{"id":2063,"date":"2017-03-02T02:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T02:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2017-03-02T02:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T02:25:12","slug":"re-post-why-worldviews-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=2063","title":{"rendered":"Re-post: Why Worldviews Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Christian and the Materialist hold different beliefs about the universe. \u00a0They can’t both be right. \u00a0The one who is wrong will act in a way which simply doesn’t fit the real universe.”
\n— C. S. Lewis<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A sound worldview is an under-appreciated aspect of living a maximized life. \u00a0To be sure everyone has one — the question is, does the worldview he has correspond to the world in which he lives?<\/p>\n

The late Chuck Colson<\/a> did more than anyone I know to explain the significance of a worldview<\/a> generally, and why it was so vitally important to have a biblical worldview.<\/p>\n

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When the game is over, it all goes back in the box<\/p><\/div>\n

Colson explained that to have a biblical worldview was to view the whole of life through the lens of scripture. \u00a0That is, one examines the four principal questions of our existence in light of what the Bible teaches. Those four questions are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Where did we come from?<\/li>\n
  2. What is our fundamental problem?<\/li>\n
  3. What is the remedy for our fundamental problem?<\/li>\n
  4. How should we live?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Bible frames the answers to these questions with the following words:<\/p>\n