What Is the Christian Worldview?

by Philip Graham Ryken

Publisher:

P&R

, 2006

Overview

What does Christianity have to do with real life? Philip G. Ryken reveals the basis of a Christian worldview and describes how it affects one’s view of God, creation, the family, the arts, and other issues.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The doctrine of creation thus affirms marriage—and beyond marriage, the family—as the basic love relationship of human society. It further specifies that marriage consists of one man united to one woman in a love covenant for life (a specification that morally excludes so-called gay marriage or any other sexual union outside the sacred vows of marriage). God told Adam that it was not good for him to be alone (Gen. 2:18).” (Page 21)

“Another way to say this is that God doesn’t have a point of view; he has a complete view” (Page 15)

“The Protestant Reformers liked to say that God has given us two books. One book is creation; we know God by what he has made: ‘The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge’ (Ps. 19:1–2). Creation, however, is not the only way that God has revealed himself. He has also given us the book of his Word. As the psalmist goes on to say: ‘The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple …’ (Ps. 19:7).” (Page 14)

“How can we maintain a Christ-centered perspective on the contested issues of our day? And how can we live out a faithful Christian testimony at home, at church, at school, at work, and in the marketplace of ideas?” (Page 7)

“science is not merely the study of the physical universe, but also an exploration and appreciation of what God has made” (Page 23)

Product Details

• Title: What Is the Christian Worldview?
• Author: Philip Graham Ryken
• Series: Basics of the Reformed Faith
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Apologetics
• ISBNs: 9781596380080, 159638008X
• Resource ID: LLS:WHTSCHRSTWRLDVW
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:47:47Z

About Philip Graham Ryken

Philip G. Ryken (1966–) has served as the president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, since 2010. He earned degrees from Wheaton College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Ryken was the senior minister of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church (where James Boice and Donald Barnhouse served previously) for about 15 years before he became the president of Wheaton College. He has been ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Ryken has authored over 30 books, including several volumes in the Preaching the Word Collection, the Reformed Expository Commentary, the Crossway Spiritual Growth Collection, Written in Stone, Discovering God in Stories from the Bible, and Exodus: Saved for God's Glory.