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"Whosever, hears my words and does my words is a wise man." Thus, we can see the admonition to
learn and practice the principles of the Bible (2Ti.3:16).

A call to Christian Worldview.
What is the Christian worldview? A worldview is comprehensive set of basic or ultimate beliefs that fit
together in a consistent or coherent manner. A full worldview would include answers to the following
questions and more: What kinds of realities are there, and what is ultimately real? What explanation can
be given of reality? What is knowledge, and how do we gain it? What is it to have a reasonable or
justified belief? What is the good, what is the good life for a human person and how does a person
achieve such a life? What is beauty, and how is it related to reality and goodness?

But a Christian worldview sees and understands God the Creator and His creation, man and the world—
primarily through the lens of God’s special revelation, the Holy Scriptures, and secondarily through
God’s natural revelation in creation as interpreted by human reason and reconciled by and with
Scripture, for the purpose of believing and behaving in accord with God’s will and, thereby, glorifying
God with one’s mind and life, both now and in eternity.

A call to Biblical Thinking.
The mind with Christ is the unrenewed mind. The human mind cannot honor God, unless it is connected
to Christ and that is 100% transformation. Christ redeems people so that redeemed ones can become
agents of cultural transformation. Motivation for change – not a character trait, but it is necessary for
shaping character.

 The human mind that is completely transformed (Eph. 4:23)
 The human mind that is receptively focused on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (Rom. 8:5-8)
 The human that is being renewed regularly by Scripture (Rom. 12:2)
 The human mind that is growing in knowledge and grace.
 The Human mind that has a Christian worldview

What we think matters to God.

Php. 4:8. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything, worthy of
praise, dwell on these things.

Prov. 23:7For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Jesus used this axiom in Matthew 15:18-19 to
illustrate that man sins, not because of what he eats physically, but because of what he digests
intellectually. A Christian who thinks righteously will tend to act righteously, and conversely a person
who thinks sinfully will act sinfully as a habit. Both the factual and ethical dimensions of one’s thought
life greatly determine one’s behavior. One becomes intellectually and spiritually what he/she thinks.
Physiologically speaking, the brain is central to human existence and identity.

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those
who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Different negative New Testament words that describe the ruin of man’s intellectual capacity.

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