The Cultural Omission
by Kathy Brown on September 15th, 2009 | 0 comments
The application process is beginning for next year’s Centurions Program. (The Centurions Program) Mr. Chuck Colson founded this intense study of worldview. His emphasis is on the “Great Commission.” Here is his explanation:
It means our faith is intended to encompass every part of life, every sphere of work, every aspect of the world.
In short, our faith must be a complete worldview, the basic set of beliefs that function as a set of glasses helping us to see all of reality through God’s eyes. If God is creator and sovereign over everything, as we confess He is, then everything finds its identity and meaning in relationship to Him—not only our spiritual life but also our work, politics, science, education, the arts, etc.
Developing a Christian worldview is not some ivory-tower exercise. It is crucial for every believer—affecting every choice we make. The doctrine of creation tells us that God made the world with a moral and physical order—that there are God-given norms for every aspect of creation.
The culture we find ourselves in today largely does not reflect the worldview that is, as the twentieth century theologian Francis Schaeffer ( A Christian Manifesto, p. 18) termed it, the “final reality.” We see that there is a gaping hole at the center of public discourse and activity. The cultural omission is God Himself. Ironically, He is the very source of what it means to be human and live in community with one another.
Perhaps you have discovered an interest in the deeper significance of Christianity and would like to be engaged in a more thoughtful pursuit of Truth. Do consider the Centurions Program . . . or this website is intended to bring some of its worldview insights.
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