I've been reading the book "unChristian" by David Kinnaman, and would highly recommend it to you! David Kinnaman is with the Barna Research group. In a chapter I just read, he listed what the Barna Group defines as "A Biblical World View". Here are the eight "tests" they use to define that view. A person with a biblical worldview believes:
1. Jesus Christ lived a sinless life.
2. God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and he
still rules it today.
3. Salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned.
4. Satan is real.
5. a Christian has a responsibility to share his or her faith in Christ with other people.
6. the Bible is accurate in all of the principles it teaches.
7. unchanging moral truth exists
8. such moral truth is defined by the Bible.
David Kinnaman writes that "In our research we have fond that people ho embrace these eight components live a substantially different faith from other Americans - indeed, from other believers. What we believe influences our choices".
By these eight tests, I would be defined by the Barna Group as having a "biblical world view". What about you?
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I really like the comment, "What we believe influences our choices." When I was far from the Lord, I didn't allow Him to control my thoughts and actions, and understandably I made some pretty stupid choices. But, God works through everything & eventually I came back to Him and my foundational beliefs were re-established. Yes, these 8 points are good but there could be more than just these 8 points. I believe all 8 points are extremely important. To be a substantial Christian, you would believe all of these points in order to have at least a basic foundational Biblical World View.
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