A look at the book "A Life Worth Living" by Nicky Gumbel and discussion of the concepts in the introduction and chapter one. The subtitle of the book is, Practical and Encouraging Insights for Living the Christian Life. Copyright in 1994, the book sold 100,000 copies. David C. Cook publishing is a division of Cook Ministries International. It's mission statement says in part"...In fulfilling its mission to encourage acceptance of Jesus Christ as personal Savior and to contribute to the teaching and putting into practice of His two great commandments, CCMI creates and disseminates Christian communication materials and services to people throughout the world."