EVERYONE HAS A WORLDVIEW! Everyone has a worldview. It is how we see the world around us, and it is the filter we use for interacting with others. Our worldview is something that develops over our lifetime. It is formed by our upbringing, our environment, our experiences, our education, our religious beliefs, our culture, and everything else that touches our lives. Justin Alfred helps us to understand the different worldviews and how they impact our lives. Session 5 – Sociology Sociology, like ethics, is unequivocally based on a "moral grid" that guides every venue of one's life. As we go through this aspect of one's world view, we will see that historically, one's sociological perspective will affect all aspects of the type of civilized society one lives in, and that includes what changes take place over time - either changes that indeed bring about the True and Eternal Life that Jesus promised (John 10:10), or changes that escalate into openly, legitimized forms of tyrannical dictatorship and sexual perversion. For example, when our country was established, slavery was an accepted form of sociological behavior, but it was the Christians in Great Britain who first outlawed slavery in the British Empire, and ultimately through the Civil War here in the United States, slavery was abolished. However, in a host of non-Christian countries, including some Muslim nations and people groups up through today, slavery is still embraced. What made the difference in the Great Britain and the United States? That difference was the fact that because our country was based on God's Eternal Word, as time went by, God's sanctifying process for society began to occur, resulting in change and conformity to His Word, in the same way God's sanctifying process changes us as individual believers in Jesus Christ. Thus, we will examine the "foundational grids" embraced by different groups.

Scripture References: Luke 8:40-56

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