2. Rational Optimism

Rational Optimism

Talk 2 of 2 given at Men Meeting The Challenge Conference in 2016. The title for the Conference was ‘Hope For The Hopeless: Responding to the Challenge’.

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Talk Outline

1. But Now In Christ Jesus
2. The Gospel
   • faith and love
   • because of hope
   • heard in the gospel
3. The Most Dangerous Idea
   • in the Old Testament
   • In Jesus
   • given assurance
   • the resurrection hope
4. Our People Die Well
   • freed from the slavery of the fear of death
   • transformed
   • do not grieve – as those who have no hope
5. Our People Live Well
   • godliness in this world and the next
   • labour in the Lord not in vain