You may have noticed that I'm doing PhD work in the field of Christian apologetics and worldview. Here's a nice description of what exactly that means:
"The purpose of worldveiw studies is nothing less than to liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity, unleashing its power to transform the world."
"The purpose of worldview thinking is far more than a mental strategy or a new spin on current events. At the core, it is a deepening of our spiritual character and the character of our lives. It begins with the submission of our minds to the Lord of the universe - a willingness to be taught by Him. The driving force in worldview studies should be a commitment to 'love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.'"
Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth, 17 and 24
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Kuyper Quote
Abraham Kuyper was a remarkable man - a theologian, educator, journalist, and politician. He served four years as Prime Minister of the Netherlands near the turn of the 20th century, and founded the Free University of Amsterdam in 1880 with a vision of education founded upon a commitment to the sovereignty of God and the lordship of Christ over all things in all branches of knowledge. In his inaugural address at the university, he said,
"There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: 'Mine!'"
(as quoted by Naugle, Worldview: The History of a Concept). I'd love to read a good biography of Kuyper one day.
"There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: 'Mine!'"
(as quoted by Naugle, Worldview: The History of a Concept). I'd love to read a good biography of Kuyper one day.
Culture and "cult"
David Naugle offers an interesting insight:
"Culture, as the term suggests - though it is often forgotten - is ultimately the product of the cult. How people think and what they worship determines what they make and how they live."
(in Worldview: The History of a Concept)
"Culture, as the term suggests - though it is often forgotten - is ultimately the product of the cult. How people think and what they worship determines what they make and how they live."
(in Worldview: The History of a Concept)
Interesting Quotes from John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, born Karel Wojtyla, was a great philosophical thinker in the Catholic Church, one who did much to develop Catholic thinking in the direction of worldview thinking. The worldview he worked to promote has been described as "Christian Humanism." It is a fundamentally Christ-centered view that emphasizes the intrinsic value and worth of human personhood.
He wrote:
"The evil of our times consists in the first place in a kind of degradation, indeed in a pulverization, of the fundamental uniqueness of each human person."
And:
"In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpasssing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence."
He wrote:
"The evil of our times consists in the first place in a kind of degradation, indeed in a pulverization, of the fundamental uniqueness of each human person."
And:
"In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpasssing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence."
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