TheVirtualWord » Hope http://www.thevirtualword.org Reflections on evangelical Christianity and the contemporary world Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Christ is Risen! The hope which keeps us going. http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/04/04/christ-is-risen-the-hope-which-keeps-us-going/ http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/04/04/christ-is-risen-the-hope-which-keeps-us-going/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:39:18 +0000 admin http://www.thevirtualword.org/?p=223 It is somehow strangely fitting that on Easter Sunday I should hear of the death of Mark Ashton (yesterday). Mark was the minister of the church I attended when I first became a Christian at university, and so like many others I owe him a huge debt of thanks for his ministry and example.

How wonderful, on Easter Sunday, to celebrate the Christian hope – that death is not the end, and that we will be raised with Christ. Here are a few words from Mark, recorded about 8 months ago, which show how that hope has transformed his life.

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