Bbc Sermons

Hope is a difficult thing.  If anyone knows that, it's the kid who spent an entire December pining for an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle.  Every time he threw his wish out into the world, someone shot it down, much like the Israelite's hope for a messiah was crushed after each exile, each crummy king, each year lived in subjugation.  Yet hope is also stubborn, and through the baby we expect this Advent, we can know that the heart which hopes never does so in vain. Listening Note: This sermon, especially the first half, relies heavily on visual elements.  Listeners might receive a fuller experience of the message by viewing the video of the sermon at bensonbaptist.org/sermons/ or bensonbaptist.org/videos/.