Living in Light of a Gospel Worldview

1. MUSIC, FILM & THE GRAND STORY
Living in Light of a Gospel Worldview
Taylor Tollison

3. MUSIC, FILM & THE GRAND STORY
Living in Light of a Gospel Worldview
Taylor Tollison

4. MAIN POINT:
The Gospel is not only for salvation.
It is also for life.

5. “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the
sun has risen; not only because I see it, but
because by it I see everything else.”
C.S. Lewis

6. WE ALL HAVE A WORLDVIEW
Definition: A comprehensive framework for
our basic beliefs

7. How Christian is my worldview?

8. WORLDVIEW QUESTIONS
• ORIGIN: How did it all begin?
• TRAGEDY: What is wrong?
• REMEDY: What is the remedy?
• HOPE: What do I have to look forward to?
• IDENTITY: Who am I?
• PURPOSE / MISSION: What am I supposed to be doing?
• TIME: Where are we in the story?

9. “Which is the real story of which my life is a part?”
Leslie Newbiggin

10. Every worldview has answers to the ultimate
questions & preaches its version of the “good life.”

11. ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS
Underneath every worldview is worship.
therefore
Underneath every non-Christian worldview is idolatry.

12. ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS
Each worldview seeks to give you
identity based on their story.

13. ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & THE ARTS
Art inescapably carries a worldview.
“Art is a vehicle for worldview.”
Francis Schaeffer
“If you want to get to know a culture,
listen to its songwriters.”
Andrew Peterson

14. “Artists are the barometers of society, & by
analyzing the worldviews embedded in their works
we can learn a great deal about how to address the
modern mind more effectively.”
Nancy Pearcey
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & THE ARTS

15. Overindulge Think Christianly Overprotect
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & THE ARTS

16. Music & Movies get IN us more than other forms of art.
“… art affects us at the deepest level of the soul. It can shape
our thoughts, move our emotions, enlarge our imaginations. The
music we listen to, the images we plant in our minds, the stories
we tell — all have enormous power over the kind of people we are.
They both express and shape our beliefs and values.”
Nancy Pearcey
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & MUSIC & MOVIES

17. Music & Movies stir our emotions & direct our worship
(or love) toward particular values.
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & MUSIC & MOVIES

18. 1) Focus on Tonight
2) Search for Love
3) Have a lot of Sex
4) Be Independent
5) Gather Possessions
6) Be Authentic
The “Good Life” according to Today’s Music:
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & MUSIC & MOVIES

21. 1) Die for your Country
2) Be in Love
3) Be Tough
4) Don’t Care
5) Be Sarcastic
The “Good Life” according to Today’s Movies:
ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & MUSIC & MOVIES

24. ALTERNATE WORLDVIEWS & MUSIC & MOVIES

25. THE BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
The Bible is the unfolding of the grand
sweeping narrative of universal history.

26. THE BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
• ORIGIN: How did it all begin? — CREATION
• TRAGEDY: What is wrong? — FALL
• REMEDY: What is the remedy? — REDEMPTION
• HOPE: What do I have to look forward to? — RESTORATION
The 4 Chapter Gospel & The Ultimate Questions:

27. THE BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
• IDENTITY: Who am I? — STEWARD OF THE GOSPEL
• PURPOSE / MISSION: What am I supposed to be doing? — MISSION
• TIME: Where are we in the story? — THE ERA OF MISSION
The 4 Chapter Gospel & The Good Life

28. We must embrace our Biblical identity as
stewards of the Gospel & be responsible
actors in God’s story.
THE BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW

29. In light of the grand story of God, we must understand the world
through the following lenses:
1. My Life should be about Worshipping God
2. I am a Steward of the Gospel
3. I am on Mission with God to Redeem the World
THE BIBLICAL / GOSPEL WORLDVIEW

30. APPLICATION
1. Learn & Apply the Biblical Worldview
2. Recognize the Influence of Alternate
Worldviews & Think Christianly