This worldview argument maps perfectly onto my late 90s decision about schooling for my three kids. I asked an administrator why I should send them to Christian school and quickly bought his “Biblical worldview” reasoning. My kids did fine for the most part, and the schools were good, but I’m not sure I would do it for that reason again.
Thanks for sharing that. The worldview thing can come in all shapes and sizes. One thing that attracted me to it was the way it showed Jesus cared about all of life. The problem was being overly prescriptive in what that needed to look like for everyone. You were doing your best, Jesus has mercy, He loves our kids more than we do :)
Nancy Pearcey writes books about Christian world view but also affirms where the pagans/secular culture get it right and uses that as a point of connection. Would fit well with your Columbo strategy.
Is it possible that the primary appeal of Colombo is that he seems to be patterned after Jesus, even if by accident? Note the humility, the lowliness. The confidence and boldness comes out when confronting those arrogant, prideful bad guys with their sins. Who are the antagonist? Are they not, inevitably, those who are in high positions in society; those who are well respected?
And, not to steal your thunder, ( Thunder ? ), as you so cleverly pointed out, the apostle Paul has a relationship to the Colombo analogy in his own nuanced way.
Christians do not emphasize enough, putting on the Armor of God as a defense against the dark forces we will encounter. It seems a bit more like there is the unspoken suggestion that we put on the “castle of God”.
There are some pretty great analogies in here (and another one 😂).
Also, now I'm wondering if the reason I "only" had a Dark Night of the Soul and not also a
Deconstruction is because of my working in ministry in the UK in my 20's. I'm also trying to think if it was first there, or in training in the US, where we were encouraged to find the commonalities between ourselves and the people we were trying to introduce to Jesus. It really feels like kind of a no brainer at this point, but subsequently I have seen that it isn't, for everyone.
Hahaha - not my best. I do think missionaries are way ahead of the American Evangelical population on the whole. Really glad you were part of a movement that shaped its theology toward mission, which I think can make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
This worldview argument maps perfectly onto my late 90s decision about schooling for my three kids. I asked an administrator why I should send them to Christian school and quickly bought his “Biblical worldview” reasoning. My kids did fine for the most part, and the schools were good, but I’m not sure I would do it for that reason again.
Thanks for sharing that. The worldview thing can come in all shapes and sizes. One thing that attracted me to it was the way it showed Jesus cared about all of life. The problem was being overly prescriptive in what that needed to look like for everyone. You were doing your best, Jesus has mercy, He loves our kids more than we do :)
Nancy Pearcey writes books about Christian world view but also affirms where the pagans/secular culture get it right and uses that as a point of connection. Would fit well with your Columbo strategy.
Is it possible that the primary appeal of Colombo is that he seems to be patterned after Jesus, even if by accident? Note the humility, the lowliness. The confidence and boldness comes out when confronting those arrogant, prideful bad guys with their sins. Who are the antagonist? Are they not, inevitably, those who are in high positions in society; those who are well respected?
And, not to steal your thunder, ( Thunder ? ), as you so cleverly pointed out, the apostle Paul has a relationship to the Colombo analogy in his own nuanced way.
Christians do not emphasize enough, putting on the Armor of God as a defense against the dark forces we will encounter. It seems a bit more like there is the unspoken suggestion that we put on the “castle of God”.
We are to be in the world, but not of it.
Love, that Bob. You're so right! There are some "wise as a serpent but innocent as a dove" qualities to all three men.
There are some pretty great analogies in here (and another one 😂).
Also, now I'm wondering if the reason I "only" had a Dark Night of the Soul and not also a
Deconstruction is because of my working in ministry in the UK in my 20's. I'm also trying to think if it was first there, or in training in the US, where we were encouraged to find the commonalities between ourselves and the people we were trying to introduce to Jesus. It really feels like kind of a no brainer at this point, but subsequently I have seen that it isn't, for everyone.
Hahaha - not my best. I do think missionaries are way ahead of the American Evangelical population on the whole. Really glad you were part of a movement that shaped its theology toward mission, which I think can make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
I actually thought the chair analogy wasn’t terrible, but I enjoyed your downplaying it.
And...I’m grateful for my past experiences, too. We should talk being American Christians in Europe sometime.