Biblical Christian Worldview

Every year Spotify publishes a list of the 10 most popular Christmas songs on the playlists of their worldwide subscribers. Last year’s list is below and presents a snapshot, both of our culture and its view of the Christmas season (more details).

We are not, as a nation, celebrating the birth of our Savior and Lord, as the angel or star of Bethlehem looks down from the top of the Christmas tree and the figurines gather around the Baby in a manger in the small creche on the coffee table. This, just as a bunny and chocolate eggs have taken over the cross of Christ at Easter. 

Our churches are left to remind those who come to visit, twice a year, of the true meaning of the seasons. 

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Summary and Conclusions

Homeschooling, and particularly Christian homeschooling, is growing rapidly in America as parents have become more and more dissatisfied with the deteriorating caliber of our public schools. For Randy Weingarten to ask the question why her public schools are suffering an exodus only serves to emphasize the lack of situational awareness, much less demonstrating a willingness to improve our educational system. 

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This is just a brief post offering five principles in evaluating the pros and cons of daily decision making. 

Stepping through the five points above provides confidence that our decision is in His will (Proverbs 3:5-6). As such, we need to praise Him regardless of the outcome (1 Thes. 5:18). 

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A Biblical Perspective on the War in Israel

This post is not intended to be a defense or attempt at rationalizing Israel’s current press into Gaza. Whether, from a human perspective, one believes Israel is defending or being the aggressor as it flattens Palestinian lands because of Hamas’ barbarism is discussed on an hourly basis by social media pundits and channel surfing between MSNBC, Al Jazeera, Newsmax, and Fox. Instead, this article is an attempt to offer a supernatural perspective, attempting to gain insight on God’s view of the Jewish race and therefore how we, as Biblical Christians should respond to the current middle east conflict.

Today, we need to take the same advice offered in the book of Acts. Make no mistake, the ongoing middle east conflict is a supernatural war not merely a secular human battleground.

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According to research compiled by Brad Wilcox, a University of Virginia professor, "Marriage tops income, education, and sex in reports of happiness...What we see in the research is that both men and women who are married are almost twice as likely to be happy compared to their fellow Americans who are not married," (Marriage).

In recent years there has been a counter-trend (lower divorce rates), however, single-parent households continue to be a tremendous challenge for our country. The impact shows up in the deterioration of our public educational system, moral decay, youth crime, and a slow loss of the foundations of civil society, not to mention the title of this post, happiness for those who choose a Biblical marriage. 

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There is a strain of Biblical Christians who are understandably frustrated with how our culture has turned against them (us). Rather than responding with patience, grace, and love, they respond to verbal challenges with an equal portion of dogmatic and divisive responses. This goes well beyond issues such as abortion and sexuality. 

The point is that what is most important is to attempt to bring the conversation back to the saving love of Jesus just as He brought the conversation from where one worships to Whom we should worship.

Ephesians 4:15 Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

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The reality is that born-again Biblical Christians remain sinners after salvation. The process of sanctification is never completed on this side of the grave. Paul states in Romans 7:14-25, that he continues to do wrong, and it frustrates him greatly (as it should). However, this reality does not give the Christian an excuse to continue bad behavior, nor can we rationalize away our sin. 

However, as we see this world seemingly overwhelmed in ever increasing aberrant behavior,  just as referenced in Romans 11:5, there remains a remnant of believers among the mounting rubble of humanity as we look toward Heaven for final and total relief.

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Biblical Christians are called by God to conduct themselves in two, sometimes contradictory ways, all at the same time. 

Conclusion

Christians are called to love mankind and to love God. Ultimately, the Lord has chosen to put us in a place of potential conflict with those who hold opposing views. Part of the faith we all share is that we, as Christians, acknowledge that God knows what He is doing and sees the big picture, which we do not. It is also important to keep in mind that, as we serve our fellow man and simultaneously serve God, we remain sinners ourselves. We fail constantly in this conundrum of Christan life and have been warned many times in scripture that we will be persecuted for both our failures and our successes in being His servants in a lost and dying world. Our job and our goal as the Lord's emissaries is to stay close to Him and reach out to love the lost, regardless of the cost.

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Like so many other words in the English language, the word “deconstruction” means different things to different people. 

Summary

Deconstruction has as its primary objective the reconciliation of one’s personal views with their changing religious beliefs. As one becomes more comfortable rejecting God’s word, deconstruction begins to take on different forms and degrees of disconnection from a traditional Biblical Christian worldview. Ultimately, each step in the process draws one farther and farther away from the God of the Bible. 

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." (2 Tim. 3:16-17)

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)

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How many Christians today have used bad church governance as an excuse for rejecting the entire, God ordained, institution of Sunday morning church attendance (Heb. 10:24-25)? 

A Practical Solution

Rather than sitting at home watching TV with your family on Sunday mornings while feeling guilty that you are not receiving true spiritual meat (Heb. 5:11-14), find a good church plug in as a congregant, and stay away from positions of leadership. As a member, our responsibility before God is primarily to support the church (with our time and funds) and leave the administration to those called to take on that role. Finally, pray for your leadership to be tuned to God and His desire for your congregation, rather than the secular goals that breed pride and divisiveness. 

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This podcast is based on original BCWorldview.org content. Some episodes are narrated using an AI-generated version of the author's own voice.