Christian Worldviews?

[Susan]

My question is: does a "comprehensive Biblical Christian worldview" have to necessarily be Reconstructionist, Reconstructionist-leaning, or only believing what you are told by other highly conservative Christians and discounting anything else a priori?

I am asking this because I want to be sure that I am thinking as God would have me think, acting as He would have me act, however I have serious questions about the "worldviews" debate.

For instance, I think David Noebel's Summit Ministries and the Pat Robertson teachings on the subject lean very close to Reconstructionism/Theonomy. :(

I want to have a Christian worldview: does this mean that I must be a grumbling, whining person whose favorite saying is "Things were soo much better in in the 1950s," an ignorant person, or a Reconstructionist? :confused:

 

[GraftMeIn]

Susan if you want to think as God would have you think, then the best advice I can give you is to pray to him for understanding and read his word that's found in the Bible. Don't rely on anyones teachings but his.

[EJO]

Read your Bible, that is what God thinks, it is in there. Those are his love letters to us as His childeren.

Peace- God

[Athlon4all]

Read your Bible, that is what God thinks, it is in there. Those are his love letters to us as His childeren.
Amen

[ZiSunka]

Take all the books by all those authors and throw them in the ocean. Then open the Bible and read what God REALlY thinks!

[TruelightUK]

Can someone tell me what 'Reconstructionist' means????

If it means 'getting back to the good old days', then I think someone needs to hold those days up to the mirror of the Bible!

Anthony

[Susan]

Reconstruction and Theonomy mean basically building a Kingdom of God on earth ruled by OT Law.

An example of what many would want to return to would be Calvin's Geneva or the early Puritan colonies.

[EJO]

Originally posted by Susan
Reconstruction and Theonomy mean basically building a Kingdom of God on earth ruled by OT Law.

An example of what many would want to return to would be Calvin's Geneva or the early Puritan colonies.

I would like to go back to the days when Adam and Eve were in the Garden, before thier was sin.

We just need to wait unit the 1000 years when Christ rules the world, and sets up His Kingdom in Jerusalem.

BTW, we don't need OT Law anymore, we have grace from Jesus.

[seebs]

Here's the rule of thumb I use:

When I am trying to understand someone's position, I try to answer this question: If I were a kid whose parents had just kicked him out for some reason (possibly because I did something wrong, possibly because they were mean), and I knew this person, would I come to him for advice and sanctuary?

I think that's a good starting point. If I don't think someone would be a comfort to a child in time of need, then I don't necessarily think I'm going to give a lot of weight to that person's opinions.

Say, as an example, say a kid got kicked out of his house by his parents because he tried drugs. Is a Christian going to send him away? No. Call the police? Probably not. Feed the kid, clothe him, and try to reconcile him with his parents? That starts sounding about right.

Anyone who rejects "sinners" out of hand is not going to impress me much. I may never have gotten kicked out of my parents' house, but there have been a lot of times when I needed someone to support me, even though maybe I was partially in the wrong. There are a lot of people who write lots of books, and show up on a lot of TV shows, who wouldn't be much use to me in those times.

[TruelightUK]

Oh, right!

The obvious question is, are we under law or under grace?

Now I do think there's a good case for 'constructing' an alternative society, but based on the Royal Law revealed thro' Christ - it's called the Church! Which never really has mixed well with State - perhaps in part because the State is always going to end up containing many people who are not (and consciously do not wish to be) Christian. The OT proved you cannot legislate for godly attitudes and behaviour - they need to come from a heart dedicated to the Lord, renewed and empowered by his Spirit.

I also strongly feel that the standards of the NT are very different from those of the so-called 'Christian Right' - as witness 90% of my threads at these boards!

So I'd echo the advice already given - read the Bible (all of it!) for yourself, and allow the Holy Spirit to apply it to your heart and renew your thinking along the lines of his Fruit.

Anthony