Friday, July 18, 2008
Worldviews
A CHRISTIAN STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE: A mother's tear-stained letter describes what happened when her daughter went off to college: "Our daughter was raised in Christian schools and in a Christian home where we taught her values and morals and to trust Christ as Savior. Two years out of high school at 20 yrs old, she enrolled at the University ....We did not know that this was one of the most liberal schools in the nation. Unfortunately she was overwhelmed by the professors and began to believe their philosophies. She graduated two years ago with a political science and English degree and has turned her back on all that she believed in. We are trusting God to bring our girl back. This girl's experience is not unusual. According to a UCLA survey, between 34 and 51 percent of students who claim to be "born again" as freshmen no longer place themselves in that category by their senior year. What do you think causes so many Christians to turn their backs on the faith that they had been taught for 18-20 years? Could it be that we { both local church and parents} are not preparing them to defend their faith against rival worldviews? Francis Schaffer has said that the basic problem is that Christians see things in bits and pieces instead of totals. The Apostle Paul warned, "Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ." Pastor Bill
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