Thirty-two Worldview Essentials

Understand The Times

Knowing thirty-two principles is essential for understanding our times, interpreting current events, and knowing how to respond appropriately.

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Thirty-Two Essential Insights

1. Satan is the god of this world.
2. Suffering and death are due to sin and Satan, not God.
3. Worldview conflict involves a three-fold strategy of convert or prevent.
4. Conversion uses persuasion to believe.
5. Prevention uses manipulation/propaganda for conformity, and elimination by censorship, imprisonment, or death.
6. Most advance agendas for personal gain and advantage, not for truth.
7. Government authority and power are used as weapons to advance agendas.
8. Government is God’s creation.
9. Government is good.
10. Government is important.
11. Government is inseparable from those who live in a community.
12. Government is corrupted by human depravity.
13. Government integrity as God intended requires the presence of Christian integrity.
14. Worldview warfare is spiritual warfare.
15. It is the duty of Christians to provide leadership in government when possible.
16. Politics is the unavoidable clash of opposing opinions and worldviews competing for control.
17. Violent politics is inevitable in a world of depravity.
18. Depravity causes violent conflict.
19. Totalitarian governments are inevitable in a world ruled by Satan and men.
20. Satan’s agenda is to destroy and eliminate humanity.
21. Christianity’s influence will diminish in this world.
22. Choosing the higher power is not rebellion.
23. Survival of the Christian faith on earth requires intense discipleship: Win souls to do likewise.
24. Pride is the first and worst sin because it violates the first and great commandment by promoting self above God.
25. Loving God produces the fruit of desiring God’s will for your life.
26. Without God’s merciful intervention, there would be no hope for peace and happiness.
27. God’s presence is manifested with an agenda for lasting reconciliation and peace.
28. People are controlled by controlling the information they receive and the words they use.
29. Controlling information relies on manipulating information with misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation.
30. Reliance on AI homogenizes information, interpretation, conclusions, and decisions.
31. Fallacies lead to incorrect interpretations and conclusions.
32. God provides us His Word, His Spirit, and His church to protect us from falsehoods.

Worldview Warfare Tactics

Conversion

1. Persuasion to believe
2. The Christian tactic

Prevention

1. Manipulation/propaganda to conform
   1. misinformation,
   2. disinformation,
   3. malinformation
2. Elimination to stop influence
   1. censorship,
   2. imprisonment,
   3. death.
3. The humanist (Satan’s) tactic