Many thanks to Stephen Heath for providing a video summary of his new book, “A Christian Worldview Primer for Twenty-first Century Americans.” A link to Stephen’s video can be found HERE. A link to our You Tube channel, which contains fifty-nine video reviews of books and discussions of topics of interest and importance, can be found HERE.
Stephen describes himself as “a Christian layman who was raised in the faith and has strived to convey to his children and grandchildren what has been entrusted to him.” His professional life has taken him through a career as an Air Force legal officer specializing in Government contract law. After serving in the military, he continued to use his legal expertise in the private sector.
This primer begins by introducing the basic concepts of worldview. It then outlines Christianity’s answers to the worldview questions of origins, purpose, and destiny. Stephen writes –
“Christianity’s understanding of the universe and life and law within it is unique, comprehensive, and coherent. In every age, the Christian worldview confronts a competing worldview which wrests authority from God and claims autonomy for humanity itself. At this time and place, the world on its own opposes the Christian worldview in many ways. These ways include matters of authority, truth, ‘rights,’ sex, ‘social justice,’ the relationship between religion and politics, and society’s dependence on three basic independent institutions: the family, a religious institution, and a civic one. This primer seeks to make the believer aware of these relationships and the differences between Christianity’s understandings of them and those of ‘the world.’ It ends on a note of hope, remembering the words of our Lord, ‘Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.’”
