What Is It? Why Is It Important?
"At this moment in history, even though most of modern society is already fully committed to an evolutionary and naturalistic worldview, our society still benefits from the collective memory of a biblical worldview. People in general still believe human life is special. They still hold remnants of biblical morality, such as the notion that love is the greatest virtue (1 Cor 13:13), service to one another is better than fighting for personal dominion (Matt 20:25-27), and humility and submission are superior to arrogance and rebellion (1 Pet 5:5). But to whatever degree secular society still holds those virtues in esteem, it does so entirely without any philosophical foundation. Having already rejected the God revealed in Scripture and embraced instead pure naturalistic materialism, the modern mind has no grounds whatsoever for holding to any ethical standard, no reason whatsoever for esteeming 'virtue' over 'vice,' and no justification whatsoever for regarding human life as more valuable than any other form of life. Modern society has already abandoned its moral foundation." — John F. MacArthur, Think Biblically! Recovering A Christian Worldview, "Comprehending Creation," p. 60 READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE Consenting Adults: Responding To A Cannibal Charles Colson Fatal Visions: When A Bad Worldview Can Make You What's For Dinner Charles Colson Recovering A Worldview Of Moral Clarity [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler
"To put it simply, evolution was invented in order to eliminate the god of Genesis and thereby to oust the lawgiver and obliterate the inviolability of His law. Evolution is simply the latest means our fallen race has devised in order to suppress our innate knowledge and the biblical testimony that there is a God and that we are accountable to Him (cf. Rom 1:28). By embracing evolution, modern society aims to do away with morality, responsibility, and guilt. Society has embraced evolution with such enthusiasm because people imagine that it eliminates the Judge and leaves them free to do whatever they want without guilt and without consequences." "And why not? If evolution is true, humans are just one of many species that evolved from common ancestors. We're no better than animals, and we ought not to think that we are. If we evolved from sheer matter, why should we esteem what is spiritual? In fact, if everything evolved from matter, nothing "spiritual" is real. We ourselves are ultimately no better than or different from any other living species. We are nothing more than protoplasm waiting to become manure. As a matter of fact, that is precisely the rationale behind the modern animal-rights movement, a movement whose raison d'être is the utter degradation of the human race. Naturally, all radical animal-rights advocates are evolutionists. Their belief system is an inevitable byproduct of evolutionary theory. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is well known for its stance that animal rights are equal to (or more important than) human rights. They maintain that killing any animal for food is the moral equivalent of murder; eating meat is virtually cannibalism; and man is a tyrant species, detrimental to his environment. PETA opposes the keeping of pets and 'companion animals'—including guide dogs for the blind. A 1988 statement distributed by the organization includes this: 'As John Bryant has written in his book Fettered Kingdoms, [companion animals] are like slaves, even if well-kept slaves.' Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's controversial founder, says, 'There is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights.... A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.' Newkirk told a Washington Post reporter that the atrocities of Nazi Germany pale by comparison to killing animals for food: 'Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughterhouses.' Clearly, Ms. Newkirk is more outraged by the killing of chickens for food than she is by the wholesale slaughter of human beings. One gets the impression she would not necessarily consider the extinction of humanity an undesirable thing. In fact, she and other animal-rights advocates often sound downright misanthropic. She told a reporter, 'I don't have any reverence for life, only for the entities themselves. I would rather see a blank space where I am. This will sound like fruitcake stuff again but at least I wouldn't be harming anything.' And the summer issue of Wild Earth magazine, a journal promoting radical environmentalism, included a manifesto for the extinction of the human race, written under the pseudonym 'Les U. Knight.' The article said, 'If you haven't given voluntary human extinction much thought before, the idea of a world with no people in it may seem strange. But, if you give it a chance, I think you might agree that the extinction of Homo sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species.... Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental.' That is worse than merely stupid, irrational, immoral, or humiliating; it is deadly." — John F. MacArthur, Think Biblically! Recovering A Christian Worldview, "Comprehending Creation," p. 67, pp. 73-74 READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE Creation: Believe It Or Not, Parts 1 & 2 John F. MacArthur Abortion And The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil John Piper
