In my fifty years of pastoral ministry counseling people with spiritual problems, I think I can safely say that never have I met someone discouraged or defeated spiritually whose problem did not come from one or the other of two causes: either he or she had never understood how good the Good News of the gospel is, or had never truly believed it.
If you read the simple record of Jesus' sayings in the four Gospels, you will find over and over that He has good news for sincere people who long for peace. He said, "The Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound" (Isaiah 61:1).
This book is based on the premise that such Good News packs a powerful punch. The power is not in the personality of the messenger, but in the message itself. Especially is this evident in the New Testament truth of justification by faith.
For many people, that doctrine is a dry-as-dust bore; my prayer is that this modest attempt to make it live will set your heart singing for now and for eternity.