Tabula Rasa One of the keys to understanding how current Western culture works is knowing John Locke’s principle of tabula rasa or blank slate. What this means is that essentially, everybody is born neither good nor evil. Their mind – which of course drives their behavior – is written on by outside influences. Good and…
We have all kinds of excuses for sin. We blame it on our parents. On our friends. On our community, church, entertainment… The list goes on and on. But one of the most insidious and increasingly frequent excuses for sinful behavior goes like this: It’s just who I am. This works for everything. Homosexual? I…
To the modern Christian, the word ‘Pharisee’ seems no more than a biblical synonym for a self-righteous hypocrite. When we think of Pharisees, we tend to think of pretentiousness, pride, and judgmentalism. We think this way because we have the benefit of seeing the Pharisees through the eyes of Jesus. But that benefit diminishes greatly…
In my first post about worldviews, we talked about what exactly is meant by “worldview.” I defined a worldview as a set of ideas or premises through which we intellectually and spiritually perceive the world. And we discussed how those premises parallel the 5 senses through which we physically perceive the world. In this segment,…
Worldview “Lens?” I have seen worldview described as a “lens” through which you see the world. You may find this helpful to initially grasp the concept, but I will argue that the reality of “worldview” goes far beyond that. So before I get to that, what is a lens? Or, more importantly, what image does…