Signs of Hope from 2022

Anticipating the Kingdom of God.

Published December 17, 2022

What does it look like to have Christian hope in this chaotic world?

As believers, we live in the “already but not yet,” which means that we are currently in the kingdom of God, though the kingdom has not reached its full expression. In other words, we are “already” in the kingdom of God, but we do “not yet” experience its full glory.

In this Advent episode, David and Curtis look back at the challenging year and look for signs of the “coming Kingdom” so that listeners can “read the signs of the times”– in a way that is both Biblical and hopeful – and live in the anticipation of God’s justice, restoration, and glory.

Show Notes:

-YouTube: God Bless You’: Residents Welcome Ukrainian Troops As They Advance Toward Kherson

-YouTube: Ukrainian woman plays violin from apartment basement in Kharkiv

-World Health Organization: COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose

-Forbes: How A Rock Star, A Physician-Legislator, And An Evangelical Senator Bonded To Help End The Global AIDS Pandemic: A Backstory

-The Perception Gap: Americans tend to have a distorted understanding of people on the other side of the aisle.

David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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