“A world view is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story/myth or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being” James Sire (The Universe Next Door, IVP)
We all have worldviews though we may not realise we do... and we might have a false or partially false one... we probably all have inconsistencies.
Looking at the world John Calvin wrote: “There is no colour in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice” And yet, from the Bible he observed, “the heart is an idol factory” People are lovers but we love the wrongthings, turning created things into our gods.
CS Lewis warns, tread carefully around idols:
“It is our painful duty to wake the world from an enchantment. The real universe is prob…
We all have worldviews though we may not realise we do... and we might have a false or partially false one... we probably all have inconsistencies.
Looking at the world John Calvin wrote: “There is no colour in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice” And yet, from the Bible he observed, “the heart is an idol factory” People are lovers but we love the wrongthings, turning created things into our gods.
CS Lewis warns, tread carefully around idols:
“It is our painful duty to wake the world from an enchantment. The real universe is prob…