Dimensions of a Worldview: Outcomes Foundations of a Worldview Matthew 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” The third (bottom) leg of our worldview triangle represents the outcomes issuing in our lives as indicators that we are or are not making progress toward our vision of the good life. As we discipline our ...
Dimensions of a Worldview: Disciplines Foundations of a Worldview Ecclesiastes 3:9 What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? As our vision of the good life becomes firmly fixed in our minds, we will take up whatever disciplines are necessary in order to gain that vision. “Disciplines” constitute the second (right) ...
Dimensions of a Worldview: Vision Foundations of a Worldview Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man…. Every human being has a worldview, and every worldview consists of similar features or components. It’s a good idea to try to understand these components, because it can be the case that the way ...
Beginnings of a Worldview Foundations of a Worldview Psalm 119:89-91 Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides. They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants. In this series we are going to put down a footprint for a Biblical ...
The Good Life Foundations of a Worldview Romans 7:12 Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Everyone is seeking some version of “the good life.” Few—very few—are they who devote themselves to seeking misery, discomfort, pain, sorrow, and suffering as their highest aspirations in life. No, we want “the ...
Live Toward the End Foundations of a Worldview James 2:12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. All good things must come to an end, even this life and everything about it we love. Then what? Perhaps you’ve seen the bumper sticker which reads (and I modify ...
Whom the Devil Hates Foundations of a Worldview Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. A caveat is in order: Taking up the Biblical worldview is ...
How We Know We Know Him Foundations of a Worldview 1 John 2:3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. It stands to reason that the subject of Biblical worldview would be of interest primarily to Christians. But as Christians begin to live their Biblical worldview more consistently, ...
Just Like Jesus Foundations of a Worldview Matthew 5:17-19 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” “You are what you eat.” Or so nutritionists tell us. Some might say, “You are what you wear,” as if fashion could somehow make ...
To Love Jesus Foundations of a Worldview John 15:10 “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” Jesus is the beginning, center, and end of the Biblical worldview. In the Scriptures, all roads lead to Jesus. And those ...