READ: ROMANS 3:19-28; 5:6-11 With pounding heart, Riley leapt off the platform for the umpteenth time. Dodging fireballs, she jumped from foothold to foothold, as heat rose from the lava below. She was almost there! Ahead was that final jump—that final expanse of lava. She could see the cool, grassy paradise at the end of the course. Her companion, Julius, watched her dart across the expanse, fielding each obstacle with precision. One jump, two hops, a dash…and then a final jump— the most perfect leap Julius had ever seen. Oh, no! Julius watched as Riley reached out in vain toward the paradise, falling down into the pit of lava. She was still fifty yards short. FLASH. Julius and Riley returned to the start of the level. Riley’s eyes brimmed with tears of frustration and anger. “It’s no good, Julius! We can’t do it.” “We have to—the Game Maker wouldn’t have made it impossible. “Julius, you saw it. My last jump was perfect. And it wasn’t even close!” With n...