There is something wrong with our world. Clearly, things shouldn't be the way they are. The Bible makes many claims about the future, a future in which we can have real hope. Michael Ots helps us unpack these claims, showing why real and radical hope doesn't have to be beyond our grasp.

Michael Ots

What Kind of Hope?

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Hope and the Bible

Why bother looking at what the Bible says about the future?

Three views about the future

Hope that makes a difference

1. What are you waiting for?

What's heaven not like?

But is the Bible true?

Groaning

New bodies

A new world

Life-transforming hope

2. What’s wrong with this world?

Why is our world so paradoxical?

A good world

The day that changed the world

A broken world

Making sense of our world

Where can hope be found?

3. Back to the future I

Storm warning

Do you really expect me to believe that?

Good party tricks?

A glimpse of the future

Imagine

4. Back to the future II

Distant from our own experience?

What about us?

Showdown

5. Back to the future III

Facing up to death

Desperation

Nice story, but what about us?

6. All hell breaks loose

Heavenly and hellish

But what about me?

The crucifixion

A living hell

What does this mean for us?

7. Wishful thinking?

The foundation of hope

How do we know that it really happened?

Looking at the evidence

A resurrection-sized hole in history

A look at the alternatives

Still not convinced?

Too good to be true?

8. Why not now?

Will it ever happen?

A day of justice

So how should we respond?

What's stopping you?

So why not now?

9. It makes all the difference in this world – and the next

Rehearsal or audition?

Everything matters

The future begins today

The ultimate happy ending

Appendix

Destruction or redemption – what will happen to this world?

Notes

Chapter 1: What are you waiting for?

Chapter 2: What's wrong with this world?

Chapter 3: Back to the future I

Chapter 4: Back to the future II

Chapter 5: Back to the future III

Chapter 6: All hell breaks loose

Chapter 7: Wishful thinking?

Chapter 8: Why not now?

Chapter 9: It makes all the difference in this world – and the next

Appendix: Destruction or redemption – what will happen to this world?

"What Kind of Hope? not only gives seekers hope that life has meaning and purpose - but Michael Ots gives us solid reasons why. He does so with such buoyancy and joy that it's immediately apparent why Christians are the most hopeful people on earth. This book is also great for believers who want to deepen their understanding of the gospel and to learn how best to present it, from a real pro!" - Rebecca Manley Pippert, bestselling author of Out of the Saltshaker  
  
"Michael Ots is a brilliant communicator. He takes the reader on an intriguing journey tackling the heartfelt questions of our age with insight and humour. Anyone seeking after meaning and truth would do well to read this book." - Amy Orr-Ewing, UK Director of RZIM and author of Why Trust the Bible?  
  
"This is like a holiday brochure of hope: sunny, inviting, and a pleasure to read. It leaves you with a happy sense of yearning." - Michael Reeves, Head of Theology, UCCF; author of The Good God

"If you struggle to believe that Christianity is good, beautiful and true then read this book. Michael Ots will take you on a warm hearted, humorous and engaging journey into the heart of the Christian message. It will probably make you want to believe Christianity is true and will also give you good reasons to do so." - Richard Cunningham Director UCCF: The Christian Unions.

"Along with the vast majority of atheists and agnostics, Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, believes that everyone is entitled to their own opinions but that as far as possible their oppinions should be informed by all of the available evidence. In this thought-provoking book Michael Ots draws our attention to the eye witness accounts of Jesus' ressurection, the truth claim on which Christianity is based. Through doing so he shows us that Christianity may be more rational than many believe and highlights the need to review the evidence." - Victoria Wright, former vice president of HASA - the Humanist, Atheist, Secularist and Agnostic society at Liverpool University

"Michael Ots has three great strengths. He is a brilliant apologist, a compelling evangelist, and a gifted writer. This, his second book, is bang up-to-date on contemporary issues about the Christian faith, and it is full of scintillating illustrations. Buy it, learn from it, and give it to a friend!" - Canon Dr. Michael Green

'What Kind of Hope? not only gives seekers hope that life has meaning and purpose - but Michael Ots gives us solid reasons why. He does so with such buoyancy and joy that it's immediately apparent why Christians are the most hopeful people on earth. This book is also great for believers who want to deepen their understanding of the gospel and to learn how best to present it, from a real pro!'- Rebecca Manley Pippert, bestselling author of Out of the Saltshaker  
   
 'Michael Ots is a brilliant communicator. He takes the reader on an intriguing journey tackling the heartfelt questions of our age with insight and humour. Anyone seeking after meaning and truth would do well to read this book.'- Amy Orr-Ewing, UK Director of RZIM and author of Why Trust the Bible?  
   
 'This is like a holiday brochure of hope: sunny, inviting, and a pleasure to read. It leaves you with a happy sense of yearning.'- Michael Reeves, Head of Theology, UCCF; author of The Good God  
   
 'If you struggle to believe that Christianity is good, beautiful and true then read this book. Michael Ots will take you on a warm hearted, humorous and engaging journey into the heart of the Christian message. It will probably make you want to believe Christianity is true and will also give you good reasons to do so.'- Richard Cunningham Director UCCF: The Christian Unions.  
   
 'Along with the vast majority of atheists and agnostics, Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, believes that everyone is entitled to their own opinions but that as far as possible their oppinions should be informed by all of the available evidence. In this thought-provoking book Michael Ots draws our attention to the eye witness accounts of Jesus' ressurection, the truth claim on which Christianity is based. Through doing so he shows us that Christianity may be more rational than many believe and highlights the need to review the evidence.'- Victoria Wright, former vice president of HASA - the Humanist, Atheist, Secularist and Agnostic society at Liverpool University  
   
 'Michael Ots has three great strengths. He is a brilliant apologist, a compelling evangelist, and a gifted writer. This, his second book, is bang up-to-date on contemporary issues about the Christian faith, and it is full of scintillating illustrations. Buy it, learn from it, and give it to a friend!'- Canon Dr. Michael Green

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