Drawing on examples from the Bible, the author discusses the causes of spiritual failure. He addresses timely topics that are still relevant in the twenty-first century: Peter's overconfidence and its results; the calamities that followed King David's adulterous gaze; Miriam's jealousy and her terrible punishment; the outcome of Jonah's insubordination... But this is not simply a recounting of failures and consequences. Here are the great examples of God's redeeming grace at work in those whose foot slipped. It is a book of hope and encouragement, urging those who find themselves face down in...