Francis Schaeffer wrote that, "To understand where we are in today's world -- in our intellectual ideas and in our cultural and political lives -- we must trace three lines in history, namely, the philosophic, the scientific, and the religious."
The way a person lives is based on how they view the world. Ideas are not without consequences. As I have pursued God in my thinking and analyzing I have been challenged to dig deep into the nuts and bolts of my presuppositions.
"People have presuppositions, and they will live more consistently on the basis of these presuppositions than even they themselves may realize. By presuppositions we mean the basic way an individual looks at life, his basic world-view, the grid through which he sees the world. Presuppositions rest upon that which a person considers to be the truth of what exists. People's presuppositions lay a grid for all they bring forth into the external world. Their presuppositions also provide the basis for their values and therefore the basis for their decisions."
(Francis A. Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live?, Ch. 1)
Currently I am reading a book by Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth. It is focused on liberating Christianity from it's cultural captivity and has brought a better understanding of how the God of all creation is relevant to each culture and ethnic-groups.
