Cosmic personalism, as the kingdomcultural alternative to cosmic impersonalism, is the view of reality that sees all things as fundamentally two, one being the Creator and the other being the creation. Divine being and created being can be pictured as two circles where the bigger circle representing the Creator is positioned over, but not overlapping with, a small circle representing the creation. The two circles can be pictured as connected by a ladder or bridge that represents the Word of God as revealed in creation, in Scripture and by the Spirit. This view of reality provides a rock-solid basis for certain knowledge because here, God, who created all things and sustains all things knows all things. Because God’s knowledge is exhaustive His Word is certainly true. While human beings are finite and fallible and can on their own know nothing for certain, God has revealed His Word, making certain knowledge a derived reality for those who receive it by faith. If we make His Word the foundation of our thinking, then we can be certain that our thinking rests upon certain truth. This dependent way of knowing things for certain makes ethics no longer a matter of mere opinion where power struggles between those of different opinions continually degrade the world. Instead, truth can be embodied personally in ways that do not require compulsive force in relation to others since all truth is self-authenticating. Thus cosmic personalism is foundational to what kingdomculture is.
Also see Certain Knowledge, Cosmic Impersonalism, and Ministerial Authority.