registered users of MySpace (as of September 2006)

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In the midst of change

• He changes not.

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I Peter 123 (NIV)

• For you have been born again, not of perishable
  seed, but of imperishable, through the living and
  enduring word of God. (NIV)

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Did you know?
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Sometimes size does matter.
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If you are one in a million in China
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There are 1,300 people just like you.
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In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.
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The 25 of the population in China with the
highest IQs.
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Is greater than the total population of North
America.
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In India, its the top 28.
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Translation for teachers

• They have more honors kids
• Than we have kids.

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Did you know?
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China will soon become the number one
English-speakingCountry in the world.
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If you took every single job in the U.S. today
and shipped it to China
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It still would have a labor surplus.
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During the course of this presentation.
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• 60 babies will be born in the U.S.
• 244 babies will be born in China and
• 351 babies will be born in India.
• Talk about investing in diaper factories being a
  great idea... ?

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The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that
Todays learner will have 10 to 14 jobs.
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By age 38.
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According to the U.S.Department of Labor
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1 out of 4 workers today is working for a
company for whom they have been employed less
than 1 year.
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More than 1 out of 2are working for acompany
for whomthey have workedLess than 5 years.
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According to formerSecretary of
EducationRichard Riley
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The top 10 jobs thatwill be in demandin 2010
didnt exist in 2004.
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We are currentlypreparing studentsfor jobs
thatdont yet exist
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Using technologiesthat havent yetbeen invented
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In order to solveproblems we donteven know
areproblems yet.
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Name thisCountry.
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• Richest in the world
• Largest military
• Center of world business and finance
• Strongest education system
• World center of innovation and invention
• Currency the world standard of value
• Highest standard of living.
• Guess who?

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England...
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in 1900.
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Did you know?
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The U.S. is 20thin the world inbroadband
internetpenetration(Luxembourg just passed
us.).
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Nintendo invested morethan 140 million
inresearch and developmentin 2002 alone
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The U.S. federal governmentspent less than half
asmuch on research andinnovation in education.
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1 of every 8 couplesmarried in the U.S.
lastyear met online.
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There are over 106 millionregistered users of
MySpace (as of September 2006).
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MySpace, is currently growing by an average of
250,000 new members daily, said Dani Dudeck, a
MySpace spokeswoman.
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If MySpace were a country,it would be the
11th-largestin the world (betweenJapan and
Mexico).
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The average MySpacepage is visited30 times a
day.
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Did you know?
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We are living inexponential times.
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There are over 2.7 billionsearches performed
onGoogle each month.
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To whom were thesequestions addressed B.G.
(before Google)?
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The number of textmessages sent andreceived
every dayexceeds the populationof the planet.
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There are about540,000 words in theEnglish
language.
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About 5 times asmany as duringShakespeares
time.
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More than 3,000new books arepublished
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Daily.
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It is estimated thata weeks worth ofNew York
Times
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Contains more informationthan a person was
likelyto come across in a lifetime in the 18th
century.
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It is estimated that1.5 exabytes (1.5 X 1018)of
unique new informationwill be generatedworldwide
this year.
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Thats estimated to bemore than in theprevious
5,000 years.
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The amount of newtechnical information
isdoubling every 2 years.
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For students starting afour-year technical
orcollege degree, thismeans that
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Half of what they learnin their first year of
studywill be outdated by theirthird year of
study.
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It is predicted todouble every 72 hoursby 2010.
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Third-generation fiber opticshas recently been
tested byboth NEC and Alcatel.
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That pushes 10 trillionbits per second downone
strand of fiber.
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Thats 1,900 CDs, or 150million simultaneous
phonecalls, every second.
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Its currently tripling aboutevery 6 months and
isexpected to do so forat least the next 20
years.
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The fiber is already there.Theyre just
improving theswitches on the ends, whichmeans
the marginal cost ofthese improvements
iseffectively 0.
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Predictions are thate-paper will be cheaperthan
real paper.
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47 million laptopswere shipped worldwidelast
year.
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The 100 laptop projectis expecting to ship
between50 to 100 million laptopsa year to
children inunder developed countries.
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Predictions are thatby 2013 a supercomputerwill
be built that exceedsthe computation
capabilityof the human brain.
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By 2023,when 1st-graderswill be just 23 years
oldand beginning their(first) career
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it only will take a1,000 computer toexceed the
capabilitiesof the human brain.
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And while technicalpredictions farther outthan
about 15 yearsare hard to make.
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Predictions are thatby 2049 a 1,000computer
will exceedthe computationalcapabilities of
thehuman race.
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What does itall mean?
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More importantly, as Christians, what does it
mean to us to live in a world that is changing so
rapidly?
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We live here. It is our world.

• You may not take kindly to too much change.
• But change doesnt care whether or not you will
  take kindly to it.
• You, your children, your grandchildren, your
  extended family and your friends must be
  educationally, emotionally and spiritually
  prepared to live in this world of change.
• The way I read this is that higher education is
  not an option.

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We must provide our people a flexible Gospel.

• A Gospel that bends to the times but does not
  break.
• We cannot put new wine in old wineskins.
• The Good News is that the Gospel has been meeting
  mans needs for 2000 years.
• And the Gospel will continue meeting man where he
  lives.

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Constants that we can depend on not to change

• He was prophesied.
• He was birthed.
• He lived.
• He died.
• He rose again.
• He is coming back again.

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He was prophesied.
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He was birthed.
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He lived.
Lords Supper
He is our Good Shepherd.
He washes the disciples feet.
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He died.
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He rose again.
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He is coming back.
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• The Gospel will always be relevant.
• For man will continue needing a Savior.
• Outside Jesus there is no salvation.
• He came to this earth for you.
• He lived a life of perfection for you.
• He died for you.
• He rose again for you.
• He is coming back for you.
• He is the answer to an ever changing world.
• He is the Victor in the midst of confusion.

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1 Peter 123

• Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
  of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
  liveth and abideth for ever. (KJV)
• For you have been born again, not of perishable
  seed, but of imperishable, through the living and
  enduring word of God. (NIV)

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Source for statisticsGlumbert.com