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Come follow me : The challenge of Jesus Christ by Michael Green / What's gone wrong? / Quotations from the Bible are from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION / The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship
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Is Christianity true? Does it matter? What does it mean to follow Jesus Christ? What would it cost? How could I be sure? How do I begin?
Such questions went through Michael Green's mind when as a teenager he was deciding whether or not to become a disciple of Jesus Christ. In this booklet, he recalls his fears and struggles. And he gives answers to some of the questions people may have as they stand on the brink of the great decision.
What's gone wrong?
THE LATTER PART OF THE TWENTIETH century is a fascinating time to be alive. Knowledge is expanding at a phenomenal rate. Things that were undreamed of in science fiction fifty years ago are commonplace today. There has never been a time when travel is so easy, when comfort is so great (for some), and when education and entertainment is so widespread and readily available. And yet, the end of the twentieth century is a terrifying time to live. Never has man's cruelty to man been so great and so devastating as in this century. Never has starvation stared so many millions in the face. Never has the threat of global destruction hung so vividly over the world. If you ask them privately, many of the world's leaders are far from optimistic about its survival for more than a few decades. Some years ago those great thinkers, Russell and Einstein, went on record as saying that, 'We have found that the men who know most are the most despairing'. And people feel it at all levels in society. Something has gone wrong. The artists among us feel it within the depths of their being. Ernest Hemingway, the celebrated writer, wrote, 'I live in a vacuum as lonely as a radio when the batteries are dead'. The 'king' of rock 'n roll, Elvis
Presley, was interviewed shortly before his death. The inter viewer said to him, 'Elvis, when you started in music you said you wanted three things: to be rich, to be famous, and to be happy. You sure are rich and famous. Are you happy, Elvis?" 'No,' came the reply. 'I am miserable, and lonely as hell.' Six weeks later he was dead.
