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I listen to a ton of podcasts, read books like they’re oxygen, and ask a lot of questions. One person I was recently introduced to is Renton Rathbun—he runs a podcast for parents on how to teach kids about worldview. He’s shared a lot of helpful insights and gave me the words I needed to finally explain how I see it. So before we dive into heavier topics, I want to pause and set the record straight on what a Biblical worldview actually is.

Because let’s be honest: “Biblical worldview” has become one of those phrases everyone uses, but almost nobody defines. Ministries build empires on it. Conferences sell tickets with it. Teachers toss it around like it’s self-explanatory. And yet, when you press for a definition, you get vagueness, jargon, or worse—nonsense.

Focus on the Family says worldview is “a major system of ideas that orders hearts and minds.” Cute. But wrong. The heart doesn’t take orders from a system. Ideas are the product of your heart and mind, not marching orders imposed from the outside. Summit Ministries calls worldview “a pattern of ideas, convictions, and habits.” That’s not a definition—that’s a description of what worldview does, not what it is. The Colson Center calls it “the sum total of our beliefs about the world.” Vague enough to mean everything, which means it really means nothing.

Here’s the problem: most people treat worldview like a filing system. The brain as software. Organize the folders right and voilà—Christian worldview. But organizing data is not the same as making meaning. Computers can organize all the data in the world and never once tell you why it matters. Meaning requires interpretation. And interpretation requires authority.

That’s the word nobody wants to say out loud: authority.

Every philosopher in history has been stuck on the question of meaning. And without a true authority, they all eventually go mad. Authority is what tells you this is real and that is not. Authority is what you lean on when evidence, reason, and experience contradict each other (and they always do). Authority interprets. Authority confirms everything else. And your authority cannot be questioned—because it’s the very thing you use to question everything else.

So what is the authority? For Dawkins, it’s science—except in The God Delusion he had to admit human interpreting processes can’t even be trusted. For our culture, it’s experience—except experience contradicts itself daily. For Aristotle, man was a “logical animal”—except we’re not. We’re story people. We live inside narratives, not equations.

For the Christian, the authority is the Word of God. Not evidence. Not reason. Not experience. Those things have their place, but they cannot sit on the throne. Evidence is data—it cannot speak for itself. Reason can trace patterns, but it cannot deliver truth. Experience is powerful, but it is not ultimate. Only God’s Word has the authority to explain His world.

Which means a Biblical worldview doesn’t start with you. It doesn’t start with arguments. It doesn’t start with apologetics charts. It starts with God. This is His world, His explanation, His story. The Bible is not about fitting God into our table decorations—it’s about conforming ourselves to Him.

So here’s the definition (thanks to Renton Rathbun): A Biblical worldview is God’s explanation of His world through His Word, given to His image-bearers so we can interpret reality in line with His truth and live accordingly.

And that changes everything. Because it’s not just about thinking differently. It’s about loving differently. We’ve taught people to respect the Bible, quote the Bible, even defend the Bible—but not to love the Bible. And if you don’t love it, you won’t live it. Affection for the Word of God is imperative.

The tragedy? We’ve accepted the world’s premise that the physical is more real than the supernatural. So we argue on their terms, prove on their terms, and end up teaching students to be suspicious of the Bible instead of affectionate toward it. This isn’t to say apologetics isn’t important—it is—but it must flow from Scripture itself, from affection for the God of the Bible and His world. Otherwise, we’re defending the truth with borrowed weapons.

Because a lie is still a lie, even if it’s repeated. And the truth is still the truth, even if the world hates it.

Worldview is not about patterns, habits, or systems. It is about authority. And only one Authority is worthy of that place.

Your worldview is only as strong as the throne you bow to. —inkari

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Special thanks to Renton Rathbun for his podcast and clarity on this topic. I hope I did your work justice.