What is a worldview
A worldview is a picture of reality that completely unifies a person’s understanding of life. It determines how an individual organizes apparently scattered facts, events and experiences of this life into categories of thoughts, judgements and lifestyle. It is a framework from which people approach big questions about primary reality, the universe and human beings. A worldview has an immense influence in our life. Our worldview defines every aspect of reality for us and prescribe our relationship with them as individuals, groups or communities.
The Christian worldview
The Christian …

FACE TO FACE WITH THE INTELLECTUAL
The holiday is over with its headaches. You are now ready to return to the classroom. In many countries, the January month takes you to a new level of courses.  Often, new courses come with new professors. In this article, we draw your attention to a number of issue about how to relate to your non-Christian professors as you begin the 2009 academic year. Your professors are the most important direct human points of contact between you and specific disciplines of knowledge. This intellectual …

God is the source of knowledge and its ultimate reference point. The type of relationship you have with  God determines the quality of what you can ever know. Therefore the first right step in the intellectual journey is obedience to God. This is exactly what the Bible means in Proverbs 1:7 when it identifies “the fear of the Lord” as the beginning of knowledge.
How does this work out in practice for you as a Christian student?  How do you understand the true beginning of knowledge in ways that guide your …

Science is not an all-powerful authority which holds the answer to all questions about life. In a general sense, the term, science, refers to organized knowledge. It  is also commonly used in a methodological sense to refer to a systemized inquiry into the nature of  things.  In the intellectual world, it is widely understood as an activity that uses clearly specified rules to produce knowledge in all disciplines.  This general and elementary discussion of the scientific approach highlights several issues from a Christian perspective.

A Product of Worldviews
The worldview that scholars …

Knowledge as divine revelation
The epistemic foundation of a biblical Christian perspective is divine revelation. Christians hold God’s revelation in Christ Jesus that is written in the Bible as the  ultimate truth to which all legitimate knowledge must conform. We reject any system of knowledge that is inconsistent with this propositional divine revelation. Human beings can know only those things that God decides to reveal to us. We can know those things that God reveals to us only because God created us with a capacity to know them. We can know …

Over the centuries, universities have developed into formal institutions where you are trained and equipped to live in this world from worldly perspectives. You probably have seen university mission statements indicating that they will train you to fit into the world of commerce, industry, governance and cultures as an active participant.  This mission may appear attractive, but to a reflective Christian, it raises vigilance. Tertiary education is not merely an intellectual service to you. It is a package that includes beliefs and lifestyles. Students are expected to accept the beliefs, …