiah 53; John 1:1-18; I Corinthians 15:3-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; I John 2:1-2; Revelation 19:11-16
God the Holy Spirit is a Person who carries out the will of the Father and glorifies the Son. He exposes guilt and performs the miracle of new birth in an unbeliever. He indwells believers and intercedes for them, enabling them to live a godly life and equipping them with gifts for ministry. — Genesis 1:1-2; John 16:7-15; Romans 8:1-27; I Corinthians 12:1-11; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 1:13-14
Angels are created spiritual beings. Good angels worship and serve God as His messengers and minister to His people. Evil angels, led by Satan, oppose God and His people. The destiny of evil angels is hell. — Genesis 3:1-15; Matthew 4:1-11; Hebrews 1:6, 7, 14; I Peter 5:8; Revelation 20:10
Human beings were created in the image of God to glorify and enjoy Him forever. However, humans, yielding to Satan’s temptation, rebelled against the Creator, rejecting their sinless state and choosing instead a condition of sin, death, and alienation from God. The evil in the world is the result of this rebellion. All human beings are born into this condition of sinfulness and choose to continue to live as sinful beings. Though possessing inherent dignity, all are depraved and in need of saving grace. Those who trust the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation are forgiven of their sinfulness and can glorify and enjoy God now and forever. Those who refuse to trust Jesus Christ will spend eternity in hell, separated from God. — Genesis 1:26-31; Genesis 3:1-24; Psalm 8; Romans 3:10-26; 5:12-21; Revelation 20:11-15
Salvation is offered as a gift of God’s grace and is received through faith in Jesus Christ apart from merit, works, or ritual. The Lord Jesus Christ purchased this salvation through His substitutionary death for the forgiveness of our sins, defeating death through His resurrection. Those who are saved are given new life in Christ to do good works. True believers are part of God’s family and He will never disown them. — Isaiah 53:4-6; John 3:16-18; Romans 6:23; 8:38-39; I Corinthians 15:1-4; Ephesians 2:1-10; I Peter 2:2
The spiritual body of true Christians is the Church, of which Christ is the head. This body expresses itself in local assemblies of believers who gather together under the authority of God’s Word for worship, instruction, fellowship, service and outreach. The church’s mission is to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ among all nations. We practice the ordinances of believer’s baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper. — Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:41-47; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Ephesians 4:11-16; Hebrews 10:19-25

The above core beliefs are based on foundational stones derived from the Bible. Over the next several pages we are going to examine each stone that forms the foundation of the core beliefs that constitute a Christian Biblical Worldview. The items discussed below will outline the topics shown in the chart titled, “Characteristics of Dominant World Views” in Chapter 5.

