ABOUT THIS BOOK

1. INTRODUCTION

'The Scriptures . . . promise success to man, as well as command him to accomplish his creational goal. If we link this with the purpose of God for his creation and the anticipated fulfilling of that gracious goal, we can also see that this hope brings meaning and destiny to man'  (D. Meatheringham, Spotlight on Success, p.3).

The secular community expends energy on its hopes, its projected destinies - the Utopian expectation of the Marxists, the 'perpetual peace' of the Pacifists, and the reign of a master race. The Church has produced its theologies of liberation, hope and millennial reigns. Others have sought relief from this 'wretched world' into some timeless Beyond. The Jews looked to release from this age, to a glorious future age. We Christians believe that God's revelation has really come, in this present world, and look to a glorious future - centred on the risen Jesus of Nazareth. In Christ, man is called, to obtain glory.