Toward A Christian Worldview - Faith Presbyterian Church Reformed

Chapter 1: The Nature of a Christian Worldview
ual, one who is well versed in the discipline of philosophy; nevertheless,
he is a fool, because he rejects the God of Scripture, and the
Bible as the sole source of wisdom (Matthew 7:26-27). Hence, he
“seeks wisdom and does not find it,” because he is always looking in
the wrong place (Proverbs 14:6).
The apostle Paul describes the nature of this foolish, secular philosophy
in Romans 1:18-25. The non-Christian suppresses the knowledge
of God which he possesses, he rejects God’s Word as the only
standard of truth, and ascribes all of creation to that which is other
than the God of Scripture (verses 18-21). Says the apostle, such fools
have become “futile in their thoughts,” “their foolish hears [are] darkened”
(verse 21); “professing to be wise, they became fools” (verse
22). And as false philosophers, they have chosen to “worship and
serve the creature rather than the Creator” (verse 25).
The Christian philosopher, on the other hand, is a wise man. He
builds his philosophical system upon the Rock of Christ and His Word
(Matthew 7:24-25). He views all things (i.e., philosophizes) by means
of the “spectacles” of Scripture. {10} In this way, the Christian philosopher
is not only homo spiritualis (“spiritual man”), he is also homo
sapiens (“man having wisdom”).
10. Calvin, Institutes I:6:1.
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