Each of us wants to live boldly with confidence and conviction, daring to pursue life with vigor. In reality, we often find life to be mundane, futile, and frustrating, characterized more by anxiety than by confidence. The writings of Paul and Isaiah explain what prevents us from fulfilling our bold plan for living, and they give a blueprint as to how we can break out. This blueprint draws a direct line between the quality of our lives and how we deal with our "mortality issue." We all must face the fact that we will die. We each have "irreconcilable differences" with our personal...