...A worldview is the nature in which one interprets various aspects of the world. Through beliefs, opinions are formulated about subjects such as music, art, religion and politics. My grandmother raised me to believe in God, Jesus as our Lord and Savior. As a young adult I gave my life to Christ and continued believing the truths of God that I was taught as a child. As a Christian, I believe that the Bible is the word of God, and it stands as the lenses of how the world is viewed in a Christina/Biblical view. In Romans chapters 1-8, the apostle Paul writes about the views a Christian should have and how they should live. In the next paragraphs of this essay, it will be briefly discussed how the Bible guides us through tough life questions such as: Who we are? Where do we come from? What is the meaning/purpose of life, Relationships, and our Destiny? The Natural World A Christian’s Biblical world view of this world is seen in Psalm 139.16, the Psalmist describes how God personally created him in the womb of his mother. We are humbled at the fact that Good took the time to create us in His image. Since the creation of the world humans have been given the revelation of the truth (Romans 1:18) Gen1:1 shows God as the creator of all things. God in his all-knowing power formed the Natural world in detail to perfection. Human Identity Mankind was created in the image of God. Adam and Eve were tasked to be caretakers of the land of Eden (Gen 2:15). They were above the animals...
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...I. What is a Worldview? Merriam-Webster defines “worldview” as “the way someone thinks about the world.” A person’s worldview is their outlook, their opinion, their philosophy of the world, the environment, and the people who inhabit it. That worldview is their perspective on life and what they believe to be the truth, which in turn greatly influences their actions, reactions, emotions, reasoning and decision-making on a daily basis. II. The Biblical/Christian Worldview 1. The Question of Origin: In Genesis 1:1-27, God created the heavens and the earth, He created light, He created the sky and the land, He created the oceans and the mountains, He created the plants and the animals, and He created man in His likeness to inhabit the earth, to rule over the animals and take care of His Creation. In Genesis 2:7 and in Matthew 19:4, both passages clearly state that God created man from nothing, and that He created both man and woman. 2. The Question of Identity: Genesis 1:27-28 states that God created man in His likeness and in His image, both man and woman. God created mankind to be rulers over the works of His hands, to have dominion over all the earth, the land, the seas, the plants, and the animals. (Psalm 8:3-9) 3. The Question of Meaning/Purpose: Mankind was created by God and in order have a relationship with God, to give Him love, praise and glory. (Isaiah 43:7) Man was created by God according to His desire and purpose. In turn, man...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Danny Casteel Liberty University Biblical Worldview I’m a member at St. Thomas Baptist Church; we have service every Sunday morning from 11:15 until 1:30 that afternoon. Last Sunday one of my old friends showed up and he joined the church, after the service was over with, he approached me and asked bible study as well as Sunday school. Once I shared the information with him about what our church has to offer, I coincidently found myself holding a conversation about Worldwide Views. I love Romans chapter 1-8 and that’s where I get a lot of information about my world view. The Natural World Roman’s 1-8 covers a lot of aspects of a Christian worldview such as, human identity, culture, the natural world, and human relationships. The apostle Paul wrote the epistle of Roman’s while he was in the city of Corinth, to me, it is the most important letter written within the New Testament. All people have done wrong, Paul wrote in (Roman 1:20) “There are things about him that people can’t see his eternal power and all the things that make him God, But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.” If everyone would just stop and take a moment and look around at the things in nature that can’t be explained from people or Science, we would all believe in God. For example, the ocean and rain, these things can’t be explained by humans. So therefore, people...
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...Biblical Worldview Essay Ashley Feser Bible 110 Liberty Universyity Online Since the garden we have a natural inclination to sin, which tragically separates us from the God of Love. The Bible is clear that we cannot make ourselves righteous or earn salvation. Left to ourselves we are hopeless, but God made a way: “Immanuel” Jesus Christ, the spotless lamb. It was God’s loving compassion that provided our means to pass through the needles eye, to receive deliverance through his Son Jesus Christ, who paid for our sins through his sacrificial death. We have the opportunity to accept Christ as Savior and believe in his atoning work, and through this act of Faith we are saved. Jesus' righteousness is credited to us. Not by works so that none can boast. When Jesus finished his time here in the flesh He said, It is better that I leave then the counselor (Holy Spirit) will come. The Holy Spirit is at work in helping us avoid sin and grow in godliness. God's plan is intolerant and impartial and at the same time fair and just. This is true for both Jews and Gentiles. All are worthy to come to Christ and receive salvation. Salvation is a gift from God wholly separate from any human effort or achievement. Paul wrote that he would pray they would receive spiritual gifts to empower them to minister as He is also. He states "That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. (1:12) " This is a humble statement by Paul and his way...
