Sermon

Christian Hope and Suffering

Tim Keller |  May 16, 2004

Topics:
  • Suffering
Duration:
37:50
Scripture:
2 Corinthians 4:7-18; 12:7-10
SKU:
RS 173-9

Overview

The Christian hope is a life-shaping certainty that our ultimate future is the eternal love and glory of God, the new heavens and new earth.

The uniqueness of the Christian hope means every area of our lives is shaped by that belief, that future. And so the Christian hope has an enormous impact on how we face and process suffering, disappointment, difficulty, troubles.

In 2 Corinthians, we’re told three things about suffering: 1) the inevitability of it, 2) the pattern of it, and 3) the future of it.

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