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THE
BIBLE
Can we trust a book written 2000 years ago?
EYEWITNESS
Did the writers of the New Testament get their picture of Jesus right?
GOD
- MAN
Is Jesus really God?
RESURRECTION
Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
RELIGIONS
With so many religions, why Christianity?
SUFFERING
If there is a God, why is there so much suffering?
TRINITY
Understanding the Trinity.
SCIENCE
The complementary nature of Science & Christianity.
FORGIVENESS
What it is and why it matters?
GUIDANCE
How does God guide?
REPENTANCE
What it is and why you can't get to heaven without it.
BORN
AGAIN
What does it mean to be converted and born again?
SAVING
FAITH
The kind of faith that will get you to heaven
ASSURANCE
Can I know for sure that I am going to heaven?
TRUTH
What is truth and does it matter?
MORALITY
Does it matter how we live? A Christian view of morality.
THE
CHURCH
God's vision for his family, the Church. A call to the churches of the
new millennium.
PURPOSE
How
can I find a great purpose for living?
IDENTITY
Who am I; Finding my true identity as a human being and as a child of
God.
SELF-ESTEEM
How
can I feel good about my self? The Christian basis for proper sel-esteem.
LIFE AFTER DEATHChristianity's Hope & Challenge.
THE CROSS
Why did Jesus Die? What the Bible says about the Cross.
Grace
The importance of grace in the New Testament.
Foreword
"Nobody
loves me ... Everybody hates me... I'm going down the garden to eat worms..."
I don't know where I first heard that little jingle. But it's a good one to sing at a pity-party, because it exposes a well-worn truth. If you can just find a way to corner people, stop them in their tracks, pin them down and make them honest, you soon discover that an embarrassingly high percentage of ordinary, capable, loveable human beings secretly don't like themselves very much. Or, in some cases, actually detest themselves.
Now, while I've never felt that bad about John Cooney, I have, I must confess, wasted large chunks of my life feeling very disappointed in me. And I suspect you're no different—especially on bad-hair days.
We're all guilty, aren't we, of stinkin' thinkin'—"Who am I? I'm no good at anything! I've
tried, but nothing works! I could never do that! I wish I was someone
else!" And we could all use a once-a-month check-up from the
neck up.
Which (you've guessed, haven't you?) is just what this booklet is intended
to do ...
I have, on occasions, allowed myself to dream of a much more healthy
world ... a world in which all people, from earliest childhood on, are
taught that they're unique and one-of-a-kind. But then I'm reminded that
life-changing truths like this aren't just taught—they're caught! And that I'll never convince anyone else (my wife, my kids,
my grandkids, my friends) that they're
special unless I'm deep-down convinced that I
am.
So may the words on the pages that follow be therapy, and not just theory. And may they come alive for you and the people you're close to.
John Cooney
Founder/editor, Grapevine magazine
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Foreward
PART 2 - The basis of a proper self-esteem; The creation of a loving God
Worth a great deal, though unworthy