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...The book of Judges introduces us to the long years of Israel’s struggle to maintain control of the Promised Land and serves as the transition from the conquest to the kingdom. It deals with events following Joshua’s death (c. 1380 BC) The main body of the story revolves around six cycles of apostasy, repentance, and deliverance. God intervenes time and again to rescue the struggling Israelites from military oppression, spiritual depression, and ethnic annihilation. The book of Judges derives its title from the Latin Liber Judicum, but the Hebrew title is shophetim. The verbal form (“to judge”) describes the activity of the various deliverers whom God used despite their personal challenges, oddities, or inadequacies Most of the biblical judges were heroes or deliverers more than legal arbiters. They were raised up by God and empowered to execute the judgment of God upon Israel’s enemies. The sovereignty of God over His people is seen in these accounts as God, the ultimate Judge (11:27), judges Israel for her sins, brings oppressors against her, and raises up human judges to deliver her from oppression when she repents. I. Reason for the Judges (Judges 1:1–2:23) The period of the judges followed the death of Joshua (1:1) when Israel was left with no central ruler. While the book of Joshua represents the apex of victory for the Israelite tribes, the book of Judges tells the story of their heartache and struggle to maintain control of the land. While the conquest of the land...
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...A Biblical Worldview: TITLE NAME UNIVERSITY A Biblical Worldview: TITLE Despite a wide array of varying worldviews, the Biblical worldview is the only one that has passed the test of truth. James 1:22 (New Living Translation) calls Christians to live out what is commanded and not to remain stagnate. Understanding the biblical worldview is imperative to be able to obey scripture. It is important to comprehend what a worldview consists of, the five questions a worldview answers and ultimately, how that worldview affects each person’s mentality, decisions and purpose. Part I: What is a Worldview? Worldviews are comprised of beliefs and ideas that are representative of the culture, society and religious texts; it affects how a person analyzes and critiques the world around them (Rau, 2012). According to James Sire, it is “an [individual] commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart” that every person possesses, whether consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently, which yields a framework from which mankind derives their beliefs (Rau, 2012, p. 21). A personal worldview fuels motives, character and is the basis upon which decisions are made. The derivation of a worldview is multifaceted and manifested through obvious, as well as, subliminal messages present in media, culture and the relative new movement of tolerance (Rau 2012). Ideas in the aforementioned text often conflict with biblical truths. Through a biblical worldview, the Christian analyzes...
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...Worldview Assignment Submitted to Professor Marks, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course, APOL 104 D27 LUO Contemporary Worldviews Liberty University Online By Ryan Mapleton 4/6/2015 Defining Worldview A worldview is the person’s philosophy about life, a framework a person bring to decision-making, and a filter or lens which a person uses to interpret life and the word around them. The Biblical Worldview Origin The usual questions that are asked when finding the question of origin are “How did life begin?” and “How did mankind come into existence?” In biblical worldview, God is the reason that everything exist. The Bible says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). It is professed by the psalmist, David that God is his creator (Psalms 136: 13 -16). Identity “What does it mean to be human?” and “Are humans more important than animals?” are the questions asked to seek the answer of the question of identity. In biblical worldview, God created mankind above the animal because it says in the bible that men and women were created in Gods image. The bible tells us that we are supposed to take of the animals (Genesis 1:26-27). Psalms 8:5 states that man was created “little lower than angels.” Meaning and Purpose The specific question that is mainly asked to answer the question of meaning and purpose is that “Why does mankind exist?” or “Why do I exist?” In the biblical worldview, it’s about...
