Chapter 8

Questions to Consider

1. Do you see yourself as a person of hope? Who is the most hopeful person you know?
2. Where do you see seeds of hope in the world today? What developments seem to undercut hope?
3. What is the difference between being hopeful and optimistic?
4. In what ways are you or your church involved in promoting justice in the world?
5. If Christianity is a balance between patience and impatience, are you personally more patient or impatient?
6. Read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” (http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf) What does this important

document from the past still have to say to us today?
7. What do you think will happen to you when you die? Is there life after death?
8. What is your mental image of heaven?
9. What is your mental image of hell?
10. Jesus tells us not to judge others. Is that really possible? Who is the person you find most difficult not to judge?