One of our chief aims at First Baptist Christian School is to instill in students a biblical, Christian worldview. By worldview, we mean a person's mental framework for understanding reality, based upon conscious and unconscious assumptions about God, creation, humanity, morality, and purpose.1
We believe that the Bible describes the world as it really is. In other words, the Bible answers not only man's religious questions but also the major philosophical questions for which man has always sought answers. The student with a biblical worldview has a system of thought that is unified, logically consistent, and relevant to every area of life. His faith is, therefore, sensible and defensible. The propositions below provide a brief description of a Christian worldview.
GOD
There is one God who is infinite, triune, personal, sovereign, all powerful, all knowing, and perfect in love, justice and mercy. God is not silent but has revealed Himself to mankind through the Bible, creation, and the person of Jesus Christ.
CREATION
All things were created by God and are sustained by God. Creation consists of a physical realm and a spiritual realm. All of creation was originally good but is now in a fallen state due to the sin of man.
HUMANITY
Humans were created by God in His image and likeness. Consequently, human life has intrinsic value. All humans are now separated from God through sin but can be restored to relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
MORALITY
Morality is based upon the character and nature of God, not upon the consensus of society or culture. It is absolute, not relative. God's moral law is revealed in Scripture, and God commands our compliance with that law.
PURPOSE
God has commanded mankind to have dominion over the earth. Believers are to seek for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven and are to be witnesses of Christ to their culture. History is linear, not cyclical, such that humans have only one life to live, and their decisions in that life will affect their eternal destiny.
1This definition and description of the Christian worldview is adapted from Christian Overman and Don Johnson, Making the Connections, (Puyallup, Washington: The Biblical Worldview Institute, 2003). |
