THE RESURRECTION CONSPIRACY "As the late E.B. White watched his wife, Katharine, planning the planting of bulbs in her garden in the last autumn of her life," he wrote, "There was something comical yet touching…
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BEGIN AGAIN According to Jewish tradition, creation did not end with man, it began with him. When he created man, God gave him a secret -- and that secret was not how to begin, but…
ALIVE AGAIN There are times when all of us need to be brought back to life. We need to know that the sleepless nights won't last, that the days consumed by despair will become easy…
HOW LONG CAN YOU LIVE? It has been said that man can live: 40 days without food, 4 days without water, 4 minutes without air, but only 4 seconds without hope.
TODAY OR TOMORROW? The American dream offers a shining vision of tomorrow. Christian hope, based in the Spirit, holds out meaning for today. Thomas Porter, Inspiring Quotations, Ed. Wells
HOPE BEYOND At the age of 80, the well-known poet Alfred Lord Tennyson was being taken from his summer home at Aldworth, England, to his winter residence on the Isle of Wight. As the boat…
HOPE AS FAITH'S LEAP In Paul Tournier's A Place for You, the famous author has depicted our Christian hope as a leap of faith. He said that we live in a rhythm of life between…
FUEL FOR THE FIRE There is only one way to accurately predict the future . . . through hope. When I applied for the position as Secretary to the Area Minister, I hoped I would…
A TIME FOR HOPE Tristan Bernard was a French dramatist and novelist who lived from 1866 to 1947. Bernard and his wife were interned by the Gestapo during World War II. When arrested, Bernard told…
WISHING VERSUS HOPING It is essential to distinguish between hoping and wishing. They are not the same thing. Wishing is something all of us do. It projects what we want or think we need into…
DOWN, BUT NOT OUT In recounting his experiences as a political prisoner in Russia, Alexander Solzhenitsyn tells of a moment when he was on the verge of giving up all hope. He was forced to…
ALEXANDER THE GREAT Alexander was setting out on his conquest of Asia and he inquired into the finances of his followers. To ensure that they should not be troubled over the welfare of their dependents…
OUT OF DESPAIR G. F. Handel's biographer described a time in his life when his health and his fortune had reached the lowest ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, and his money was all…
HOPE AND SCIENCE Bernard Ramm, in Offense to Reason, comments on hope. He says, "Scientism says that our only valid knowledge is that given to us by modern science. One thing science cannot give us…
THE CYNIC CONSIDERS HOPE Hope is the roadhouse between one illusion and another . . . He who has lost all hope hopes he is wrong. . . . Hope is the lacquer over fear,…
DEPRESSION One of the most precious of the Psalms seems to be one of the least known as well as one of the shortest. It is the 131st. "O Lord, my heart is not lifted…
RESULT OF NO HOPE The Wolf Magazine of Letters includes this quotation which was written by the noted agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll to his brother: "I feel that we have passed the crown of the…
EVEN WHEN I believe in the sun even when it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent. Found on a basement wall…
HOPE NEGLECTED My little girl, Carragh (pronounced Kara) soon to be four years of age was diagnosed with leukemia on December 3, 1986. She is now in remission by the grace of God and the…
FALSE HOPE Nothing gives you more false hope than the first day of a diet.
