Hope for Today's Living: Mark's Vista of Hope

Author Phillips premise is that without hope sustained by faith and love there is no future centered in a God-given calling. This truth he sees expressed in Marks pictorial Gospel which often depicts the emotional state of persons who turn to Jesus for help and healing. Jesus response to human need is incisive in that it covers the spiritual as well as the physical dimension of life. Also Mark describes encounters that Jesus had with religious and secular foes and demonic forces. In these encounters the wisdom power and courage of Jesus is manifest and the ultimate triumph of Gods Kingdom is assured. Hope for Todays Living makes the case the Jesus personage passion power and presence is the essence of an overcoming eternal hope for all who place their faith in Him as Savior and Lord.