The new creation brought about by love, under whose control Christians live (2 Cor. 5:14), is not an amorphous conglomerate of passive robots who do God’s will en masse. The Christian life of the new creation is not the boring life of an idealized perfection on this earth. It is the exciting life of taking…
Today is Good Friday. It’s important to remember, however, that we see it as Good Friday by looking back. The disciples saw it as anything but good. For them, hope was dying with their Lord on the cross. But hope is for the difficult, devastating times. Hope Looking Forward Hope allows that which is “not…
Certainty of Hope God knows full well that hope tethers us to Him as nothing else will. And being tethered to a trustworthy and faithful God makes all the difference in the world! Our end is secure, our hope is certain! Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope, p. 243 Your Call and Hope While…
We continue with quotes showing the multidimensional nature of faith and its connection to hope. Hope Is the Glue We could say that faith initially connected Abraham to the promise that God had made, but hope was the glue that kept him connected until God fulfilled His word. Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope,…
Belief, Trust, and Hope … [T]o believe is beyond intellectual agreement to something. It undeniably denotes a sense of firmness, certainty and reliability. To believe is to firmly entrust yourself to reliable God. This entrustment serves to motivate a person’s action based on their reliance on God’s faithfulnessand His promise(s). Deborah L. Roeger, The Power…
What happens after the celebration, but before any fulfillment? Can that feeling be kept alive? Hope in Our Identity It is our identity in Christ that gives us the privilege of being confident in God’s faithfulness and fidelity to keep His promises. Because that is true, maintenance of our peculiar identity in Him is inseparably…
This week we’re going to post a series of quotes and notes here from our authors regarding hope. Holy Week in the Christian calendar is a time both of expectation and trial, of hardship and hope. There is the joy of Palm Sunday which turns out to be temporary. The friendly crowd is nowhere to…
The book they are discussing is The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson. You can find more of Allan’s books on his Energion author page.
It’s not a question of whether the church will be political. The church is political. It is a polity. The question is how it will be political. Dr. Allan R. Bevere
This is a conversation between Energion authors Dr. Terrell Carter and Dr. Lonnie Davis Wesley, III.
