A DIFFERENCE IN WORLDVIEW
It was one of those awkward moments in a friendship -- when you feel like you should speak up, but you're not sure how your friend will react. I was a teenager -- just finishing up high school, thinking about the future. My best friend and I were preparing for a day of
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
OS GUINNESS ON A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
Os Guinness says that a Christian worldview involves believers thinking about anything and everything in a manner that is consistently shaped, directed, and restrained by the truth of God's Word and God's Spirit. Such a Christian worldview encompasses core
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Biblical Worldview Lacking: Only 4% of adults have a biblical worldview as the basis of their decision-making according to recent Barna Research findings. Most Americans have little idea how to integrate core biblical principles to form a unified and meaningful response to the challenges and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
5% of adult Americans have a biblical worldview while 88% feel accepted by God. 82% say they are clear about the meaning and purpose of their
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Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Mar 29, 2023
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The year was 1999 and George Barna just wrapped up his latest study on the status of the Worldview of American adults. He was shocked to discover that only 12% of American adults were living their life with a Biblical worldview. He knew that if this trend did not change then it would mean a rapid
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Greg Waddell on Nov 29, 2002
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Though this may be an oversimplification, there are basically two fundamental worldviews with regard to the subject of TRUTH. These two views can be compared to playdough and a rock. They are two ways to view the world in which we live.
The playdough worldview sees truth as flexible, changing,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 11, 2009
Reverend Dr. Mark Roberts, a pastor, author and retreat leader, cites the Barna Research group in relation to startling discoveries in American research, much of which fits the Canadian climate. Roberts quotes Barna as saying, “only 4% of American adults have a biblical worldview. This worldview
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Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 19, 2009
In a way, as Pastor Rod Parsley observed in Culturally Incorrect: How Clashing Worldviews Affect Your Future, today’s worldview isn’t that different from the Sadducees of Jesus’ day. Parsley engages in a bit of word play that goes like this (The Sadducees did not
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*other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation,
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A 2003 study from the Barna Research Group shows that many of our country’s moral and spiritual challenges are directly related to the absence of a biblical worldview among Americans.
Barna’s study of 2,033 adults showed that only 4 percent have a biblical worldview as the basis of their
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 15, 2006
Understanding Church: Todd Hunter has been a church leader and student of cultural movements for over 30 years. He says, “When I’m dealing with young people today, they are living in a different reality and their reality is more based in community. Now I know you hear this all the time and you read
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
Understanding Church Todd Hunter has been a church leader and student of cultural movements for over 30 years. He says, “When I’m dealing with young people today, they are living in a different reality and their reality is more based in community. Now I know you hear this all the time and you read
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 17, 2008
Another result is that we pervert our assignment to care for the earth. Humans have misunderstood the use of having dominion over the earth as a license to do what we want with the earth. After all, since it is all going to be incinerated (rather than purified by a refiner’s fire), then let’s use
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Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2007
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The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church 1-Prayer 2-Discipleship 3-Leadership 4-Evangelism 5-Doctrine /Worldview 6-Apathy 7-Marriage
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Rampant Relativism Only 9% of Evangelicals have a biblical worldview reports the Barna Group This stunning statistic reveals an estimated 91% of professing Christians are far more influenced by the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church 1-Prayer 2-Discipleship 3-Leadership 4-Evangelism 5-Doctrine /Worldview 6-Apathy 7-Marriage
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a. George Barna states, “My research has shown that people – especially young people – absorb an amazing degree of their values, beliefs and lifestyle practices from the media content to which they are exposed. Most of that media
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Steven Ferber on Apr 10, 2012
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THE EVIL IN OURSELVES
A few weeks ago Americans were stunned by the news that an American soldier in Afghanistan apparently killed 17 Afghan civilians. Friends and teachers of Robert Bales describe him as caring, gregarious and self-confident before he just "snapped." One childhood friend told the
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Denomination:
Lutheran