Christian Theology – Monotheism (Trinitarian)
1. There is only one God, the God of the Bible who exists in the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  1. Christian theology affirms belief in monotheism, that there is One, and only One, God, a supernatural God who reigns sovereign over all of creation.
  2. The Trinity is the One God existing in three Persons. This is a term that is used to attempt to describe the triune God—three coexistent, co-eternal Persons who are God.
2. The God of the Bible created all things. “In the beginning God” (Genesis 1:1) is the foundation from which we build our understanding of everything that exists and our reason for being.
  1. This powerful, intelligent God created the entire universe and everything in it.
3. God reveals Himself in two ways:
  1. Through Special Revelation — His Word:
    1. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1
    2. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” – John 1:1-5.
    3. “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.” – Isaiah 44:6.
  2. By General Revelation through — His Creation:
    1. “The heavens declare the glory of God.” – Psalm 19:1
    2. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” – Romans 1:20
Attributes of the Biblical God:
1. God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin
  1. “And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” – Colossians 1:17
  2. “Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.” – Psalm 147:5
2. God Is Immutable – He Never Changes
  1. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” Malachi 3:6
3. God is Self Sufficient — He has No Needs
  1. “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” – John 5:26
4. God Is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful
  1. “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” – Psalm 33:6
  2. “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him? Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?” – Job 11:7-11
5. God Is Omniscient – He Is All-Knowing
  1. “Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please” – Isaiah 46:9-10
6. God Is Omnipresent – He Is Always Everywhere
  1. “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.” Psalm 139:7-10
  2. “‘Am I a God at hand,’ declares the Lord, ‘and not a God afar off? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill heaven and earth?’ declares the Lord” – Jeremiah 23:23-24
7. God Is Wise – He Is Full of Perfect, Unchanging Wisdom
  1. “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” – Romans 11:33
8. God Is Faithful – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly True
  1. “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.” – Deut 7:9
  2. “If we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13
9. God is Good – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly Kind and Full of Good Will
  1. “O, taste and see that the Lord is good” – Psalm 34:8
10. God is Just – He is Infinitely, Unchangeably Right and Perfect in All He Does
  1. “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.” – Duet 32:4
11. God Is Merciful – He Is Infinitely, Unchangeably Compassionate and Kind
  1. “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.” – Romans 9:15-16
12. God Is Gracious – God Is Infinitely Inclined to Spare the Guilty
  1. “The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in loving kindness.” – Psalm 145:8
  2. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,” Ephesians 2:8
13. God Is Loving – God Infinitely, Unchangingly Loves Us
  1. God’s love is universal. – God loves equally, every nation, tribe, race, class and sex. Christ died for all.
  2. God’s love is gracious. – He loves us even when we hate Him. “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
  3. God’s love is sacrificial. – Christ was beaten and died on the cross as a perfect and atoning sacrifice for the sins of all mankind. “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” 1 John 2:2.
  4. God’s love is beneficial. – We have forgiveness as a great gift from God. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:1
14. God Is Holy – He Is Infinitely, Unchangingly Perfect
  1. “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty” – Revelation 4:8
15. God Is Glorious – He Is Infinitely Beautiful and Great.
  1. “His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.” – Habakkuk 3:4
Christian Philosophy – Dualism in that we have both a body and spiritual identity.
1. Mind/Body Dualism: the belief that human beings are composed of immaterial minds and material bodies.
2. As Beings that exist in both an immaterial and material realm scripture tells us that we are created in God’s image. How this is manifest has been a subject of debate throughout Christian history. Two philosophies are common within Christian theologians. At gotquestions.org we find this discussion on the topic. https://www.gotquestions.org/trichotomy-dichotomy.html
  1. Those who believe that human nature is a trichotomy typically believe the following: the physical body is what connects us with the physical world around us, the soul is the essence of our being, and the spirit is what connects us with God. This is why the unsaved can be said to be spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2:13), while they are very much physically and “soulishly” alive.
  2. Those who believe that human nature is a dichotomy would have the same understanding of the body but would view the spirit as the part of the soul that connects with God. So, the question of dichotomy vs. trichotomy is essentially whether the soul and spirit are different aspects of the immaterial human nature, or if the spirit is simply a part of the soul, with the soul being the whole immaterial part of the human nature.
  3. Trichotomy vs. dichotomy of man—which view is correct? It would seem that it is unwise to be dogmatic. Both theories are biblically plausible. Neither interpretation is heretical. This is perhaps an issue we are unable to fully grasp with our finite human minds. What we can be certain of is that the human nature is comprised of a body, a soul, and a spirit. Whether the soul and spirit are one, or are somehow distinct, is not an issue God chose to make abundantly clear in His Word.
3. In the Calvinist and Reformed denominations the dichotomy view is prominent. Among most other Protestant denominations, the trichotomy view is more common.
Christian Ethics – Love Your Neighbor
1. Jesus says in Matthew 22:29 that we are to love God and also to love our neighbor as ourselves. The act of loving our neighbor as ourselves is the basis of nearly all of the Old Testament law.
  1. “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Matthew 22:29-31
  2. The first four of the Ten Commandments are related to our love of God. The remaining six are related to loving our neighbor.
