Hope’s Source

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Hope. We need it to thrive. How we source it is critical to its sustainability. Last Thursday night I had the joy of addressing the Visionaries Gathering of Liberty Church NYC. During the Q&A, one of the many brilliant souls in the room asked an excellent question...
hope, a study blog, part 3

hope, a study blog, part 3

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One OT and one NT image of hope captivated me during my research. In word studies, one has to take care and be slow to assume that the same word in a different context sheds light on the word’s meaning universally. For example, the fact that the same three letters...
Hope, a study blog, part 2

Hope, a study blog, part 2

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What do you hope for? What do you hope in? We hope for education. Have we placed our hope in being educated? We hope for peace. Have we placed our hope in being peaceful? We hope for health. Have we placed our hope for the future in being health? We hope for love....
hope, a study blog, part 1

hope, a study blog, part 1

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What is hope? In 2000, I was asked to speak on the theme of “Jesus, Hope for a New Millennium.” In preparation, I did a cover-to-cover word study on hope. It was fabulous (I love studying), enlightening, and increasingly uncomfortable. In my sermon notes, I wrote down...

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