Light in the DarknessLight in the Darkness

Why did the chicken cross the road?

We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I now have a better plan for the chicken to cross the road.

Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

The chicken was forced to cross the road becauseof the unscrupulous policies of pharmaceutical companies. I intend to return the chicken to this side of the road to confront these criminals in a court of law.

In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road and that was good enough for us.

Light in the DarknessLight in the Darkness

The Light ofThe Light of

HopeHope

Always be prepared to give an Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the give the reason for the faithfaith that you that you have. . . have. . .

1 Peter 3:151 Peter 3:15

Always be prepared to give an Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the give the reason for the lovelove that you that you have. . . have. . .

1 Peter 3:151 Peter 3:15

Always be prepared to give an Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the give the reason for the HOPEHOPE that that you have. . . you have. . .

1 Peter 3:151 Peter 3:15

“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche

“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche

““Life is full of loneliness, misery, suffering and Life is full of loneliness, misery, suffering and unhappiness – and it’s all over much too quickly.”unhappiness – and it’s all over much too quickly.”

Annie HallAnnie Hall

by Woody Allenby Woody Allen

““A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you all know there was a man named But now you all know there was a man named Jack Dawson, and that he saved me, in every wayJack Dawson, and that he saved me, in every waythat a person can be saved.” that a person can be saved.”

“The only time we took drugs was when we were without hope, and the only way we got out of it was with hope, and if we can sustain the hope then we don’t need liquor, drugs or anything. But if we lose hope what can you do?”

-John Lennon The Beatles

“The only time we took drugs was when we were without hope, and the only way we got out of it was with hope, and if we can sustain the hope then we don’t need liquor, drugs or anything. But if we lose hope what can you do?”

-John Lennon The Beatles

“In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store, we sell hope.”

-Charles Revson Founder of Revlon

“In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store, we sell hope.”

-Charles Revson Founder of Revlon

“Welcome to the pit of despair. Don't even think about trying to escape!"

“Welcome to the pit of despair. Don't even think about trying to escape!"

HOPEHOPEA confident expectation

that what God has promised will happen

A confident expectation that what God has promised

will happen

EXPECTATIONEXPECTATION

TRUSTTRUST

PATIENCEPATIENCE

If only for this life we have HOPE in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If only for this life we have HOPE in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

1 Corinthians 15:19

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the HOPE to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:17-19

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the HOPE to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 1:17-19

We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints-- the faith and love that spring from the HOPE that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you.

Colossians 1:4-6

We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints-- the faith and love that spring from the HOPE that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you.

Colossians 1:4-6

HOPEHOPETRUTH #1

Hope provides StabilityTRUTH #1

Hope provides Stability

HOPEHOPE“ . . . we have this hope as an anchor for the soul.”

Hebrews 6:19

“ . . . we have this hope as an anchor for the soul.”

Hebrews 6:19

HOPEHOPETRUTH #2

Hope demands a new way of thinking

TRUTH #2Hope demands a new way of

thinking

HOPEHOPE“I remember my affliction

and my wandering, . . .Yet this I call to mind and

therefore I have hope.”Lamentations 3:19, 21

“I remember my affliction and my wandering, . . .

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope.”

Lamentations 3:19, 21

HOPEHOPETRUTH #3

Hope provides the will to persevere

TRUTH #3Hope provides the will to

persevere

HOPEHOPE“Who hopes for what he

already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have,

we wait for it patiently.”Romans 8:24-25

“Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have,

we wait for it patiently.”Romans 8:24-25

"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon Bonaparte

"A leader is a dealer in hope." - Napoleon Bonaparte

“Hope is one of the theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not, as some modern people think, a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian

is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is.

“Hope is one of the theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not, as some modern people think, a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian

is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is.

If you read history, you will find that those who did most for the present world were just those who thought the most of the next.

If you read history, you will find that those who did most for the present world were just those who thought the most of the next.

It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither.”Aim at earth and you will get neither.”

The Light of

HOPEThe Light of

HOPE