Biblical Christian Worldview

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Last summer my wife and I traveled by car for over a month from Alaska to North Carolina. As we have made this trip twice before, it is our continuing desire to visit as much of the backcountry of Canada and America as we can, intentionally staying off the interstates. 

Putting all that together, a new non-profit ministry has been born, Romans Road Parks of America.

So, it is with this motivation and theological underpinning that Romans Road Parks of America has been established as a tool for Biblical Christian evangelism on a church-by-church basis. All materials are provided free of charge, at a cost of over $1700 per park. Installation of signs, picnic tables, and other supporting structures are completed by church volunteers. Further details on the ministry and to recommend a church for a park can be seen at Romans Road Parks of America as well as a detailed proposal for the church leadership. Please pray for us as we step out on faith. 

There is a great deal of rhetoric swirling around the Trump indictment which can be broken down into four categories of opinions. I would like to offer a fifth, unique Biblical Christian perspective.

We are a nation of sinners, both believers and unbelievers (Romans 3:23). God uses our laws and elected leaders as one way to keep us in check (1 Peter 2:13–14). Having future presidents consider that their actions will result in prosecution might be a catalyst for providing the country with a badly needed upgrade of both the competency and character of those wishing to hold such a powerful office.

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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.

This is a review of the history, context, and content of the Pledge of Allegiance viewed through the lens of a Biblical Christian worldview. It also offers an opinion on the controversy related to Christian allegiance to God vs. America.

My View on the Pledge of Allegiance

When I salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, I am not saluting the government. I am saluting those who truly sacrificed for our freedom. I am saluting those who go above the call of duty to protect us (police, first responders, the military). I am saluting those Americans who still largely hold to traditional values of Christian morality, freedom, and unity. 

There is no question that Christian Nationalism, taken too far, is a form of idolatry. However, one can also say that in many areas of life. For example, the application of the phrase “I am at church whenever the doors are open” can be an indication of both pride and idolatry toward church attendance. In today's culture, I would submit that we have crossed the center point on the pendulum of idolatry vs. patriotism. A little more patriotism and a little more church attendance are good things for the average American, given how far we have moved away from the extremes that would be recognized as idolatry toward either construct. 

To be patriotic, to express Christian Nationalism through allegiance to this nation, is not to condone past or present administrations or policies. Patriotism can be seen as an attempt to promote a Biblical Christian worldview within a select group of people (like the Israelites from the Old Testament), in this case, called Americans. 

Respectfully, I believe that the more this country loses its grip on the Christian ideal (however muddy and sin-filled our nation has become) the closer we are to a fallen nation. This, in turn, allows Satan to raise up increasingly totalitarian rulers from countries like China and Russia. They and Satan want nothing better than Americans losing all sense of patriotism and nationalism, especially as it becomes an increasing cancer undermining our military readiness. 

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Some born-again Christians believe that mankind can be “fully sanctified” or have “perfect unity” with the Trinity on this side of the grave. It is my view that we will not achieve that goal until Heaven. 

Salvation is an event in the life of the Christian when one accepts Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord (Romans 10:9-10). Sanctification, on the other hand, is a life-long process (sometimes better referred to as “progressive sanctification”) of learning who God is and what He expects of us as we prepare to spend eternity with Him. Mankind does not have the capacity to be “perfectly sanctified” as long as any sin remains in the believer’s life. 

The Danger in Believing One is Fully Sanctified 

Salvation and sanctification are amazing gifts from God, through Christ and the Holy Spirit. The danger in assuming one can reach an endpoint in sanctification in this life includes: 

• The sin of pride can take over one’s life, looking down on those who are not “fully sanctified”. 
• The belief that one no longer commits sin, regardless of their thoughts or actions, and,
• A danger that our relationship with God is so close that theology rooted in the Bible can be ignored over one’s “feelings” about who God is and what He expects of us. 

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In the last month, the S&P has dropped over 6% and late last week two banks, SVB and Signature collapsed. Four other regional banks are also in serious jeopardy. 

While the Treasury Department and the President are providing guaranteed backstops for bank deposit holders above the insured $250K threshold, according to Reuters, the Fed is expected to further raise interest rates 25 basis points next week, and again in May, in an attempt to curb inflation.