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...My Worldview Name J.S. & G.B. My Worldview "Grappling with uncertainty- not over the existence of God or the divinity of Jesus but over the fundamental issue of whether he could totally trust what his bible was telling him" (Strobel, Pg 9). I start with this quote because I feel it describes how I feel about my worldview. I feel that I’m Christian, but I am always questioning my religion. Whether or not to believe everything that is told to me. I do believe that God is real and that there is a heaven, but I have this feeling that there is more to it. I believe that I am Christian, because I was raised Christian by my parents. It was the right thing to do, follow my parents’ beliefs. I feel that my worldview is what defines a person and where they stand in life and religion. I believe God is our creator and is our spiritual being. He is the man we pray to; he is the one that created us in his image. I also believe that as a human we will all die at some point, and once we die we would go to heaven. The path to heaven is not easy but with the help of your church and your faith with God we can all get there. I believe that everything that was created in our universe is real and materialist, it was done by God. He made everything real so we could live off the land. I also believe that the nature of it all is real and not an illusion or a dream. I believe all of this is true, because everything I have been taught; has also been backed up with legitimate facts to prove it to be...
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...Riggs BWVW 101-001 10/2/15 Worldview Writing Assignment Part 2 What is a worldview? A worldview is the framework through which a person sees and understands the world around himself. It is based upon a set of “presuppositions” about the life and the world. A presupposition is a belief that one may hold before gaining knowledge or beginning to form opinions. A worldview is not simply your opinion, but instead is the foundation on which you base all of your decisions and opinions. One of the easiest ways to uncover a person’s worldview is to ask the five key questions that all worldviews must answer: the questions of origin, identity, meaning, morality and destiny. What is a biblical worldview? A biblical worldview uses the Holy Bible as the foundation on which the answers to the five key questions are answered, presuppositions are laid out, and opinions on all matters are formed. The basis of the biblical worldview can be summarized in a few statements. First, the God of the Bible exists Second, we know that He exists because He reveals himself to us through creation, humankind (moral conscience), and His Word. Third, the Bible is the Word of God, therefore it is authoritative in its declaration of presuppositions by which all humans should live. And finally, Jesus Christ came as the Redeemer to save each person from their own sinful nature and restore an eternal relationship with God. Through these truths, as well as those found in the Bible, biblical theists can answer...
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...What is a worldview? Everyone has a worldview, whether or not we realize that we do. For example, a worldview is like a patch covering one of our eyes that taint our vision or after the way we see the world around us. Our worldview is formed by our everyday surroundings such as our upbringing, the culture we live in, the books we read, our education, and the media and movies. Many people worldview were formed by cultural influences. In most cases, people will not be able to give a defense of their beliefs to others because they have never thought strategically about what they believe. All Christians believe in Jesus Christ, as the savior, but having said that they come in more variety than one. Some people believe solely in the Bible including Genesis, where as some believe that the Bible is simply a history book. Christians have so many different beliefs about the origins of the earth and mankind. Christians who believe primarily in the Bible say that the world and everything on it was created by God: Whereas others accept that the universe came into existence over eleven billion years ago and that mankind evolved millions years ago. Hench, one may start to question their beliefs that they fill dearly attached to. The question of Identity can be a tricky one because there are so many different beliefs. I do not know much about reincarnation but some people have claimed to have memories of things that happened long before they were born. I believe that the meaning and purpose...
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...The Book of Eli I want to start off by saying the worldview that is worded in the Book of Eli is a very great responsive book and has its own relationship to humanity. The book is the bible. The film has lots of control, potency and a means of mercy and justice. In the film the bible is based on the words of life it can change a person’s world. Eli is living by the book and the characters. The message of god’s words, every aspect from the film to the plots, to the characters god words is much respected and well profit. The characters in the film has there right s and wrong which is what we all go through in our worldviews. There are good and evils and the film. When there is only one copy of the bible left because the other copies were destroyed by a war people are fighting to get to that bible and Eli has to make it to the United States. The characters in the story where true to the worldview because Eli was there to protect the last copy of the bible Eli the respect of god’s words and his obedience. With their being commitments and beliefs Eli is not just a man to be deterred by their interchange and to live with the truth. ‘’While I was disappointed to see the end of the film momentarily stray from its powerful Biblical message by subtly implying that the Bible is equal to other religious texts, this implication pales in comparison to Eli’s last amazing act of faith at the end of the film. Eli’s last act of faith and his obedience to God is powerful and moving and...
