James Anderson: What’s Your Worldview?

 

Overview and Notes:

1. What Worldviews are

• Philosophical view of the World
• A view of the whole World, absolutely everything in it
• All the big and fundamental questions
  • Where do we come from, where do we go, who am I …
• Everyone has a worldview, but not everyone is aware of it
• It is an essential part of our thoughts
• Our worldview shapes our thoughts, experience and what we believe

2. Why Worldviews matter

a) It is a central and defining roll of our self and others

• Foundation (Interpretation)
• Framework (Response)

b) Developing an applying a Christian worldview is an essential part of our sanctification as believers, our growth in godliness and spiritual maturity

• Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’ – Matthew 22:37
  • Thinking the way God wants you to think
  • Thinking God’s thoughts after him
    • Don’t think as the world does, but like Christ

c) As Christians we are called by God not only to think in a Christian way our self, but also to engage with people who aren’t thinking in a Christian way; because we want to honor God and love our neighbors

• For the sake of honoring truth and proclaiming the Gospel
• Focus on the root of our differences
• Engaging the worldview

 

3. How worldviews change

• Conversion is also a change of worldview
• Humans resist change
• “Worldviews are like houses” – we get comfortable, used to them / it
• It is hard for a person to change his or her worldview
• The Holy Spirit might be pleased to use our pointers to change a person