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Breakpoint

The Problem with Christian ‘Worldview’

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, Culture, Christianity, Currentevents, Worldview, News

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

No matter the label, it’s all His, and that’s the view by which to navigate life. 

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0:00.0

I'm Brooke Colon, and I have the privilege of working with Colson Fellows cohorts across the country.

0:07.0

There are thousands of Christians just like you who want to pursue a courageous faith that makes a difference in the lives of their children, church members, and coworkers.

0:16.0

The Colson Fellows program is a nine-month worldview formation program offered both online and in-person

0:22.6

in 73 cities and nine countries. Colson Fellows cohorts are where formation and discipleship take

0:29.5

place. As you gather monthly to discuss the program's books, webinars, and devotionals, you'll

0:35.7

challenge and encourage one another in the pursuit of courageous faith.

0:39.7

If you want to develop a Christian worldview alongside like-minded Christians, the Colson Fellows program is for you.

0:46.9

So come find your people.

0:48.7

Explore the program and find a cohort near you.

0:51.7

For more information or to apply, go to colsonfellows.org.

0:56.2

That's colsonfellows.org.

1:02.6

Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at a never-changing culture through the lens of

1:09.4

unchanging truth. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

1:14.3

Well, every so often, there's a book or worldview published that denounces the idea of

1:19.3

worldview for Christians. The claims, which vary from writer to writer, are usually a mix

1:24.8

of legitimate critique and also odd straw manning. Some argue that the German

1:29.6

rationalist history of the word worldview makes it wrong, misguided, even unbiblical for Christians.

1:35.3

Others suggest that worldview reduces authentic faith to something too cerebral, too impersonal, too

1:41.8

formulaic. Perhaps the most common critique of worldview is that it just

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doesn't work anymore in today's cultural environment. And that last critique extends to most

1:50.0

Christian intellectual work, especially apologetics. For decades now, last rights have been offered

1:55.0

for Christian intellectual pursuits, but to paraphrase Mark Twain's comment about his own demise,

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