Dempsey and Makepeace

The Problem

• The number one problem of man at the close of the twentieth century is that he leads an unexamined life.
• We rush from task to task, but we don't call enough time-outs to reflect on life's larger issues.

Two Life Views

• The secular humanist believes that man is intrinsically good, he masters his own fate, self-determines the boundaries of his achievements and knowledge, and no moral standards constrain him apart from those he chooses at his own discretion.
• The Christian believes an all-powerful God created the heavens and the earth. This living, omniscient God possesses all knowledge, and He established absolute moral standards by which man is expected to abide. He is holy, loving and personal.

The choice between a Christian life view and a secular life view is a choice between God's race and the rat race.

Christians in Captivity

The Two Yous

• The visible you is the you that is known by others.
• The real you is the you that is known by God. We are who we are in our minds first, before we speak or act.