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CU hosts Dr, Dennis Bickers as speaker for chapel By Rachel Crenshaw, CU student news writer "Choices determine what you will have, be and do in the future," the Rev. Dennis Bickers, said, as he spoke on the issue of making choices at Campbellsville University's chapel Wednesday, February 20, 2008, in Ransdell Chapel. Dr. Bickers is, Area Resource Minister at American Baptist Church of Indiana and Kentucky Rev. Bickers referred to Deuteronomy 3 in which numerous Israelites were sent into the land of Canaan to determine the worth of the land. Several men returned from the quest with a bad report. They quickly began to spread that they could never defeat the people that occupied the land, even though God had made a vow to deliver the promised land into their hands. "The Israelites had an opportunity to make a choice," Dr. Bickers said. "However the wrong decision was made and their consequence was another 40 years back in the wilderness. "God has given each one of us the ability to do more than we ever thought possible," Rev. Bickers said. God could have done anything he wanted with the Israelites, he said, however they chose to lose faith therefore they made a vital choice that would severely impact the rest of their lives. "We are a privileged people who make our own choices, however we can't choose to not suffer the consequences," Bickers said as he reflected on the fact that so many people today don't want to be held accountable for the choices they make. According to Dr. Bickers, choices can be applied to two significant areas in our lives. The first is our family and relationships. He said that 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. This fact is due to the ideology that married couples share a common address but not a common life. People are not willing to make the choice to commit completely to one another, said Bickers. Married couples don't see value in each other any more, he said. Dr. Bickers said that before he will marry any couple they must first go through four marital sessions. During one session he always asks the couple what it is they think their number one responsibility will be once they are married. The average reply Dr. Bickers usually receives is something along the lines of cooking, or cleaning, or making sure the other is happy. According to Rev. Bickers, the correct answer is devoting yourself 100 percent to making your spouse be the person that God wants them to be. To do this Dr. Bickers said you have to make a choice every day that you are going to commit to this person. You have to decide in all your relationships if you are going to devote yourself to making it work through Christ. The second area where choices are applied is in our individual lives, said Bickers, whether your life will be successful or just a complete waste is up to you and the choices you make. Dr. Bickers said too many people today are "perpetual victims." This is someone who blames every problem on someone else; or in other words it is the "it's not my fault" mentality. "If you don't want to be a whopper don't eat a whopper," Dr. Bickers said. "People want to sue fast food restaurants for their obesity problem. He said it's time that we Americans start taking responsibility for our own choices. Dr. praised Campbellsville University as being a great place to make decisions that will not only have physical consequences but eternal consequences as well. He said CU has great faculty and staff members at the institution that will guide the students into making the right decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. In Bickers' closing prayer, he asked that all those present would be blessed with guidance that would enrich their lives. Rev. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president, announced Bickers as the guest speaker. He said that Bickers is a well-rounded person who would always be a friend of Campbellsville University. Dr. Bickers. prior to his ministry, served as the bivocational pastor of Hebron Baptist Church near Madison, IN for 20 years. In addition, he is the author of four books including: "Two Jobs, One Ministry" and the "Work of the Bivocational Minister." Rev. Bickers is a graduate of Boyce Bible School in Louisville, Ky. and Indiana University, and he recently earned his master of arts in religion with a concentration in leadership from Liberty Theological Seminary. He is a member of the Campbellsville University's Church Relations Council and he serves as chair of the executive committee. The opening prayer was delivered by Kevin Propes, director of Center for Introductory Studies, and the special music was presented by DeMarcus Compton of Summersville, KY, and Leah Hays of Greensburg, KY. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Ministries at CU at (270) 789-5227 or e-mail Ed Pavy, director of campus ministers, at ejpavy@campbellsville.edu.Campbellsville University is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,405 students who represent 98 Kentucky counties, 25 states and 29 foreign nations. Listed in U.S.News & World Report's 2008 "America's Best Colleges," CU is ranked 22nd in "Best Baccalaureate Colleges" in the South and eighth in the South for "Great Schools, Great Prices." CU has been ranked 15 consecutive years with U.S.News & World Report. The university has also been named to America's Best Christian Colleges. Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his ninth year as president. 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