“Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue?”
—JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King
A Hope Not of This World (1 Peter 4:1-11)
By Way of Reminder (1 Peter 1:3-12)
Introduction to 1 Peter (1 Peter 1:1-2)
Starting with Hope (Acts 26)
The Object of Paul's Hope (Acts 22:30-23:11)
Rejoicing in the Lord's Saving Work (Luke 1:46-56)
“Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation of things—the weather, human relationships, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom.”
—Henri Nouwen