How Hope Becomes A Part of Who We Are

Send us Fan Mail How Hope Becomes a Part of Who We Are “Affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” — Romans 5:3–4 These words are as challenging as they are hope-filled. But they are not empty platitudes. The one who wrote them knew hardship. He had been arrested and beaten more than once. He had been slandered. He had known long seasons of doing without. Paul never called these struggles blessings in disguise. But he did bel...