  3. Most of the laws handed down by God to Moses in Leviticus are dedicated to the practical application of ethics.
  4. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16
  5. Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Matthew 5:17-18
2. The Bible is our one and only source of proper ethical behavior. If we depend on any other source we risk tapping into Satan’s counterfeits that are meant only to hurt and destroy relationships with our fellow man.
Christian Biology – Man is a Special Creation, created in the Image of God
1. From a Christian Biblical worldview, God is the Creator of all that is.
  1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1
  2. Lord, how manifold are Your works! In Wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions. Psalm 104;24
  3. Everything that is created is created Ex nihilo. The term creation ex nihilo refers to God creating everything from nothing.
    1. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 11:3
    2. Humans are very creative. However we cannot create ex nihilo. We can only create using materials that already exist, that is materials that God created. God on the other hand is not so constrained.
    3. God created the universe and everything in it from nothing.
    4. Satan cannot create; he can only pervert what God creates.
  4. Biological life, more than any facet of God’s creation is by far the most amazing testimony of God’s power and creativity.
  5. A Christian Biblical Worldview totally rejects the Theory of Evolution.
    1. Evolution is promoted by atheists whom seek to explain creation of life without a Creator God involved.
2. A Christian Biblical Worldview only accepts either;
  1. A Young Earth, Six Day Creation, as described in Genesis.
    1. Believes that all of creation was done by the God of the Bible over six, twenty four hour days.
    2. God’s grandest creation is man, whom He creates in His Image at the end, of the sixth day.
    3. This has been the dominant interpretation of Genesis for most of Christian history up until the last 150 years.
  2. Biblical Creationism Theology that acknowledges the God of the Bible as Creator of all things over an unknown longer period of time.
    1. Biblical Creationism rejects the Theory of Evolution.
    2. Generally follows a Day-Age view – The creation events occurred as depicted in Genesis 1, but instead of six 24-hour days, the “days”of creation represent indeterminate, finite periods of time.
      1. The Day-Age view still posits that God created all things and rejects atheistic (naturalistic) evolution.
      2. The Day-Age view (sometimes called progressive creationism) is an attempt to reconcile the Genesis creation account with an “old earth” view of the age of the universe being an estimated 13.7 billion years by secular scientist.
  3. Despite what position one takes on the doctrine of creation, at least one point is clear and not open to debate within Christian Biblical Worldview: “God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1
3. Man and man alone are uniquely created in the Image of God.
  1. Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over 7all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:26-27
  2. created in the Image of God sets man apart from the rest of the animal world.
  3. Man alone has the ability to commune with his Maker. Embedded in that Image of God is a likeness mentally, morally and socially.
  4. Part of the fact that man was created in the Image of God gives man the capacity to make free choices. Know as freewill.
4. Christian Biblical Worldview of Sex — God created man as two sexes, male and female, similar but yet uniquely different in their roles in reproduction and their task to go forth and be fruitful. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; Genesis 1:28
  1. God’s intention for sex was primarily for reproduction, limited to marital union between one man and one woman. Jesus states it clearly. And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”Matthew 19:4-6
  2. Any form of sexual activity outside of the marital union is considered sin. “Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men, nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”1 Corinthians 6:9-10
  3. All forms of sexual sin outside of marriage, including adultery, fornication and any form of LGBT+ behavior, is condemned by God and is only forgiven through acceptance of Christ as our Savior, confession of the sin and true repentance meaning one stops participating in such behavior.
  4. And Jesus said,”Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”John 8:11
5. Christian Biblical Worldview about Abortion — From the Christian Biblical Worldview, at conception, God creates a new and totally unique individual. An individual that he planned and knew from before creation began. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. Psalm 139:16
  1. God has assigned the number days we are to live on this earth, from the moment of our conception until our last heart beat. Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass. Job 14:5
  2. Abortion is murder, plain and simple. It is the killing of God’s creation that He planned from before time began.
  3. Nowhere in the entirety of the Bible can you find a single case for the justification of murdering an unborn child.
  4. It is the God given commission of the parents, both mother and father, to feed, nurture and protect the Creation of God carried in the mother’s womb.
Christian Psychology – Mind/Body Dualism (Fallen)
1. From a Christian Biblical Worldview, man exists as both a physical being and a spiritual being, in which the spiritual being continues to exist after death. In our natural state, we are in a fallen state, separated from God. Only through regeneration through acceptance of Christ do we enjoy reunion with God.
2. Psychology is the study of the human mind or soul. As beings existing with both material (the body) and immaterial (the mind/soul — spiritual) psychology strives to understand the question of who and what we are, as well as how we develop as human beings, personally and socially.
3. The Christian Biblical Worldview of psychology (proper understanding of human nature) does not end with affirming the existence of a spirit, soul, heart, and mind within us.
4. The Christian Biblical Worldview goes on to define human nature as inherently flawed because of Adam and Eve’s decision to disobey God in the Garden of Eden.
5. A Christian Biblical Worldview understanding of our inherited fallen sinful bent is critical to understanding our human nature and our mental processes.
6. As Christians, our concept of the God of the Bible, His teaching in the Bible, strongly influences our concept of any and all reality outside of the material world.
7. A Christian Biblical Worldview considers psychology as the study of the mind/soul as an independent entity that lives beyond the death of the physical body for eternally.
