Episode 41: Tested Hope
What is hope before it's tested? It's a funny question, isn't it? I mean, we know transformation happens between untested and tested hope, but what kind?
C.S. Lewis focuses his answer on revelation in his book A Grief Observed: “God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't." The Apostle Paul goes beyond self-revelation to an often painful trajectory that ends at a fruitful promise: "...we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to…
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