So, you're ready to learn the secret to success. Before you read any further, I want to preface all that you're about to read with this declaration of my faith.

I believe in God as Creator and Ruler of the Universe.

I believe that God is our Source of Life.

I believe that God loves people.

I believe that sin separates people from God.

I believe God loves people so much that He perfectly crafted and completed a plan for people to be in personal relationship with Him. 

I believe this plan was accomplished through the miraculous birth, sinless life, sacrificial death and bodily resurrection of God's Son, Jesus Christ. 

I believe that people who accept their sin as rebellion against God, and genuinely repent of that rebellion are forgiven. Their forgiveness is made possible by their understanding and humble acceptance of Jesus' willingness to pay the penalty of sin--a debt we could not pay.

I believe that because Jesus rose from the dead, people who enter in to a personal...