8. Secularist, Marxist and Postmodernist view psychology as the study of strictly the physical material brain that ceases to exist at the moment of death.
9. Ultimately, as believers trusting in a Christian Biblical Worldview we must make the same choice offered to Adam and Eve, either trust God or seek Satan’s counterfeit secular psychology.
10. In the end, from a Christian Biblical Worldview, believers should avoid seeking counsel from secular psychologist and use counselors that work from a Christian Biblical Worldview such as IABC – International Association of Biblical Counselors. https://www.iabc.net/
Sociology – Sphere Sovereignty
1. The corner stone of a Christian Biblical Worldview of Sociology is recognition that God owns everything. As Abraham Kuyper stated, “There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus Christ does not cry out, ‘This is mine! This belongs to me’”.
  1. It is recognition and acceptance that God owns everything, (including you and I) and with that corner stone that we must base the foundation upon which we build our view of society. Without this corner stone, man’s attempts at forming society are doomed to failure.
  2. As God’s image bearers, we are instructed to be caretakers of God’s creation, watching over it, as reflections of God’s truth, with our daily lives as expressions of that truth.
  3. With the fall, Adam and Eve bought into Satan’s lie that “they could be like God” thus rejecting God’s rightful claim of ownership. This sin, passed onto all of us, seeks to reject God’s rightful ownership in each of us and therefore, results in a flawed view that we know better how the world should be ran.
2. The first foundation stone that God provides is family. God instructs Adam and Eve to “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth”. It is from this foundational stone of marriage and family (father, mother and child) that man is able to establish the rest of society that naturally flows from it.
  1. Family is the glue that holds society together:
  2. Strong families, with a Christian Biblical Worldview, that acknowledges God’s sovereignty, recognizes man’s fallen state and our need for forgiveness, acceptance of Christ’ atonement and repentance of our sins, living our lives seeking to please Him, are the backbones of a Godly society.
    1. As long as strong families exist, societies can withstand the difficulties of corruption, violence and crime.
  3. When the family falls apart, societal collapse is inevitable.
  4. With the breakdown of the family, where God’s principals are rejected, we see the best explanation for the failures we see in contemporary society, such as fathers abandoning their families, drug and alcohol abuse, crime, abortion, sexual perversion, human trafficking, disease and poverty.
  5. A primary responsibility of the family is to raise, protect, and nurture the children, educating and instructing them in the ways of God.
  6. From a Christian Biblical Worldview the greatest responsibility of the parents is to instruct the children in the ways of God. This is one of the greatest failures within the modern day family.
    1. Far too much emphasis is placed on worldly education while ignoring teaching children the essential knowledge needed to know God, the need to accept Christ’ atonement in order to spend eternity with God in heaven.
    2. Far too many parents drop the kids off at Sunday school expecting the church to do the job. One hour a week is woefully inadequate to give the child the instruction in God’s ways he or she needs.
    3. The spiritual instruction of the children must start in the home. Failure to teach a child what he or she needs to find God is the worst form of child abuse.
    4. With the godless corrupt teaching being taught in our public schools, God fearing parents must consider home or private Christian schooling. In today’s secular society Satan has his cross hairs squarely on our children and the public school is his primary tool to destroy the lives of our children.
3. The church is the second foundation stone upon which we are called out to establish God’s kingdom here on Earth.
  1. The first and foremost task of the church is to proclaim the truth regarding sin, repentance and salvation.
  2. An equally important function is to form communities that work together to nurture each other and re-enforce the family.
  3. In our fallen world, there will inevitably be families that struggle with sin, which the church will needs to come alongside and encourage, lift up and sometimes discipline thereby restoring the individual family.
    1. It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 1 Corinthians 5:1
  4. The church is exhorted to care for widows and orphans.
    1. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1:27
  5. It is within the church body that we learn to and practice Christ’s command to “love our neighbor as yourself”.
  6. The church is the community through which we receive instruction, fellowship and encouragement.
  7. God designed us to be relational beings. The church community is our primary point of contact for relationships outside of the family nucleus.
  8. Our service within the church takes our focus off of “self” and refocuses it on others, emulating Jesus during His time here on Earth.
  9. Through the instruction we receive through the church we gain knowledge and understanding of God. No one is an island. Community study under godly leadership prevents deviation into un-Biblical ideas.
4. The third foundational stone of society is the State.
  1. In Romans we are instructed to be subject to governing authorities that are appointed by God.
    1. Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Romans 13:1
  2. We are to obey the laws of the land unless those laws/rules that directly contradict the revealed Word of God.
    1. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 1 Peter 2:13-14
  3. When the family and church are functioning in their God ordained roles, there is less need for the State to be involved. The primary role of the government is to protect the innocent and maintain justice, primarily involving enforcement of law and order.
Law – Natural Law
1. Natural Law: the belief that laws are rules based upon an internal code of morality, (often referred to as our conscience) embedded in our innermost souls by God, that is possessed by all people because we are created in His image.
  1. Romans 1:18-21 clearly shows that God holds man accountable because He has revealed His law to them through His creation.
    1. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:18-21
  2. Because these Natural Laws are God given and ordained, we can confidently conclude that natural law is true for all times and all cultures.