"It is critical that any theologically informed worldview begin with the account of creation. Genesis 1:1 states clearly that there is only one Creator. Roger Hedlund explains, 'Creation by God means that there is but one human race...and that Yahweh is no tribal deity but God and Father of all.' Every man, woman, and child owes his or her very existence to this true God. The Fatherhood of God in a physical sense is inclusive by definition and biblical declaration (Mal 2:10). 'Ethnic and cultural diversity is part of the creative design of God.... Racism is a perversion of creation.' There was no pantheon of gods involved in creation. The universe was not created by committee. In the obvious vacuum of multiple creators, any other false deity's claim to creation rights is invalid. Any attempt by a false religion to ascribe authority or worship to a god other than Yahweh is an attempt to rob God of the glory that He alone deserves. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles ... they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.Rejecting the Creator results in elevating the creation. Whether it be the idolatry of paganism or the self-deification of humanism, the result is the same. Unregenerate man will always attempt to draw glory away from the Creator and attribute it to something that falls into the creation category. But only the one, true Creator God deserves all worship." — Mark A. Tatlock, Think Biblically! Recovering a Christian Worldview, "Viewing The nations From God's Perspective," p. 116. READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE No Ordinary God: A Christian Worldview Reset [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler No Ordinary God: A Witness From The Past [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler No Ordinary God: Filling Out The Picture [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler No Ordinary God: No Heavenly Spectator [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler No Ordinary God: The Ultimate Test [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler
Whatever account we may give, however, of the power of the world's thought over Christian men, it seems pretty clear that the "concessive" attitude which leads men to accept the tenets which have originated elsewhere than in the Scriptures as the foundation of their thinking, and to bend Scripture into some sort of conciliation with them, is the ruling spirit of our time, which may, therefore, be said to be dominated by the very spirit of "heresy." "Modern discovery" and "modern thought" are erected into the norm of truth, and we are told that the whole sphere of theological teaching must be conformed to it. This is the principle of that reconstruction of religious thinking which we are now constantly told is going on resistlessly about us, and which is to transform all theology. What is demanded of us is just to adjust our religious views to the latest pronouncements of philosophy or science or criticism. And this is demanded with entire unconsciousness of the fundamental fact of Christianity-that we have a firmer ground of confidence for our religious views than any science or philosophy or criticism can provide for any of their pronouncements. It is very plain that he who modifies the teachings of the Word of God in the smallest particular at the dictation of any "man-made opinion" has already deserted the Christian ground, and is already, in principle, a "heretic." The very essence of "heresy" is that the modes of thought and tenets originating elsewhere than in the Scriptures of God are given decisive weight when they clash with the teachings of God's Word, and those are followed to the neglect or modification or rejection of these. — Benjamin Warfield, The Presbyterian Messenger, "Heresy and Concession," May 7, 1896, p. 672. READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE Heresy And Concession Benjamin B. Warfield The Sufficiency Of The Scripture - PART 1 The Sufficiency Of The Scripture - PART 2 - Psalm 19 John F. MacArthur The Only Sure Word — requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader John Sherwood
"G.K. Chesterson once described the Victorian loss of faith as a 'great silent collapse, an enormous unspoken disappointment.' In our own times, the collapse is often anything but silent or unspoken. Indeed, one of the most noteworthy developments of our age is the rise of the theologian or church leader who, once orthodox, now declares before the world that he has outgrown biblical Christianity." — Albert Mohler, How To Abandon Historic Christianity In Ten Easy Lessons READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE How To Abandon Historic Christianity In Ten Easy Lessons [Article on the Crosswalk website] Albert Mohler
"A more commendable approach is that of J. Gresham Machen, one of conservative Christianity's finest minds in his day (1881-1937): "Every Christian must think about God; every Christian to some degree must be a theologian." Whatever the subject, one must begin with God's perspective from Scripture rather than with man's opinion from observation, research, and logic. Harry Blamires sums the matter up succinctly: "To think christianly is to think in terms of Revelation." It is clearly a contradiction to declare oneself to be a Christian thinker and then relegate God's mind in Scripture to a place of equal or inferior value to man's thinking. Arthur E Holmes, former Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at a well-known Christian college, convincingly states the centrality of God and His special revelation to a Christian worldview: The crucial question for the recovery of truth, however, is how a Christian world-view can be introduced into education. My point is not that it ought not be excluded but that in practice, when we think Christianly, it cannot possibly be left out. Our world-view shows itself in the way we shape and relate our ideas and see everything in relation to God. — Richard L. Mayhue READ ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS ON THIS WEBSITE Cultivating A Biblical Mind-set Dr. Richard L. Mayhue
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