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A Future and a Hope

Lloyd John Ogilvie

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Description:Climbing across seaside boulders in Scotland, Lloyd Ogilvie slipped and fell, shattering his left leg. The beach was deserted and night was coming. Dragging himself along he cried out to God and knew that He was promising him 'a future and a hop'. Nearly three hours later he saw a man out walking - and the man 'happened' to be a doctor. Lloyd Ogilvie was rescued.After surgery, his long months of convalescence gave him time to see that his experience was a metaphor of life. Plumbing the Scriptures with their amazing capacity to create hope in the midst of darkness, the author leads us to see:Christ seeking the lost and wounded and bringing them hopeChrist's resurrection as a historical basis for hopeHope as the indispensable anchor for faith and loveLife as "soul-making" and hope as the "helmet of salvation"The impact of hope on interpersonal relationshipsHow even our failures can become the occasion for indomitable hopeDr. Ogilvie cites Keats as saying that "nothing becomes real until it is experienced"; and the author's brush with death makes his insights into the healing power of hope extraordinarily profound and valuable to all who need hope in their own difficult times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Future and a Hope. To get started finding A Future and a Hope, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Climbing across seaside boulders in Scotland, Lloyd Ogilvie slipped and fell, shattering his left leg. The beach was deserted and night was coming. Dragging himself along he cried out to God and knew that He was promising him 'a future and a hop'. Nearly three hours later he saw a man out walking - and the man 'happened' to be a doctor. Lloyd Ogilvie was rescued.After surgery, his long months of convalescence gave him time to see that his experience was a metaphor of life. Plumbing the Scriptures with their amazing capacity to create hope in the midst of darkness, the author leads us to see:Christ seeking the lost and wounded and bringing them hopeChrist's resurrection as a historical basis for hopeHope as the indispensable anchor for faith and loveLife as "soul-making" and hope as the "helmet of salvation"The impact of hope on interpersonal relationshipsHow even our failures can become the occasion for indomitable hopeDr. Ogilvie cites Keats as saying that "nothing becomes real until it is experienced"; and the author's brush with death makes his insights into the healing power of hope extraordinarily profound and valuable to all who need hope in their own difficult times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Future and a Hope. To get started finding A Future and a Hope, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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