Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back is not a wonder pili promising a carefree Christian life. According to Charles Swindoll, "Life is a task. A tough one. Sometimes abso- lutely unbearable."

The truth is life's problems can't be solved by all-too- easy cliches. And they don't go away if they're ignored. So Swindoll offers practical ways to cope with fear, stress, misunderstanding, inferiority, personal loss, anger, and temptation.

Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back can help you face problems, "walk into them, through them, and come out stronger in Christ on the other side." You can persevere through pressure,

Charles R. Swindoll is senior pastor of the First Evangeli- cal Free Church of Fuller- ton, California, and is heard nationwide on the radio program, Insight for Living. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, with a D.D. from Talbot Theolog ical Seminary, he is the an thor of You and Your Child, For Those Who Hurt, Hand Me Another Brick, and other books.