With

Tony Golsby-Smith

Series

God at work: Moses as the great Designer of Social systems

Published

2.25.2019

Hope and Design

In this talk,Tony introduces our theme for the year - the theology of Hope lays the foundation for action in the world. But Hope has not been well understood or developed by the church over the centuries, so we have narrowed this foundation down to a mere 'return of Jesus'. Tony explains that Hope in the Bible reframes how we look at everything in reality. It thus becomes the grounds for reform, optimism and design

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