Summary
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
As the concentration camp survivor Victor Frankl argues in his critically acclaimed book Man’s Search for Meaning (published in 1946 after Frankl survived a Nazi concentration camp); while despair can lead to a loss of meaning and even death, hope, even in the face of utter hopelessness, will provide the preserve despite any horrible circumstances. All humans need hope that is sure, steady and secure. You are welcome to join us in this hope filled season of Easter to explore what the Christian hope is based on and so why it is very different to the world’s ‘hope’.
- Hope for healing forgiveness, Luke 5:17-26 (May 4)
- Hope for the rejected, Luke 7:36-50; 18:9-14; Psalm 42 (May 11)
- Hope for character growth, Luke 19:1-10; Titus 3:3-8 and Colossians 1:3-27 (May 18)
- Hope to bring rejoicing, Romans 5:3-5; 8:24-25; 12:12; 15:13 (May 25)
- Hope of completion (Ascension), Luke 24:44-53; Acts 1:1-11 (June 1)
- Hope in the face of death and decay (Pentecost), Luke 23:32-43; Ezekiel 37:1-14 (June 8)
- Hope in love (Trinity Sunday), John 14:1-15; 1 John 4:7-21 (June 15)
- Hope that anchors, Hebrews 6:17-20; 10:23; 11:1-3 (June 22)
