What's your theological worldview?

Several bloggers in the Methoblogsphere have linked to a web site. that, after asking a series of questions, attempts to determine what shapes your theological worldview. What is a worldview? Great question. ChristianWorldview.net has a pretty good definition...

"Everyone has a worldview. Whether or not we realize it, we all have certain presuppositions and biases that affect the way we view all of life and reality. A worldview is like a set of lenses which taint our vision or alter the way we perceive the world around us. Our worldview is formed by our education, our upbringing, the culture we live in, the books we read, the media and movies we absorb, etc. For many people their worldview is simply something they have absorbed by osmosis from their surrounding cultural influences."

I can't begin to stress how important it is to have a "Biblical Worldview"; that is, a worldview that is shaped/informed by the Truth revealed in the Bible.

A study done in 2003 by the Barna Group found that only 9% of born-again believers held a "biblical worldview". Barna defined "biblical worldview" as...

"believing that absolute moral truths exist; that such truth is defined by the Bible; and firm belief in six specific religious views. Those views were that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life; God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and He stills rules it today; salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned; Satan is real; a Christian has a responsibility to share their faith in Christ with other people; and the Bible is accurate in all of its teachings."

So let's review...

• "Worldview" is how we view the world around us.
• "Biblical worldview" is a view of the world based on Biblical truth.
• "Theological worldview" is a view of the world formed by a particular system or systems of religious beliefs and teachings

Anyway, I thought I'd give the quiz a try. Here are my results...

You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

What's your theological worldview?

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