“ Without God , there is no meaning , not in language , or art , or in reality itself .”
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communication , many postmodern artists see their task as creating endlessly interpretive experiences for viewers , as if access to the objective world were impossible .
Without God , there is no meaning , not in language , or art , or in reality itself . Christians , because our worldview begins not only with God but with a God who communicates , are far more in the prescriptivist camp when it comes to words . While words obviously change over time , as custom and culture ebb and flow , words point beyond other words and random interpretations to true realities . The basis of the world itself is words — God ’ s words , to be precise .
The Apostle John not only introduces this God as “ the Word ,” but tells us that He took on flesh and makes Himself known in this world . And He has given us His written Word , which , Jesus said , “ cannot be broken .”
Surrendering words and their meanings to cultural whims will only lead us , as writer David Foster Wallace once put it , to the tower of Babel . 7 Surrendering reality to these whims leads to death . ■
John Stonestreet serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview . He ’ s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture , theology , worldview , education , and apologetics . John is the daily voice of BreakPoint , the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture founded by the late Chuck Colson . He is also the voice of The Point , a daily one-minute feature on worldview , apologetics , and cultural issues .
Maria Baer is an experienced reporter , writer , and broadcaster published regularly at Christianity Today magazine , The Colson Center for Christian Worldview , WORLD magazine , The Gospel Coalition , and more . She graduated with a Bachelor ’ s of Science in Journalism from the Ohio University Scripps School of Journalism in 2009 .
Endnotes 1 . “ Constitutionally Speaking ,” On the Media , August 27 , 2021 , https :// wnycstudios . org / podcasts / otm / episodes / on-the-media-constitutionally-speaking . 2 . “ Updates to the OED ,” The Oxford English Dictionary , accessed May 11 , 2022 , https :// public . oed . com / updates . 3 . “ Lewis Carroll : Through the Looking Glass ,” The Literature Page , accessed May 11 , 2022 , http :// literaturepage . com / read / throughthelookingglass-54 . html . 4 . Christopher P . Jones , “ Nietzsche ’ s Analysis of the Problematic Relation of Language to Reality ,” Medium , December 29 , 2019 , https :// medium . com / thinksheet / nietzschesanalysis-of-the-problematic-relation-of-language-to-reality-bad18875e499 . 5 . “ Jacques Derrida ,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , November 22 , 2006 , https :// plato . stanford . edu / entries / derrida . 6 . Duncan J . Richter , “ Ludwig Wittgenstein ,” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy , accessed May 11 , 2022 , https :// iep . utm . edu / wittgens . 7 . Harper ’ s Magazine , April 2001 , https :// harpers . org / wp-content / uploads / Harpers Magazine-2001-04-0070913 . pdf .
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