Reflections on my Worldview

For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a worldview is the shaping of the interpretation of the world or the way you see/understand your world ie. a set of values and beliefs, truths and untruths. No one is without a personal worldview, although you can see through the "lenses" of a collective group or attempet to interpret the world through another's "lense". Our worldviews shape our interpritations. What's special about the Christian Worldview is that it not only shapes our interpretations but it also allows room to incorporate our innate creational "instincts". The most important thing about the Chritian Worldview is the incorporation of the Bible and the historic story it tells. Although the climax of the story is Christ, we wouldn't understand the extent of the story if we were only to focus on Him. The point is that our worldview makes a very serious claim about history. (This is not just a fiath claim it's a historic claim) Not one point in history but the essence of world history as a whole. I think that is key. History in its entirety. That means our Worldview is living. It's a continuing story and has not just stopped with the climax of Christ. We are part of the living story (history)and that story is about the fall and redemption of creation. Christ has started the process of redemption and the Spirit has empowered us to continue in it. I'm not saying that Christians have the ability to completely renew creation right now at this point but I do think we have the ability to reform the systems/things we have created (With the aid of the Spirit of course). Creation has fallen but I believe it has only been twisted. It can be redeemed only because God created all things good and even after the fall, a part of the creator can be found in His creation.

It's within this worldview that I interpret the things around me.