By gfackre on 5/29/2008 9:03 AM

Christiand hope rises out of the biblical Story of Hope, a narrative that runs from creation to consummation, with its center in Jesus Christ. In this blog we begin with the author, the triune God, and touch on the first three chapters' movement toward the Center and the End. Read More »

By gfackre on 5/22/2008 8:58 AM

We look here at the different ways the word "hope" works. In the Christian Story, it functions as a noun within an Already-Not Yet framework, one to be further explored. Read More »

By gfackre on 5/15/2008 8:35 AM

This is the second blog on hope, probing why our times are returning to this concern and away from the fatalism of other eras. Suffering is seen as a pressing question in our time and thus the relevance of hope. The wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr., Reinhold Niebuhr, Karl Menninger and Charles Taylor are referenced. Read More »

By gfackre on 5/11/2008 4:33 PM

“Hope” is in the air--whether it is a presidential candidate who features it as a defining word, or the world of war and global warming that makes us ask whether we have any. Surely this is a time for speaking about what Christians hold about “hope.” As a noun, it has to do in Christian doctrine with "eschatology." Hence this new first blog with that its theme. As it will be the subject of the sixth volume of my systematic series, THE CHRISTIAN STORY, I'll be trying out some ideas here, and welcome feedback. First, some thoughts on a trajectory toward the topic in the hope refrain of recent decades. Read More »