hope - Embrace the Truth https://embracethetruth.org Embrace the Truth by Abdu Murray Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:36:45 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/embracethetruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-triqueta_.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 hope - Embrace the Truth https://embracethetruth.org 32 32 213625847 Is Hope Hardwired? And Other Things We Wonder About with Andy Bannister | Ep 68 https://embracethetruth.org/podcasts/is-hope-hardwired-and-other-things-we-wonder-about-with-andy-bannister-ep-68/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:55:37 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=4481 Why do we prefer stories about good prevailing, or the defeat of selfishness? Is this just evolution or something else? We talk with Dr Andy Bannister to find out!

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]]> 4481 Arise, Hope https://embracethetruth.org/blog/arise-hope/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 08:50:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2296 The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. -Vladimir Nabakov[i]     Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home,— Lead thou me on! […]

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]]> 2296 CouldaShouldaWoulda with Sam Allberry, Part 1 https://embracethetruth.org/podcasts/couldashouldawoulda-with-sam-allberry-part-1/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:44:20 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2029 Sam talks about a time he answered a question biblically but accidentally neglected the heart of the questioner.

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]]> 2029 Between Joy and Hope | A Christmas Reflection https://embracethetruth.org/blog/between-joy-and-hope-a-christmas-reflection/ Sun, 25 Dec 2022 13:32:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=1696 TRANSCRIPT Our family loves watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, the 1965 animated special (we don’t care much for the more modern sequel).  It’s odd that something as seemingly frivolous as a cartoon can plumb the depths of Christmas. In the special, Charlie Brown is frustrated because his friends are putting on a Christmas pageant that […]

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]]> 1696 The Paradox of Christmas | Advent Devotional 3 https://embracethetruth.org/blog/the-paradox-of-christmas-advent-devotional-3/ https://embracethetruth.org/blog/the-paradox-of-christmas-advent-devotional-3/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:30:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=1663 Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place […]

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]]> https://embracethetruth.org/blog/the-paradox-of-christmas-advent-devotional-3/feed/ 1 1663 Still the One? | Advent Devotional 2 https://embracethetruth.org/blog/still-the-one-advent-devotional-2/ https://embracethetruth.org/blog/still-the-one-advent-devotional-2/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:30:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=1613 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” Matthew 11:2-3 On this Sunday of Advent, churches around the world will read John the Baptist’s plaintive question: “Are […]

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]]> https://embracethetruth.org/blog/still-the-one-advent-devotional-2/feed/ 2 1613 The Immortality of Hope https://embracethetruth.org/blog/the-immortality-of-hope/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:53:30 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=1206 Though hope is frail, it’s hard to kill. That is a line from There Can be Miracles, a song from the animated film The Prince of Egypt. Those words seem worth dwelling on given the news of the past few weeks. The Prince of Egypt is an adaptation of the Bible’s recounting of God liberating […]

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