The Christian Worldview

The government and media response to the mass-murder rampage by an Islamist at a homosexual nightclub in Orlando has been mostly about gun control, protecting Muslims from hate crimes, and celebrating the homosexual movement. In fact, there have even been suggestions in some quarters that Christians are the ones who have created the climate for this kind of tragedy through their opposition to same-sex marriage. There was a time when prayer, repentance, and soul-searching over what our society has become would have been at least part of the response. But not now, even in many churches. The main target of attack in our post-Christian society is the biblical family. Mothers are urged to put career above child-rearing and children are encouraged to choose their gender at school. But perhaps the biggest bullseye is on the head of the biblical family—the father. He has been marginalized, feminized, and minimized...

How to do sports God’s way. This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview. The discipline, training, and perseverance that sports demands provides fertile ground for the revealing and development of character. Scripture even uses athletic analogies to make spiritual points. And yet sports can be perilous. Pride, greed, anxiety, and temptations abound. Families find out that sports can quickly overwhelm their time and values...

Sports has been around for millennia. Scripture even uses athletic analogies to make spiritual points (e.g. 1 Corinthians 9, Hebrews 12, 1 Timothy 4). The discipline, training, self-restraint, focus, and perseverance that sports demands provides fertile ground for the revealing and development of character. And yet sports can be perilous. Motivations are often self-centered. The desire to win can be obsessive and the fear of losing paralyzing. Pride, anger, greed, and envy often reveal their ugly heads. Families find out the hard way that sports can quickly overwhelm their schedules and lead to ungodly attitudes and actions...

Tragically, music has become a major dividing line in the evangelical church and is often wrongly prioritized as much or more than the preaching of the Word. Music is a wonderful gift from God to be used to glorify Him and sanctify us. Music inspires—for good or evil—beyond words alone, and thus, we need to exercise wisdom in choosing music both inside and outside the church...

The style of music that an evangelical church features in its worship service is arguably the most important consideration for someone to attend. In fact, many churches offer multiple types of services—traditional, contemporary, blended—mostly to appeal to congregants’ musical preferences. This is ironic, considering Scripture does not mention music as a significant aspect of 1st Century church services, whereas today up to half or more of a typical church service is music...

How do we reconcile God’s sovereignty with our ability to make choices? This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview. All throughout the Bible, we see that God is in perfect control. He either causes or allows everything that happens. He is sovereign. And yet we also read that we are to choose good and refuse sin...

The sovereignty of God could be defined as God’s rule or control over everything in the universe. In other words, God knows all and causes or allows everything that happens. Wrapping our finite minds around that is hard enough, but now add that God has created us with the ability to make meaningful choices in a world over which He is sovereign...

Should hell be discussed? This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview. One of the most disturbing passages in Scripture is when Jesus tells the story of the rich man who has died and is pleading for relief in hell. The man says: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame. According to Jesus, hell is a real place, where those who reject God’s offer of forgiveness through Jesus Christ consciously suffer God’s wrath forever...

One of the more disturbing passages in all of Scripture is when Jesus, in Luke 16, tells in vivid detail the story of a rich man who dies and is in agony in hell. According to Jesus and many other passages in Scripture (e.g. 2 Thes. 1:9, Rev. 21:8) hell is an incomprehensibly terrible and real place, where those who reject God’s offer of forgiveness through Jesus Christ will consciously suffer God’s wrath … forever.

Why is understanding original sin so important? This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview. The Bible says, For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. The first man’s, Adam’s sin, is the reason why murder, corruption, racism, sex trafficking,, disease and death are everywhere. It’s why President Obama just decreed that all public schools must allow boys who feel like girls to use the girls’ bathroom...