Our Hope is meant to be easily understood by anyone, Christian or non-Christian. It can be read cover to cover, used as a reference, or used as a group Bible study guide. Over 1,200 scripture verses from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE(R) are included, so references can be read as part of the text without interrupting your reading to consult a Bible.

While the Kingdom of God is a mainstream Christian doctrine, very few lay people understand it. To the majority of people, the afterlife is a great mystery. However, the Bible clearly lays out what the hope is of those who enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ. He is the Messiah and will return as King to set up His Kingdom. He is also our Savior, and, 2,000 years ago, He died to cleanse us all from all sins. Our Hope explains how the Kingdom is the thread that ties all of the books of the Bible together.

Our Hope covers the importance of the covenants, how the conscience can interfere with your daily walk, how communion is to remind us of the Kingdom, and when and how we will be judged. It also discusses important concepts like salvation, judgment, outer darkness, and much more.

So many various doctrines revolve around salvation, mainly because the hope of the Kingdom is misunderstood. No matter where you stand doctrinally, this informative guide will help you understand the Gospel more clearly.

Growing up in the Midwest in the tumultuous 60s and 70s, the author witnessed a foundational shift in American love and sex. While traditional families showed us daily trials with characters on black and white TV sitcoms, the country swirled with the confusion of rapidly changing social norms. Relationships became more experimental, and even those rooted in love for God were caught up in trying to make this new life fit with what God defines for us in the Bible.

For more than twenty years she hid her own life of substance abuse, promiscuity, and same-sex relationships from family, friends, and colleagues. She married, watched her marriage disintegrate, and then despaired. As she finally found her relationship with God, she found both the joy and the peace she had been seeking. In this quest to share love as God intends and to know family as he designed, she transparently offers her story so others struggling with similar life decisions may find their way.

"For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord - He examines all his paths." (Proverbs 5:21)

One of the foundational Christian beliefs is that God has spoken. Most of the time in the Bible, God makes statements. At other times, rather than making statements, God asks questions. And God's questions provoke serious thought. Many people have questions they would love to ask God. Many more have questions about God. But the most important questions are the ones God is asking us. The God Questions explores these and other questions God asked people in the Bible:

- Where are you? - Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? - Why are you so angry? - Where have you come, from and where are you going? - Why are you so afraid? - Why do you call me "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say? - Who do you say that I am? - When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

The questions God asked people of ancient times are the same questions God is asking us today. Discover the questions God is asking you, and in doing so, find out what God has in mind for your life.