  3. We can conclude this because as we acknowledged in Section 1.D.ii “God Is Immutable – He Never Changes”. If God is Immutable then His God given Natural Laws are also Immutable.
  4. Furthermore, because from the list of God’s attributes we know He is wise, good and just, we can conclude that His Natural Law is also wise, good and just.
  5. The only source of the Natural Law is God. There is no other legitimate source.
  6. Ever since the fall in the Garden, Satan has been tempting man to replace or re-interpret God’s Natural Law with his counterfeit laws.
  7. As fallen creatures, we choose to ignore our consciences, succumb to Satan’s lies and reject God’s Natural Law written in our hearts, to suit our own selfish desires, to be our own little “g” gods. This is often referred to in the Bible as hardening our hearts towards God.
2. The character and nature of God is the source of all divine law.
  1. Francis Schaeffer says, “God has a character, and His character is the law of the universe”.
  2. God’s character is from which all moral order proceeds from.
3. Our conscience, is God’s natural law, embedded in us, because we are created in His image, providing an innate sense of right and wrong;
  1. for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them. Romans 2:14-15
4. New Testament Biblical Law – What does Jesus and the New Testament provide as the laws we are to follow?
  1. The Old Testament Law was given to the Israelites to set them apart from the Gentiles, as God’s chosen race, distinct from other nations, through whom the Messiah would be born.
  2. Gentiles (other nations) were subject to the Natural Law before Jesus’ death and resurrection.
  3. Through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross Jewish believers are set free from the Mosaic Law.
  4. Jewish and Gentile believers both receive atonement through Jesus’ death and resurrection.
    1. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:23-29
    2. Believers, Jew and Gentile are instructed to live under the law of Christ.
      1. Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 4On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Mark 12:37-40
    3. As Believers and followers of Christ we are no longer bound to the hundreds of commands in the Old Testament Law.
    4. Rather, we are called to an even higher standard, which is to love God with all our hearts, souls and mind.
    5. Furthermore, we are called to another higher standard in relationship to our neighbor as instructed by the apostle John;
      1. “let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8
    6. The Law of Christ is not a burden;
      1. “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3
    7. God provides us with the Holy Spirit as a divine source living within us to lead us in obedience;
      1. “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:16-18
5. Effectively, when a person accepts Christ and is born again, the Holy Spirit comes to live in that person, initiating the process of re-awakening the awareness of the Natural Law that was written on their hearts at our conception. From that instant forward the process of sanctification quickens our hearts to a deeper awareness of the Natural Law that is written on our hearts when God oversaw our creation at our conception.
  1. How is love for our neighbor manifest? 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 provides one of the most concise summations of how love for our neighbor is practiced:
    1. Love suffers long and is kind;
    2. love does not envy;
    3. love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
    4. does not behave rudely,
    5. does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
    6. does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
    7. bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
6. As we review the Biblical Laws Jesus gave Himself, and also through the apostles, we see that the Natural Laws, written in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, are perfect reflections of Jesus’ command to “Love God with all your heart, soul and mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves”.
7. While as we have already discussed, we are not bound by Old Testament Law, it is fruitful to study the Old Testament Law. If we look at the Old Testament Law we find that Jesus’ commands are revealed in the law.
  1. When we review the Ten Commandments, we find that the basis of all the laws are based on either; (1) Loving God or. (2) Loving your neighbor.
  2. In the Ten Commandments, the first three are related to loving God:
    1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
    2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
    3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
  3. The remaining seven relate to how the Israelites were to relate (love) to their fellow Israelites:
    1. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
    2. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
    3. You shall not murder.
    4. You shall not commit adultery.
    5. You shall not steal.
    6. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
    7. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
8. Jesus Himself states that He had not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets but rather to fulfill them.
  1. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17
  2. In Matthew 5:18 Jesus emphasizes the eternal nature of God’s word stating that not one iota or dot (jot or tittle) will pass from the Law:
    1. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:18-20
  3. Thus, we can conclude that while we are not bound to the Law, it remains a living model of how we are to live our lives, loving God and our neighbors.
  4. The original purpose of the law was to point us to our need for Jesus because we recognize our inability to perfectly obey the law.
  5. We attained God’s grace through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. However, that grace does not give us a license to sin.
    1. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Romans 6:15
  6. So what does it mean that we are not bound to the law? Through grace, attained by Jesus’ sacrifice and our acceptance of that gift of grace through belief in Jesus, we are no longer condemned.
  7. The result (the fruit) of grace is that out of gratitude and love for Jesus, we will sincerely seek to please Him, by obeying the law as a demonstration of love of Him and our neighbors.
9. It is only through the ministry and help of the Holy Spirit that we can love as Christ loves. We fall, confess, repent and get up to try again, growing more like Christ as the days go by.
Politics – Subsidiary
1. Other than theology, politics is one of the most decisive topics within the church body.
2. Every government in this world, past, present and future, until Christ’s return, is flawed and corrupt because of the depravity of mankind. We are fallen creatures incapable, on our own, of following and obeying God’s perfect morals and principals.
