The Gospel for Real Life
Turn to the Liberating Power of the Cross...Every Day
Chapter One
Unsearchable Riches
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My friend had just learned that the artificial hip he had
received eleven years earlier needed to be replaced. The
previous month, he had had angioplasty to open a clogged
artery to his heart. Along with all this, he suffers from rheumatoid
arthritis. Signs of old age? Not at all. My friend is only
fifty-six years old.
A few years ago psychiatrist Scott Peck began one of his
books with a three-word sentence: "Life is difficult." He was
right. We live in a sin-cursed world ravaged not only by the
forces of nature and disease, but even more so by people's sinful
actions toward one another. No one is exempt. If you're
not experiencing some form of heartache or difficulty at this
time, cheer up-it will surely come sooner or later! Even as
I have been trying to write this chapter, I've been going
through a series of nettlesome and discouraging setbacks.
And I've gotten down on myself because "Christians aren't
supposed t ... read full excerpt from The Gospel For Real Life ebook
