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If the World were 100 people . . .

July 19, 2010 By: Ryan Category: Culture

Picked up this post here and thought it intriguing.  What do you think?

What would the make up of this world be like if reduced  to just 100 people? Share these thought-provoking numbers with your youth and see what they think.  More information can be found here.
50 would be female
50 would be male

20 would be children
There would be 80 adults,
14 of whom would be 65 and older

There would be:
61 Asians
12 Europeans
13 Africans
14 people from the Western Hemisphere

There would be:
31 Christians
21 Muslims
14 Hindus
6 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
16 people who would not be aligned with a religion

17 would speak a Chinese dialect
8 would speak Hindustani
8 would speak English
7 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Russian
52 would speak other languages

82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not

1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer

75 people would have some supply of food and a place to
shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 would not

1 would be dying of starvation
17 would be undernourished
15 would be overweight

83 would have access to safe drinking water
17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink.


Ask: What surprises you about this list?  What saddens you?    If the world were more like the Kingdom of God, how would these numbers be different? What response to you feel compelled to make?  Is there any way we might respond as a group? 

2012

February 25, 2009 By: Ryan Category: Culture, God, Ministry Blogs

Last Sunday night we tackled the 2012 prophecy.  Students are hearing it at school, media has quickly picked up on the topic.  Being a student ministry that is not afraid to tackle difficult topics, we, at EPIC, thought it important to address the prophecy and all the talk that is out there.  We were reminded that much of Scripture deals with prophecy concerning the end times and if God can talk about, we should be afraid to talk about it either.

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One of our church (Grace Point) elders, Tommy Settipani, joined me on the platform that evening.  Tommy has an incredible knowledge of what God says concerning the end times and an incredible gift of explaining it in simple terms so I can understand it. 

We pointed out that likelihood of Jesus coming back in 2012 is no more alarming than the fact that He could come back RIGHT NOW.  After that, we took some great questions from the floor.  Thanks to Tommy for his quick thinking brain and his preparedness to handle the questions in a professional and calming way.

I just wanted to say Thanks!! to Tommy for being available, prepared and understanding on Sunday!!!

As promised, if you have any questions, you can post them here by commenting at the bottom.  I will then pass of those questions to Tommy and reply by commenting back on this post.

Thanks

Are You Balanced

February 18, 2009 By: Ryan Category: Culture, Leadership, Life, Ministry Blogs

In our churches, we come across many different types of people. 

Morally-Imbalanced

Some who are passionate about God and the Bible but don’t know how to apply it to everyday life.  I refer to these as morally-imbalanced individuals.  They know what God says but don’t have any problems living LIKE the world.

 

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Biblically-Imbalanced

Others have THIER opinions but can’t back them up with Scripture.  They may use Scripture but it is usually pulled out of context to fit their needs morally.  They have a right and wrong but it is usually their own and not substantiated by God.

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Biblically-Balanced

The biblically-balanced individuals are rare in the church.  These people, not only know what God says, but they put it into practices in their daily lives.  Everything they do is first brought before God and His Word and then second, applied to their everyday situation.

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Be careful to not assume that once you become a biblically-balanced individual that Satan sill try to pull you back into one of the imbalanced situations.  Stay true to what God says and know how to apply it in everyday life.

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