Presuppositions: Pagan v. Christian Worldview

Sermon by Matt Trewhella on 11/9/2006

We all have presuppositions. We all have presuppositions which we bring to a discussion about any issue. We all interpret the facts according to our basic presuppositions. There is no such thing as being unbiased. Neutrality is a myth.

Today, pluralism and neutrality i.e., this knowing a little bit about everything but committing yourself to nothing mentality is heralded as a benchmark of one’s intellectual prowess, but in reality it is a phony intellectualism, it is bankrupt relativism.

Presuppositions are the ideas we hold about the nature of God, man, authority, truth, values, and ethics.

Our conclusion- it is these ideas taken together that make up our world-view. Our world-view is the grid through which we interpret life. Thus, they guide how we think, how we make decisions, how we behave.

Romans 12:1-2