Promise Keepers was looking for a movement that can actualize the hope of Jesus, the hope that we see. And 'Uprising' was what they were looking for.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.
Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word.
Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.
I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.
I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.
The message of Jesus is summed up partly in the Sermon on the Mount, and partly when he begins his ministry and quotes the passage from Isaiah: 'I have come to set free the prisoners and restore sight to the blind.' And certainly, his mission is also to bring hope. It was to heal people, to befriend the outcast.
I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.