3. Only after Christ establishes His kingdom here on earth will we see a government that follows His perfect morals and principals lead by Christ Himself.
4. John Wycliffe, wrote in 1384, in the prologue to his translation of the Bible, “The Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People”
  1. Webster defines Subsidiary as: a principle in social organization holding that functions which are performed effectively by subordinate or local organizations belong more properly to them than to a dominant central organization.
  2. While not specifically stated, the preamble of our US Constitution declares that our founders had the same principals in mind as they wrote the Constitution:
    1. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” –Preamble to the US Constitution.
5. While by no means perfect, our US Constitution created a government that is the more closely aligned to a Biblical Worldview than any other government that has ever existed throughout history with the exception of the government of Israel during the period of Judges.
6. In order to preserve our freedom of religion, we must oppose any and all efforts to change our government to any form of Socialism, Marxism or Communism. We must speak out against political and cultural efforts to overthrow the USA to go the way of Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba and the like.
  1. The WEF (World Economic Forum) is a worldwide organization that is behind the “Great Reset” that proposes to form a one world government. Headed by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman, this socialist organization openly admits that its primary goal is to “put substantially more economic and social power in the hands of large corporations, international institutions, banks, and government officials, including Joe Biden, the United Nations, and many of the members of the World Economic Forum.” – Glenn Beck.
  2. As Christians with a Christian Biblical Worldview we must constantly be in prayer that God will help us be aware of efforts of activities of WEF, WHO and other organizations in regard to any attempts to form a one world government. A significant majority of the un-believing voters in the USA are deceived or at minimum unaware of the agendas that these organizations have.
  3. As Christians, viewing the current events through a Christian Biblical Worldview lens, we should readily be able to discern that the members of the WEF and WHO are puppets of the satanic principalities and powers. Satan is using them as pawns in his attempt to take over the world and destroy mankind.
    1. In the book of Revelation we read of a future rise of an anti-christ that will for a short period seem to take control of a one world government.
    2. While it would appear that WEF and WHO are well on their way towards moving this world towards a one world government, as Christians, we have the knowledge that God remains sovereign and in the end Satan and his minions will be defeated and cast into the pit.
7. The Church and Christ’s followers that follow a true Christian Biblical Worldview function as the moral compass that helps keep a nation on track to follow God’s principals.
  1. The government was established by God to manifest and preserve His justice on earth. The government should prohibit, prevent, prosecute, and punish injustice based on God ordained Natural Law, which, is derived from God’s Biblical Law.
  2. The church was ordained to manifest God’s grace on earth. The church is to preach the gospel, train believers based on Christian Biblical Worldview principals and help those in need.
  3. The family was ordained to manifest God’s community and creativity in addition to procreation on earth. The chief responsibility is for bearing, raising, and educating children about Gods Biblical principles, and for creating, possessing and disposing of property.
8. As Christians, it is our moral obligation to be informed, from a Christian Biblical Worldview, and active in day to day governmental affairs. We must evaluate various candidates in regard to how well they align to a Christian Biblical Worldview and exercise our right to vote for those candidates. When called to by God, run for election for positions in local, state and national offices.
9. As Christians, operating from a Christian Biblical Worldview, we are called to be “Salt and Light” to the world.
  1. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” — Matthew 5:14–16 (NKJV)
  2. When a godless culture descends into sin and debauchery we are called to shine the light of God’s Truth onto the culture’s lies. How else will they know that they offend God with their actions?
  3. In the U.S.A., in recent elections, about 40% of self-professed Christians took that right for granted and did not vote. Worst yet, about 20% self-professed, eligible Christians are not even registered to vote.
  4. There are two major “National Sins” in our current culture that, as Biblical Worldview Christians, we MUST speak out against:
    1. Abortion – The Christian Biblical Worldview of abortion is plain and simple, it is the murder of the unborn child. Biologically speaking, human life begins at conception. At conception the mother’s and father’s DNA combine to form a totally unique new human created in the image of God.
      1. The common statement, made by prochoice supporters, “My body, my choice” is utterly false. Our bodies are not our own, rather, each and every one of us are wholly owned by our Creator Father.
      2. Only God Himself has the right to kill or to let live.
      3. Thus, the mother and the father have a God given responsibility to nurture and protect any child inside or outside of the womb.
      4. In Chapter 3 we discussed the “Sins of the Nation” by Israel that drew God’s wrath because of their worship of other gods, and sacrifice of their children to Malech. The 65 million children murdered in the USA since the enactment of Roe vs Wade, 100’s of thousands of times greater than the number of children the Israelites sacrificed to Malach which drew God’s wrath towards His people.
      5. As Biblical Worldview Christians we cannot remain silent on this issue. We must speak out in opposition to politicians and governments that allow the murder of 100’s of millions of our unborn.
    2. Sexual Immorality – God designed us as sexual beings and He clearly defined the parameters for its use.
      1. His Word clearly states that sex was created as a means of procreation and only to be enjoyed between one man and one woman within the covenant of marriage until one of them dies.
      2. Any act of sex outside the marriage covenant is sin.
      3. Adultery, premarital sex, pornography and homosexual relations are clearly defined as sin.
      4. God created two (and only two) genders.
        
