Read 'em and Reap!: Think Biblically!

Think Biblically! – John MacArthur, General Editor
It’s that time of year when thousands of high school graduates will begin their trek through the higher learning institutions throughout the world. Without a doubt, most of them will have their worldview shaken to the point of doubting all they have been taught. Many of them will rebel against their upbringing and embrace the world’s philosophies of Postmodernism, Masculinity, Femininity, Science, Psychology, Education, History and Economics to name a few. What can be done to reinforce the Christian worldview as they step into the world?

Of course, high school and college students aren’t the only ones affected by what the world is peddling. Pastors begin viewing their churches like business’ and adapting the business model for church growth. Professors get hijacked by scientific claims and seem to lose all reasoning capacity. Missionaries, counselors, laypersons, Christian workers – all are in danger of losing their proper focus on a Christian worldview.

The staff at The Master’s College has compiled a collection of essays addressing many of the issues where a Christian worldview is most often compromised. Part one seeks to establish a Biblical Foundation and includes essays concerning the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, cultivating a biblical mind-set, comprehending creation, sin, salvation and missions.

The second part lays out the Biblical Formulation for understanding postmodernism, masculinity and femininity. It also includes chapters on enjoying spiritual worship and music, why Biblical Counseling and not Psychology, a Scriptural view of science, of Christian education rather than secular indoctrination and reflecting honestly on history. The final three chapters cover the biblical view of Church and State, a biblical approach to economics and glorifying God in literary and artistic culture.

“A truly Christian worldview begins with the conviction that God Himself has spoken in Scripture. As Christians, we are committed to the bible as the inerrant and authoritative Word of God. Scripture is the standard by which we must test all other truth-claims. Unless that dominates our perspective on all of life, we cannot legitimately claim to have embraced a Christian worldview. This book issues a serious call to recover a Christian worldview that is absolute and exclusive.” (from the front inside cover).

If you are, or have a graduate, current college student, brother, sister or a friend, this book will be a tremendous asset. I strongly recommend it! Read ‘em & Reap!

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I'll second your recommendation. I bought one for each of my kids. The youngest is four, so she'll have to wait a while.

Posted by: david at May 31, 2005 07:26 AM

I think this book sounds like a great buy. I certainly know that the evidence is clear that we indeed need to better equip our students with a biblical worldview on so many issues long before they enter college.

Posted by: Cody at June 7, 2005 07:29 PM

Great book! Read it some time ago. It was a gift from a friend and the first I had read of MacArthur. Since then, I've gotten a few more and enjoyed them all.

Posted by: Josh at June 14, 2005 12:25 AM