inherently racist . Secularists took the schools because they thought in totals . Evangelicals retreated from the ministry of education because they were thinking in bits and pieces .
CONCLUSION Francis Schaeffer ’ s work has shaped me in many ways . I have learned much from reading his books , and among the most important things is that ideas have consequences . I was amazed to read his predictions from forty-fifty years ago . These predictions were surely shocking for his time , and many in his day likely thought he was merely a Chicken Little . But now here we are . His predictions were not only correct , but he may have underestimated the severity of our problems . How did Schaeffer know things like the worship of homosexuality was coming ? He understood that ideas have consequences , and he understood the ideas of his opponents .
Schaeffer didn ’ t think in bits and pieces , but he saw the whole picture . He filtered the world through the biblical worldview . We desperately need more men like Schaeffer . Many of the fiercest disagreements within the church today rage between those who insist on a comprehensive biblical worldview and those who prefer to think in bits and pieces .
In our decaying society , we must recover a robust biblical worldview that seeks to submit to Christ alone in every area of life , not a fake biblical worldview , which is nothing more than a halfway house for the latest progressive doctrine . This is a tall task , but it is imperative for Christians as we reach out to this dying world . We must build families , churches , schools , and institutions upon the biblical truth of reality . Christians must declare Christ in all of life . We must no longer be satisfied with seeing life in bits and pieces but with the fullness of the biblical worldview . We must see the world as God sees it , the world as it really is — where Christ is enthroned as King of kings and Lord of lords , and everything else in its rightful place — under His feet .
Dr . Levi Secord is the founding pastor of Christ Bible Church . Levi graduated with an M . Div and a Doctorate of Educational Ministry from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary . Levi has numerous publications with the Front Porch Republic , the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology , Christ Over All , and WORLD Opinions . He contributed the chapter “ Bits and Pieces of Our Wasteland ” in Failed Church : Restoring a Vision for Ecclesial Victory and a chapter in the upcoming book Virtuous Liberty . He also hosts a podcast , the Worldview Minute , which aims at building a complete Christian worldview . Levi and his wife Emily have four children : Gideon , Joshua , Daniel , and Tess .
ENDNOTES 1 . Francis A . Schaeffer , A Christian Manifesto ( Westchester , IL : Crossway , 1981 ), 17 . 2 . Nancy Pearcey , Total Truth : Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity ,
Study Guide , ed . ( Wheaton , IL : Crossway , 2005 ).
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