The Christian Worldview

Send us a textWhat is Speech Act theory? This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview.The stated purpose of the recent Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel is to clarify the doctrines of God’s Word with regard to race, gender, and sexuality.When asked about the Statement, one highly regarded pastor referenced Speech Act theory saying, “You can’t just analyze words by what they say, you also have to analyze words by what they do…What it’s really trying to say is, ‘…don’t worry about the poor, don’t care about the injustice…’ Even if I could agree with most of it, I don’t like it.”...

Send us a textThe reason the framers of The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel wrote the document is spelled out in its Introduction: “We are deeply concerned that values borrowed from secular culture are currently undermining Scripture in the areas of race and ethnicity, manhood and womanhood, and human sexuality. The Bible’s teaching on each of these subjects is being challenged under the broad and somewhat nebulous rubric of concern for “social justice"...

Send us a textLessons from the Kavanaugh nomination. After weeks of drama, including accusations of sexual assault, protests, and non-stop media coverage, the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. There are many lessons here. One is that elections matter. Imagine what kind of judge Hillary Clinton would have nominated had she been president. Consider Kavanaugh’s chances of confirmation if Republicans hadn’t held a slight majority in the Senate...

Send us a textThe nomination process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court has been the biggest story of the year in America...

Send us a textThe power of accusation. According to those who work with him, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, has lived an upstanding life. But very late in the confirmation process, an accusation was brought forward that Kavanaugh, 36 years ago when he was 17, sexually groped a 15-year-old girl.Even without corroborating evidence, the damage has been done to his reputation...

Send us a textLast week on the program, we examined the question, “Is President Trump Making America Great” (as per his campaign slogan to “Make America Great Again”).We first looked at whether America is or isn’t a great nation and how humanistic and Christian-based worldviews arrive at very different answers to that question...

Send us a textIs President Trump making America great? Great nations typically have a strong military, prosperous economy, and domestic security and equity.President Trump has strengthened America in many of these categories. But Christians should pray for him to set a better moral and interpersonal example. Psalm 2 says: “Take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the Lord with reverence … Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!”Hear more about whether President Trump is making America great at TheChristianWorldview.orgThis weekend, we’ll take your phone calls and emails on the same topic.

Send us a textBack in August, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated, ”We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.”This is the sentiment of many on the political left, who view America as historically and structurally racist against blacks, sexist against women, intolerant toward Muslims and other non-Christians, bigoted toward homosexuals and transgenders, and not nearly helpful enough to the middle class and poor....

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Send us a textSocial justice is a gospel issue? This is David Wheaton, host of The Christian Worldview.That statement—“Social justice is a gospel issue”—has become the rallying call of many evangelicals, as in Christians must work to end perceived oppression. But is that biblically supportable?Well, what did Jesus say and do? Did He work to end the structures of racism, sexism, and the myriad of other injustices of His day? The answer is no. He preached the saving gospel of repentance of one’s individual sins and faith in Himself that results in a new heart that loves God and treats all people with compassion and justice. Hear an interview about the recent Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel at TheChristianWorldview.orgAnd then tune in this weekend for another topic that will sharpen your worldview...