Helping Your Children to Develop a Christian Worldview
A presentation at D6 Family Ministry Conference in Singapore
A few weeks ago, I taught parents and church leaders in Singapore how to develop a Christian worldview in their children through the ways that they engage the cultures around them. Christine Leon did an excellent job turning this session into an article at Salt and Light. Here’s an excerpt:
While watching a movie or TV show together, you can ask your children: “What in this movie points to the goodness of God’s design in His creation?”
Said Dr Jones: “Sometimes a movie is visually stunning. Do you realise that that points to the beauty of God and the fact that God created us as creative beings?”
Sharing about one of his favourite movies Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse where Miles Morales, who is Spider-Man in one universe, travels to alternate universes and meets other versions of Spider-Man, Dr Jones said that God could have “created a black and white world or a world that’s flat and ugly.” Instead, He created a “visually stunning world and human beings so that they can create beautiful things.” This points to God’s good design.
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers sought refuge at Hawkeye’s home as the world fell apart around them. The home as a sanctuary speaks of “the beauty of the relationship of a husband and a wife, and their children,” said Dr Jones.
Nature documentaries [are] another great way to bring in God’s design. Theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, the late Steven Weinberg, despite being a firm atheist, once said: “Nature is more beautiful than is strictly necessary.”
“That’s a way you can do everyday apologetics. You’re watching TV shows, you’re watching movies, watch them together and talk about how God made the world good. What in this movie pointed to God’s good design?”
You can read the rest of the article here: “How pop culture heroes like Spider-Man and Hawkeye can help you talk about God in everyday life”