        “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27
        
        The modern-day concept that, multiple genders can exist, flies in the face of a Christian Biblical Worldview.
      5. As Biblical Worldview Christians:
        
        We must oppose the laws that have been put in place allowing so called “Same sex marriage”.
        
        Furthermore we must fight efforts to teach our children that anything in the entire LGBTQ+ agenda is normal.
  5. God only created one race, the Human Race. As Biblical Worldview Christians we must not view our neighbors with any form of racial, ethnic or birth sex prejudice. We are all equal in God’s eyes.
    1. To oppress our neighbor because of the amount of melanin in their skin, country of birth or birth sex is condemned in God’s eyes. This is clearly commanded in Leviticus 19:34.
      1. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.– Leviticus 19:34.
    2. Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan is a New Testament example of how we should care for our neighbor regardless of their country of birth.
    3. Furthermore, the Great Commission commands us to go and make disciples in all nations.
    4. Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him”. — Acts 10:34–35
    5. While the darker skinned people have a legitimate complaint towards the lighter skinned people, we must all follow the guidance God provides as mentioned above.
      1. That is to love our neighbor as ourselves.
      2. The so called CRT (Cultural Race Theory) and WOKEism has no place in the church. CRT spawns reverse discrimination and hatred towards the so called oppressors which is just as wrong as what the oppressor did.
    6. We cannot control the tone of our skin, where we were born or our birth sex. That was determined by God.
      1. Discrimination on these bases of the tone of our skin, where we were born or our birth sex is clearly condemned by God.
      2. Note that a LGBTQ+ lifestyle is not included in this category.
        
        As discussed earlier, from a Christian Biblical Worldview, anything in the LGBTQ+ lifestyle is a sinful choice.
        
        A person that is living that lifestyle was NOT born that way. God did NOT make them that way. They have bought the satanic lies and chosen to participate in the sinful lifestyle.
        
