Hope - Tim Keller

John 20:24-28

1. The necessity of future hope
2. The nature of Christian future hope
1. Personal future
2. Certain future
3. Unimaginably wonderful future.

Discussion Questions

• In what ways did the talk refresh your understanding of /confidence in Christian hope?
• How would this talk help you respond to someone who believed that Christianity was primarily morality (Jesus was just a good teacher / a Christian is someone who obeys the 10 commandments)?
• What does Tim Keller mean when he says that humans are ‘hope-based creatures’, and what are the positive practical implications of this for our lives now?
• Tim Keller makes the following concluding comment,‘[In the new creation] Christians will not just get consolation for the life they lost, but the restoration of the life that they wished for but never had.’ What is meant by this and in what ways does it encourage Christians in life now?

Next week:Will I ever get justice? (Job 16 & 19)