This volume is an expression of a worldview. A worldview is the lens through which we view and make sense of the world, a collection of presuppositions, convictions, and values from which a person tries to understand life and the world. Our worldview determines our self-understanding, shapes our behavior, and gives us direction. There are different worldviews, many of them in radical disagreement with each other. While they may disagree on the answers to fundamental questions, they all concern themselves with the same basic categories: the nature and purpose of human life, the existence of objective standards of right and wrong, the nature of the universe, our relationship to ultimate reality, what happens to us at death, and whether and how we can discover the truth about these matters. Every worldview has a starting point, a set of unquestioned assumptions or presuppositions. But, in providing answers for each of these categories, where one begins determines where one ends up. If you start with a materialist presupposition, for example, you cannot arrive at the immortal soul or concepts of duty, purpose, or justice grounded in anything higher than human will. Thus, the importance of a worldview is not fully expressed in a list of philosophical principles or theological positions; it is in its application to the world around us that its true power is revealed. A worldview affects everything that comes before us, philosophy, science, education, entertainment, politics, etc. It becomes the medium through Editor’s Introduction Justin D. Lyons
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