Authors Note Dedication and Acknowledgments iii Preface: a check-list? god choice! a crutch?.............................................................................................15 chapter 3: a curse?................................................................................................23 chapter 4: a challenge! ....................................................................................... 29 chapter 5: a condition!.......................................................................................35 chapter 6: a cross of self - sacrifice .............................................................. 49 chapter 7: a cross of commitment..............................................................69 chapter 8: a cross of generosity.....................................................................87 chapter 9: a cross of honesty....................................................................... 109 chapter 10: a cross of contentment ........................................................ 129 Postscript: a final word from Paul ............................................................ 145 Appendices ........................................................................................................... 151 1. on storms .................................................................................................... 151 2. on faith ......................................................................................................... 171 3. on sin ............................................................................................................. 190 4. on love .......................................................................................................... 210 5. on peace ...................................................................................................... 230 6. on life and rights ..................................................................................... 252
For millennia, people of many cultures and religions have looked to the Ten Commandments as the ultimate moral compass for life, a yardstick for measuring your success or failure as a human being, a checklist for predicting your prospects for eternity. What if life isn't about doing or not doing? What if life is about making the right choice, the right god choice, a choice that will determine the kind of life you live and the society you live that life in?
