ONE LIFE: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
1. IT'S JUST GOOD NEWS
First of all, I have a confession to make. There is another book that has been around a lot longer than this one, and it has exactly the same aim: to make you familiar with who Jesus Christ was and why he is of absolute importance to everyone who has ever lived and ever will live. The person behind this other book is infinitely more gifted than I am, and the book’s scope is admittedly superior to the one you’re currently holding. Copies are readily available not only on the internet, in book stores and in libraries, but also in hotel rooms the world over, and it is so popular that parts of it have been translated into over 2,500 languages. Actually, I’d better make that two confessions. The second is that I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments hanging about in dank halls and religious education lessons during which I attempted to find references to rugby in the Bible. 5