In a world full of ideas and beliefs that go against God’s Word, we need uncommon courage to stand up for what we know is true and right.

Pastor, everyone else is speaking up about their worldview every day. Why shouldn’t we stand up for what we believe?

To stand courageously, you have to know what God says is the truth and what the world believes. This is called a worldview—the perspective on which you base your beliefs.

Every person uses a different filter through which they see and understand the world. We may all be looking at the same event, but we will see it differently because of our conflicting worldviews.

Your worldview includes how you see God, yourself, others, the past, the present, the future, money, time, good, and evil. It influences everything in your life. Every time you make a decision, you access the worldview database in your mind and decide that, because you believe this, this is what you’re going to do. Your worldview influences every choice you make.

Here’s the problem: We are profoundly influenced by the worldviews of others.

Every time you have a conversation, a worldview is being communicated. We are influenced by the worldviews of our parents, friends, an advertisement, or a news article. Nothing is fair and balanced, because everyone has a worldview.

It is absolutely crucial, then, that you base your worldview on God’s Word, which is the only truth.

One national survey found that 62 percent of Americans claimed they are “deeply spiritual.” When asked how that spirituality affects their decision making, only 16 percent make their moral choices based on “what God’s Word says.”

What does that mean?

It means most Christians have a non-Christian worldview. You may be a Christian and headed for heaven. You may even be a pastor, but you can also have a non-Christian worldview because you’ve based it on what you’ve learned from the world and not from the Word.

Ask God to help make you fearless when it comes to standing up for the truth.