Your view of God determines your view of the world. You hold in your hands a landmark guide to understanding the ideas and forces shaping our times. Understanding the Times offers a fascinating, comprehensive look at the how the tenets of the Christian worldview compares with the five major competing worldviews of our day: Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism, New Age, and Postmodernism. Understanding the Times is a systematic way to understand the ideas that rule our world. While the material is expansive, the engaging, easy-to-understand writing style invites you to discover the truths of God - and our world. This classic should be on the shelf of every Christian home, on the desk of every pastor, and in the hands of every Christian student headed off to college. Based on Summit Ministries' half century of teaching, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews is an invaluable resource, showing how Christianity trumps competing worldviews in the battle for ideas and truth. Over the last 20 years Dr. Jeff Myers has become one of America's most respected authorities on youth leadership development and has equipped thousands of people to champion the Christian worldview. In addition to authoring Grow Together, Cultivate, and Handoff, The founder and retired president of Summit Ministries, David Noebel is an author, editor, public speaker, ordained minister, and recognized expert in worldview analysis and spirituality in Western Civilization.