Posts with the tag “hope”

The entire book is filled with powerful illusions to the story of Israel and theological connections between Israel’s story and the prophecies of the Old Testament and how those were fulfilled in Christ.  Read More

Thinking that we are clever enough to NOT believe in God will always align you with a system of belief that is lacking in hope.  Read More

Throughout the book, the Israelite people long for a king to be their ruler, despite God’s protests. This theme along with King Saul’s lack of trust in God, and young David’s bold confidence in God’s saving work all serve to remind us that God can be trusted. In fact, God wants to be trusted.   Read More

Even in our doubts, Jesus still finds ways to break into our lives; to comfort us; to care for us; to be with us.  Read More

And so, when you’re expecting the worse, or things seem hopeless , remember that God has always used the most unexpected ways to accomplish God'swill.  Read More

This is the deep promise of our faith. We believe that God will remove people's disgrace, wipe away their tears, and swallow up death forever.  Read More

In our media and popular culture there has been a heightened interest these days in a once largely ignored population.  Suddenly, movies and books and video games and television shows are popping up left and right all with this one “people” group at the forefront.I’m talking about Zombies, of course.Shows like The Walking Dead, video games like Dead Rising, movies like Zombieland, and books like P...  Read More

"It's not the end of the world." What a great phrase.  We toss these words around during those moments when things just aren't going our way. "It's not the end of the world" is what I said when I received my summons for jury duty."It's not the end of the world" is what I said when accidentally booked a flight with a 15 hour layover,  "Its not the end of the world" is what I said several years ago ...  Read More

The question is always the same: "am I going to be okay?"   Read More