Helen Prejean

2. Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking number one on the New York Times Best Seller List for 31 weeks

3. Dead Man Walking "Dead man walking, dead man walking here!"

4. Dead Man Walking We may not be physically sitting on Death Row awaiting our execution day, but we are all as good as dead.

5. Dead Man Walking Both Paul and Peter teach us that we were dead and we are dead.

6. Ephesians 2:1-5 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved."

7. Dead Man Walking Paul is speaking to believers, referring to the deadness that characterized their lives prior to coming to Christ. In short, Paul says that due to sin, they were like Dead Men Walking.

8. Dale Carnegie "Criticism is dangerous because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment."

9. Two Gun Crowley "To whom it may concern. Under my coat is a weary heart, but a kind one – one that would do nobody any harm."

10. Al Capone "I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, [mine is] the existence of a hunted man."

11. I John 1:8 The more we try to deny sin, the more we become guilty of it. "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."

12. Dead Men Walking those who are "following the ways of the world." Enslaved to: selfish pursuits, unquenchable thirst for superficial happiness, have blatant disregard for others' feelings, disobedient to God's laws, prone to violence in word and deed.

13. I Peter 2:21-25 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

14. Dead Man Walking Before Christ we are dead because of sin After Christ we are dead to sin

15. Dead Man Walking When we come to Christ, we are resurrected, only to become dead in another way - dead to sin. If we are Dead Men Walking, we are un-affected by all of the commands, and enticements, and influences that are thrown at us every day.

16. WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) Peter says we should follow in His steps. If we followed in His steps, there would be no deceit, no retaliation, no threats, but rather, trusting in God.

17. Dead Man Walking "Dead man walking, dead man walking here!"