A Biblical Worldview

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here is the Daily Update for Monday May 3, 2010 Today's Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, and were carried away unto the dumb idols, as ye were led. Wherefore I declare unto you, that no man speaking by the spirit of God... CONTINUE READING Today's Devotion: The Sober Exercise of Reason To have reason is common to all men, even the sleepy, and distracted: to use reason is common to all that have their senses awake, and fit to serve their minds: to use reason in the greatest matters, is proper to wise men... CONTINUE READING  Today's Article: A Biblical Worldview by Eric Rauch Although it has become common to hear about the “Christian worldview,” it has become so common as to be almost meaningless. A Christian worldview must be a biblical worldview, but too often the Bible is one of the last sources consulted in formulating a “Christian” worldview. Many times, biblical verses are pulled out of their immediate context and used only as a seeming justification for the rationalistic and humanistic thinking on which the worldview is actually based. Since few Christians read their Bibles, and fewer still read it as anything other than a devotional collection of ancient wisdom, Christians are usually ill-prepared to challenge anything that comes under the title of “Christian worldview.” But how do we combat this modern (and post-modern) dilemma? Is the Bible really nothing more than a spiritual book about how to go to heaven? Or is it a book filled with timeless wisdom and profound platitudes that can help hurting people rise above their situations or their lot in life? Or maybe it’s just a book of “fairy tales for adults,” lovable fables designed to teach us how to “be excellent to each other” (as in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure). For anyone who has ever actually read the Bible you know the answer is none of the above. The Bible is equally concerned with the present life of the believer, as it is with his future life. The Bible is not a book of religious sayings and proverbs—like Confucius’s writings—although it does include them. And anyone that has read the Bible will tell you that the Bible is anything but warm, cozy ethical lessons that comfort the heart and feed the soul. No, the Bible is a real book dealing with real problems that involve real people in a real world of sin and temptation; it is not for the faint of heart... CONTINUE READING   Click here to subscribe to the daily Christian Reader email updates © 2010 Christian Reader — A Division of Tolle Lege Press, LLC 46 Mountain Park Drive • White Hall, WV • 26554

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