Here's a shocking story I once read that dramatically affected my life:
Several years ago there was a politician who was
a very busy person. He was so busy that he didn't even have a minute
to spare. He was really busy.
One day he was rushing out of a meeting and on his way to another meeting
when a newspaper reporter approached him. 'Excuse me, sir,' the
reporter asked, 'can you spare just one minute?'
The politician hurriedly replied, 'Sorry, but I couldn't spare one minute for Jesus Christ right now.'
Just a minute later he was assassinated.
End of story? Unfortunately not. The politician suddenly found himself in eternity, with all the time in the world, and then some-actually, forever.
Frankly, that's always bothered me. He said he could not even spare one minute for Jesus Christ and he may be out there in eternity somewhere, alone, without Christ. It's really scary when you stop to think about it.
This story did get me to thinking. It made me realize that modern people are incredibly busy. We don't have time for anything. It's always rush, rush, rush. "Almost nobody, it seems, has enough time," said a front-page newspaper article from a nationwide New York Times News Service wire.1
And it's the supersonic age. We don't always know where we are going, but we're in a hurry to get there.
Because we are so busy and in such a hurry, we must have an "instant" everything: instant coffee, instant breakfast, TV dinners, microwave meals, quick weight loss, instant car washes, jiffy lubes, instant credit, "crash" courses, ad infinitum.
There must be a divinely ordained division of time-One Minute-because that's what everything seems to take. Why does it seem like most anything can be done in one minute? Maybe that's just how the universe is constructed. It's probably a good idea because that's about all the time we have to devote to anything. There's even a One Minute Manager and a One Minute Sales Person (the books by those names actually inspired this book).
The politician's sudden and unexpected tragedy also has caused me to study the profound questions: "What is really important in life? I mean really.
What are the world's greatest truths?" And in addition, "How long does it take to learn them: days, weeks, months, maybe years?"
Well, after years of study I finally discovered the truths. But after I spent all that time I was shocked to discover that each can be learned in about 60 seconds or less! It may sound hard to believe, but it's a fact, and I'll prove it to you. Real truth is simple; it's people who complicate things.
I wish I had known all this before. But you can. My loss is your gain.
For this reason, I have developed a modern packaging of these ancient truths, and designed them specifically for the modern man or woman, the 20th-century person on the move and who is always in a hurry.
If you are really busy but, unlike the poor politician, you are willing to devote at least one minute to something truly important, this book is for you.
Yes, for you-rushed, hurried, harried, anxious, yet worried about "the meaning of life," and the future-I excitedly present:
THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRUTHS . . .
and I unflinchingly include this claim and guarantee:
This book will show you how you can, in just one minute, do something that will give you instant and permanent "approval" by the Creator of the universe! Incredible? But true. If you follow the One Minute Procedure later in this book, you can be assured of God's special blessings for all eternity. Otherwise, you can obtain a refund of the full purchase price of this book (if returned in good condition).
Don't scoff. I'm serious. You will be pleasantly surprised at what you discover in the following pages. You will probably never be the same.
There is one "secret" that makes all this possible. I can't take any credit for it. It's been around for thousands of years. It's really nothing new. But I will tell you what it is. It is, without a doubt, "the world's greatest secret." Surprisingly, this secret has affected millions and millions of people. It has affected the course of empires, and it has changed history.
I will also tell you how this secret and actually all the truths in this book are based on "the world's greatest substance," and how this miraculous substance is the mysterious link between Judaism and Christianity. Someday both Jews and Christians will see and marvel over this link together.
Why such a big secret, and how do I know about it? Well, the only reason it may be a secret now is that truth often becomes obscured over time and by tradition. Sometimes we humans put layers and layers of our own ideas upon basic truths until they are unrecognizable. That's what has happened. But THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRUTHS goes to the original source to bring you the undiluted, untampered truth!
These truths are so simple and wonderful, it's almost too good to be true. But it is. Actually, millions of people constantly refer to them as "amazing."2
They really are amazing, and true. I will bet my life on it.
"Can you spare just one minute?"