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Josh McDowell
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Behavior
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Behavior
Values
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Behavior
Values
Beliefs
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Behavior
Values
World View
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Behavior
Values
World View
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BORN-AGAIN“I have personally trusted Jesus Christ as Savior and
Lord. If I were to die today, I know I would go to heaven because He is my Savior and He has forgiven me
of my sins.” 9
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ABSOLUTE TRUTH
A truth that exists outside ourselves, one that is true
for all people, for all times, for all places.
(Josh D. McDowell) 10
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Universal Truth
•All people
•All places
•For all time
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No Absolute Truth
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1991 – 52%1994 – 62%1999 – 78%
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91% No
AbsoluteTruth
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•All Youth – 6%•Non-Christian – 4%
•Christian – 9%
Absolute Truth
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Only a 5% difference between
Christian and Non-Christian
kids in the area of belief.
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Born Again
There is no such thing as
CHINA 77%POLAND 49%UK 80%
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There is no such thing as
MEXICO 73%ROMANIA 70%USA 91%
Born Again
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Hold to “Core Biblical
Values”•1927-45 65%•1946-64 35%•1965-83 15%•1984-2002 4%
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The Bible is the Word of God.
39%Disagree
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The bodily resurrection of Jesus is a true historical
event.
51% Disagree
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Jesus is the Son of God.
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Christianity is true.
65%Say there is no way to tell which religion is true.
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Christianity is true.
58%Believe all faiths teach equally valid truths.
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“65% of all Christians say there are multiple paths to eternal life.”
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“72% of those who say many religions lead to
eternal life name at least one non-Christian religion, such as Judaism or Islam
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The Bible is the infallible
word of God.28
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1995 – 10%29
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1995 – 10%
2004 – 4%30
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How did
we get here?
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Epistemological Shift Culturally
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The Renaissance36
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LOCKE
HUME
Enlightenment
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Jesus is the master of my destiny.
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I am the master of my own destiny.
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Darwinism
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Angela MerkelGerman Chancellor
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have
"utterly failed"
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Yahoo News, Multiculturalism has failed, Yahoo News, February 10, 2011
"…Multiculturalism (in France)…is a failure,"
Nicolas SarkozyPresident of the French Republic
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“France’s Sarkozy: Multiculturalism Has Failed,” CBN News, February 11, 2011, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/February/Frances-Sarkozy-Multiculturalism-Has-Failed/
"'If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community…And if you do not want to accept that, you
cannot be welcome in France".
Nicolas SarkozyPresident of the French Republic
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“…pronounced his country’s long-standing policy of multiculturalism ‘a failure’…”
David Cameron Prime Minister of Britain
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“France’s Sarkozy: Multiculturalism Has Failed,” CBN News, February 11, 2011, http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/February/Frances-Sarkozy-Multiculturalism-Has-Failed/
“It needs a whole new way of thinking.”
David Cameron Prime Minister of Britain
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Fox News, “UK’s Cameron: Europe must wake up to extremism”, FoxNews.com, February 05, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/05/uks-cameron-europe-wake-extremism/
“We have even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in
ways that run counter to our values.”
David Cameron Prime Minister of Britain
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Fox News, “UK’s Cameron: Europe must wake up to extremism”, FoxNews.com, February 05, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/05/uks-cameron-europe-wake-extremism/
“We’ve been too cautious, frankly even fearful, to stand up to them.”
David Cameron Prime Minister of Britain
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TRUTHDISCOVERE
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TRUTHCREATED 58
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MIND
RELATIONSHIP
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If it is true…
it will work.
If it works…it is true.
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Contagious or
pervasive skepticism
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2.2 Billion people online
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Time spent online
201020002.7 hrs/week 18 hrs/week
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68% are 25 and under
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43% Pornography
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35% search pornography
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28% download pornography
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US Porn Industry revenues were greater
than
COMBINED68
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US Porn Industry revenues were greater
than
COMBINED69
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51% reported visiting a pornography website the
week before.
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Daily E-mails
2010200012 Billion 247 Billion
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Text Messages
20102000400,000 4.5 Billion
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Active Blogs
2010200012,000 141 Million
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iTunes Downloads
201020000 10 Billion
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Daily Google Searches
20102000100 Million 2 Billion
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One Click away77
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What shouldWe do?
1.Start early.2.Develop loving, intimate connections with your kids.
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If a child does not accept Christ by their 12th birthday,
there is only a 4% chance they
will later.
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“Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions”
(George Barna, Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2003)
“Research regarding all facets of moral and spiritual development-whether related to worldview, beliefs or behavior…”
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“Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions”
(George Barna, Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2003)
“…shows that such a development starts as early as age two…. By age nine, most Children have their spiritual mooring in place.” 81
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“Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions”
(George Barna, Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2003)
“A majority of Americans make a lasting determination about the personal significance of Christ’s death and resurrection by age 12.”
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“Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions”
(George Barna, Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2003)
“In most cases people’s spiritual beliefs are irrevocably formed when they are pre-teens.”
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Barna’s: Probability of Accepting Christ,
Segmented by Age
“In essence, what you believe by the time you are 13 is what you will die believing.”
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Barna’s: Probability of Accepting Christ,
Segmented by Age
“Most people’s minds are made up and they believe they know what they need to know spiritually by age 13.”
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“America’s Teens Who Will End Up as
Bible-Believers”
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65% of Builders
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35% of Boomers
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4% of current generation
(“Fast Facts,” Religious Market Update, March 25, 2009) 89
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Barna Research
“A majority of American youth raised in the
church have left by age 29.”
(“Why Do You Think You Are?” Christianity Today, February 23, 2009) 90
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Barna Research
“ “The issue for American Christians is less about rioting youth and more about a rising generation whose commitment to Christ may not stand when shaken…
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Barna Research
…And it doesn’t take much to shake it before they abandon Christ for lesser loyalties.”
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“Christianity is No Longer Americans’ Default Faith”
(George Barna, January 12, 2009)
“Americans are increasingly comfortable picking and choosing …theological views and discarding the rest of the teachings in the Bible.”
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Among 20-30 year olds: 63% said they would attend
church if it presented truth to
them in an understandable
way “that relates to my
life now.”
Lifeway Publishers
Why Youth Are Leaving the
Church
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Christianity• Not True• Not Relevant• Not Modeled
Why Youth Are Leaving the
Church
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Failed to Develop Convictions
Failed to Develop Convictions
1. The way I was taught2. Parents3. Church4. Seminary
1. The way I was taught2. Parents3. Church4. Seminary
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Failed to Develop Convictions
Failed to Develop Convictions
5. Feel6. Believe7. Faith8. Changed my life
5. Feel6. Believe7. Faith8. Changed my life
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