Recognizing the key role that hope plays in our lives, we encourage each other by saying, “Keep your hopes up!” We also realize that a situation is lost if someone gives up hope. With so many difficulties in our lives, we need hope to keep going. In I Peter 1:3-12, God calls his people to be a hopeful people, but not based on wishful thinking but on his own work for us.
With the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, we arrive at the end of Old Testament history with the Jews back in their land after...
The Parable of the Banquet illustrates the various responses to the generous invitation of the King.
In 2 Peter 3:1-9, Peter's five answers to the false teachers' scoffing tell us what it means for us that the Lord hasn't returned...