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...Darren J Black Jr Daryl Neipp BIB 105 7 September 2015 My Biblical Worldview: How does Genesis 1-11 effect it? Introduction How does Genesis 1-11 effect my worldview and how does it contribute to my everyday life. Reading these chapters has a big impact on my life and there are so many things that it covers in such a condense amount of time. You have Adam and Eve being created and how that effects my worldview on marriage in the world. Also how we define ourselves as a man and a woman and the different roles of each of us that the bible defines for us. How Cain and Abel relantionship with each other defines how we should act and not become jealous with one another. The wickedness in the world when Noah was here and how the Lord saw the world was so evil and destroyed it, which is kind of how I look at our world today. There many topics in these chapters that I will discuss and explain how all of this effects my biblical world view today and what I think of all of it in this paper that I am writing today. Natural World The 1st chapter of the bible pretty much sets out the natural world and all that is in it, in Genesis chapter 1 to 2 the LORD our God makes everything light, darkness, land, sea and all the creatures in the world. He creates Adam and later Eve somewhere to live and basically live off the land. This chapter is the reason the natural world exist and that God was gracious to give us so much in it. Without the beast that roam the earth or the birds that...
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...October 16, 2013 CWV-101 Rob Krise My Worldview Essay Introduction Understanding what a person’s beliefs are can help them when making life’s hard decisions. The beliefs a person has are his worldviews. Church, family, society, and knowledge of religion influence worldviews. Worldviews change and develop over a lifetime depending on life experiences and other influences. I will explain my views on God and how they affect not only my thinking, but also every aspect of my life in a positive way. Worldview Assumptions When I began this course, I did not know what to expect. However, I came to this class with my own world assumptions. I believe that in order to reach heaven, I must be baptized, and I must dedicate my life to God. I believe that it takes more than saying a person is Christian to be a Christian. I believe that attending church does not make one a Christian. Finally, I believe that I will go to heaven because my heart belongs to God. Questions and Answers from my Own Worldview Perspective Who is God and what are His Characteristics? God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, also known as the Trinity. He is the maker and ruler of the earth and all of its inhabitants (Genesis 1:1). God is the only deity that can forgive the sins of man and allow them to enter heaven. The only way to God is through His Son, Jesus. We must accept that he is God’s son and ask him to enter our hearts in order to be saved by his grace. God is humble, compassionate...
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...CWV-101: Bible Story Worksheet and Journal #1 Module 1 - Part 1 – Bible Story Worksheet For Part 1 of this assignment, you will complete this worksheet by reviewing the "The Story of the Bible" "flags" and fulfill each writing requirement. http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/cwv101_biblical-timeline-v1.1.php Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Briefly answer each section from "The Story of the Bible": ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining why the Creation account is so significant to the Christian worldview. ------------------------------------------------- The creation account is so important to the Christian worldview because it identifies in depth how man was created out of nothing. In addition the creation account signifies that God’s creation was made valuable. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining what the Fall reveals about humanity and human morality. ------------------------------------------------- The Fall reveals that the fall of man had an impact on all humanity and that man did not live up to God’s expectations. The Fall relates to the human ethics as it signifies that God’s initial plan did not waver but required a deviation due to the choice man made. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining...
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...Personal World View Mandi Longoria Grand Canyon University January 31, 2016 Personal World View Worldview defined how individuals view the world around them (Shelly & Miller, 2006). A few current worldviews are the Christian worldview, pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism. This paper will discuss spirituality and the aforementioned worldviews. Additionally, she will her Christina worldview will be evaluated using Sire’s seven basic worldview questions. Spirituality Every individual views spirituality differently. The personal opinion of the author is that spirituality is the relationship between God and myself. The bible states that God desires a relationship with his people (James 2:23). Merriam-Webster defines spirituality as a state of being in religion or attachment to religious values (Merriam-Webster, Inc, 2015). Preparing for this assignment, the author discussed spirituality with several co-workers. The overwhelming definition provided is a relationship with a higher religious being/power. Pluralism The occurrence where people from different walks of life co-existing, but continue to have their different traditions and beliefs is how pluralism is defined by Merriam-Webster (2015). Pluralism is based on individuals conversing with the intention to gain a better respect and understanding for differing beliefs (Eck, 2006). Individuals are not expected to agree with other’s beliefs or change their own personal identities (Eck, 2006). Everyone involved...
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