Governmental control of Digital currency (currently in its infancy), coupled with a dependable form of personal ID, would offer a universal method of transacting business. Of course, very few today would welcome the injection of an RFID chip in their hand, even though it has actually been in use in humans since 1998 and in animals before that.

Mark 13:37 And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”

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There is a tension between what the Bible says, what we think the Bible says, and what we think God should say to us as a race of people trying to get through life. We naturally tend to cling to sources of knowledge about who God is that fit who we want Him to be. In doing so believers can get out of balance in their spiritual walk, focusing on sources of information that may ultimately be contrary to Scripture. 

Conclusion

There is a balance in seeking God in multiple ways. However, mankind, as a race of people on a pendulum of spirituality, typically falls out of balance by focusing on “feelings”, which include circumstances, prayer, and the opinion of other Christians (the Church). Without the Bible as a foundation, these other sources of knowledge can easily misalign with an evolving cultural morality, rather than on the unchanging Word of God. There is no question we, as sinners, trying to understand the teachings of an all-powerful sinless Creator, can misinterpret His written Word. In fact, Christian denominational differences are founded on varying understandings of God’s commands and competing emphases.  Prayerful theology founded on the Bible remains superior to other valid forms for spiritual enrichment. The danger of rejecting God’s Word culminates in turning away from the church (founded on His Word), the fellowship of other Biblical Christian believers, and reliance on “feelings” (that come from circumstances and even prayer) which can also emanate from dubious sources.

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Many today believe the Bible is composed of wise sayings, written by men with an agenda. However, there is a subset of this group who do believe the “original” autographs were written by God. However, they also believe His work, thought initially inerrant, has been subsequently corrupted over time by man. They accept God as Creator but allow for the convenient twisting of His Word to fit their own evolving moral paradigm. 

When it comes to the Bible, do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. In an upcoming post, I will review the only four sources of information we have on discerning who God is and what He desires for His children. Clearly, the first three depend heavily on the fourth (the Bible) for confirmation. 

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Let me begin by saying that I am a strong advocate of “church” attendance. I believe we do not have, on our own, enough body parts to function as a church, for ourselves, or our families. I use the term “body parts” as a reference to 1 Cor. 12:12-31 where Paul is pointing out that the church is made up of many members and each one has a synergistic value in supporting the whole. We need to be in fellowship with like-minded believers for accountability, encouragement, and training. I believe the church is, in fact, worth the hassle. 

The pandemic we have just lived through offers an excellent experiment in sanctification for the believer. Ask yourself the question, am I, and is my family, closer to God after spending over a year isolated from other Christians in active, regular attendance in chu

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The “nuclear family” is rapidly disappearing in the United States. It can be defined as having a mother, (whose primary role is caregiver), a father, (whose primary role is financial stability), and children.  Though there are many factors outside the control of parents and children, this is the ideal offered in Scripture from the beginning.

There is much that can be drawn from the statistics offered above. If one is willing to make a correlation with data on the increase in crime, delinquency, deteriorating educational standards of achievement, and moral decay, the trajectory is not a positive one for families in general and youth specifically. The seams of our culture become more and more strained as the nuclear family comes increasingly under attack.  

We know the forces aligned against God focus on the weak points of our society, and, one of the weakest links is the strength of the family unit. If that can be broken, it impacts the generations that follow.

Even though our citizenship is not of this world (Phil. 3:20), we are still held accountable as parents and caretakers for future generations. We can still make an impact and stand for Biblical principles of right and wrong for the sake of our families and our children’s families. 

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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The Question 

“Jeff, do you think it’s possible for someone who genuinely loves God and accepts that Jesus is the way, truth, and light to continue to feel hatred for anyone else? If so, how? Loving Jesus and hating others are incompatible. You can’t experience them both at the same time, in my opinion. [This] means that during instances where someone hates another, he’s forgotten that he loves Jesus.”


Finally, there is no question that the horizontal relationships we have (both good and bad) directly impact the vertical relationship we have with a living God. But, I think, there are degrees similar to the rest of life’s gray areas. One day we will live in a world where there is no anger, no hatred, no sin, just a perfect relationship with a loving God. 

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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.