        The most loving thing we can do for people caught up in this lifestyle is to lovingly minister to them to help them recognize that their sin is offensive to God, to repent and accept Jesus.
  6. Sadly, the vast majority of pastors and church leadership are reluctant or unwilling to preach from the pulpit the above truths.
    1. Knowing that many that sit in the congregation are sympathetic to the Pro Choice and pro LGBTQ agendas, pastors are afraid to speak out because they fear losing people and financial support.
    2. A Christian Biblical Worldview demands that pastors and church leadership speak boldly against the Pro Choice and pro LGBTQ agendas.
Economics
1. In Genesis, both Adam and Noah are instructed to be fruitful. Many think fruitful means to have many children. However, the Hebrew meaning of the word that is interpreted to fruitful in the English has a meaning more related to the idea that our labors would yield fruit, that is production of food, goods to be traded and monetary gain.
  1. From the very beginning God has instructed man to “be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and rule over creation.” Genesis 1:28
  2. After the flood God instructs Noah, “So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.” Genesis 9:1
2. The Christian Biblical Worldview of how we should run our economics is that capitalism is biblically sound. Throughout the old and new testaments we see, what in modern day terms, we call Capitalism modeled:
  1. “They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
    They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.” – Isaiah 65:21-23 (NKJV)
  2. “And fields will be bought in this land of which you say, ‘It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.” — Jeremiah 32:43–4
  3. “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” – Ephesians 4:28
3. We have a God ordained edict to work. As result of our work, we attain the right to own property over which we exercise wisdom in the stewardship of the property. From a Biblical Worldview we are to be stewards of the property recognizing that God is the Owner of all things, and we are accountable to God for the use of whatever He has provided.
  1. In Matthew 25:14-30, the Parable of the Talents Jesus gives us a clear example of how the hard working servant was rewarded verses how the lazy servant was cast into the outer darkness.
  2. The fruits of our labor provide us with funds that are to be shared through tithes, offerings and charitable giving to serve and help the less fortunate. We are to be charitable to those among us that are unable or incapable of working to support themselves.
  3. On the other hand, those that are capable are clearly expected to provide for themselves. In 2 Thessalonians, Paul instructs that if a person refuses to work that person should not eat.
    1. “For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.” — 2 Thessalonians, 3:10 (NKJV)
  4. The economic model exhibited in the Bible is Capitalistic in nature.
  5. Any form of Progressive, Socialistic, Marxist or Communist government is a Satanic counterfeit that seeks to oppress and control the populous.
History
1. The Bible is the only complete, reliable, and accurate, historical record of God’s relationship with man from the start of creation to present day. Furthermore, it provides us with insight into the future.
  1. First and foremost it establishes the fact that God is Creator of everything and is sovereign over all of His creation.
  2. “History is an epic unfolding of God’s ultimate plan for all humanity.” — Myers, Jeff; Noebel, David A. Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews (p. 441). David C Cook. Kindle Edition
  3. This is the reason the principalities and powers, and their human puppets, are so intent on discounting the Bible as historically inaccurate – especially its historical account of Christ’s resurrection and ascension.
2. The historical record of the Bible is God’s story, His record of how He created mankind, man’s rebellion and fall from grace, Christ’s sacrifice providing for God’s redemptive narrative of His restoration of man to Him.
  1. The Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind.
  2. The entire Bible, from the first word in Genesis 1:1 to last “Amen” in Revelation 22:21, is relevant for us today. We must not throw out one single word.

Conclusion

At this point we have taken a fairly deep dive into what a Christian Biblical Worldview is. For some readers you will likely find that this is a very conservative interpretation of what a Christian Biblical Worldview entails. Definitely right of center but some other readers may find it too liberal. While my interpretation of what a Christian Biblical Worldview should consist of is for all practical purposes, “my” view of what a Christian Biblical Worldview is, I have done my best to consult several sources as I have written this.

When I finished this chapter I had many ideas for follow on chapters. However, by the time I had finished it there were many other writers that had done a far better job of identifying the work of the Principalities and Powers in our nation and the world at large. Below are just a few that I would recommend.

LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH by Eric Metaxas

Living In The Daze Of Deception by Jack Hibbs

Living In The Daze of Deception by Jack Hibbs

The Gathering Storm — Secularism, Culture, and the Church by Albert Mohler, Jr

The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration by Paul Kengor

https://www.amazon.ca/Devil-Karl-Marx-Communisms-Infiltration/dp/1505114446

The Great Reset by Glenn Beck

https://www.glennbeck.com/glenns-books/the-great-reset

Fire in the Streets by Douglas R. Groothuis

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Streets-Confidently-Incendiary-Cultural/dp/1684513081/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Puppets_Chapter-6

Puppets of the Principalities and Powers

The Cosmic Drama Behind the World of Politics — aka “The Great Reset”

Chapter 6

Defining a Christian Biblical Worldview

Christian Theology – Monotheism (Trinitarian)

Attributes of the Biblical God:

Christian Philosophy – Dualism in that we have both a body and spiritual identity.

Christian Ethics – Love Your Neighbor

Christian Biology – Man is a Special Creation, created in the Image of God

Christian Psychology – Mind/Body Dualism (Fallen)

Sociology – Sphere Sovereignty

Law – Natural Law

Politics – Subsidiary

Economics

History

Conclusion

LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH by Eric Metaxas

Living In The Daze Of Deception by Jack Hibbs

The Gathering Storm — Secularism, Culture, and the Church by Albert Mohler, Jr

The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration by Paul Kengor