Bob Roberts questions the usefulness of having a Christian worldview. See his post WHY I’M COMING TO NOT LIKE “CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW”. These two paragraphs really got me thinking:
Third, the kingdom of God is an unfolding journey moving towards God – not a rigid play book. For we Christians to believe in grace and the priesthood of the believer so much – we practice it very little. I’m reformed – but I’m no robot – I love the adventure, the journey, the unexpected turns, the people that come in and out of your life, the treasures you find unexpectedly and the deep learning you go through in times of pain and trouble. When we have a tight Christian worldview – there’s not much room for people to hear from God and move in ways we normally wouldn’t in mass.
Fourth, if I limit myself to my worldview – I will never truly understand where others are coming from. What made me, for good or bad, what I am today was not staying in Texas – but getting out of it and even more than that developing deep friendships with people of different cultures, ideas, religions, nations, etc., It enriched my faith and my dramatically and continues to do so.
John 18:36-38 (NIV)
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
A video series I watched (some) recently had this at it’s foundation. That Jesus came to teach the truth. So we should look to the Bible to form a Christian worldview. The bible has answers for all issues. We just need to split some hairs to find them.
However I think what Jesus was saying that he came to testify to the truth that He is King. Not to write a book that has every answer on every topic.
We are to be followers of Jesus, not of a rule book. (However we should doubt any voice that contradicts our Scriptures).
Good thoughts, God bless!
Jon,
I think you are right about the Bible. Have you ever read the article “How can the Bible be authoritative?” by N. T. Wright? He talks about reading the Bible this way.
Here is a post where I link to it: https://redeeminggod.com/blog/2008/06/04/reading-the-nt-wright/