Salvation: Why Should I Care? (NIV)

You may be wondering why certain religious groups insist that you are lost and need to be saved. Saved? saved from what? As far as you are concerned, you don’t feel lost. You feel fine just as you are. So what’s the big fuss? Ok, let’s go over some facts together:[a] Do you ever feel that in spite of all your achievements and all that you possess, there is still a void and an emptiness gnawing at your insides?[b] Do you have that uneasy feeling that you’re missing something in life?[c] Are you desperately searching for new thrills to feel alive and motivated?[d] Do you need a quick picker-up each day to face life challenges?[e] Do you quickly dismiss ideas of rejection, loneliness and death because these thoughts really scare you?If your answer is yes to any of the above, then you are lost. Why? You ask. Isn’t this the way normal people feel? In fact, all your peers confide that they have the same sentiments.They feel and react the same way and suffer from the same social dissatisfacti