Hope

As disciples of Jesus and children of God, we have a hope that is immeasurable. This hope is not based on our possessions, politics, position, or principles. While human suffering continues unabated, from the international wars that crowd the daily news or even the unreported chronic physical and psychological ailments that many of us quietly endure, our existence is not pointless, nor hopeless.

The Sealed Garden of Torah: How We Protect the Word and Community of God

Jewish sages from the Second Temple period understood that they bore the full responsibility to pass on all ancient written and oral scripture to future generations. Israelite culture and religion had been crushed by the destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple and the Babylonian exile lasted more than a generation.