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Observations from the Word by The Barking Fox

Observations from the Word by The Barking Fox

Religion & Spirituality

Heroic, Hopeful, or Wishful Thinking?

Heroic, Hopeful, or Wishful Thinking?

2021-04-10
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It's easy to be optimistic in the good times, or even in the moderately bad times, but what about when the world as we know it is coming to an end?  Judges 7:19-22, 8:10; Job 1:21, 13:14-16; John ...

It's easy to be optimistic in the good times, or even in the moderately bad times, but what about when the world as we know it is coming to an end? 

Judges 7:19-22, 8:10; Job 1:21, 13:14-16; John 6:66-69

King Leonidas of Sparta, hero of the Battle of Thermopylae. (Photo by Dan McLean, June 4, 2005, www.flickr.com.)

Music: "Ben Hur," Marc Reift, Philharmonic Wind Orchestra & Marc Reift Orchestra, 87 Greatest Hits for Concert Band, Marcophone, 2014.

Click here to download a transcript of this podcast: Heroic Hopeful or Wishful Thinking.pdf

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