Sometimes hope can feel like a scam—a swindle, a hustle. You thought it was real, and you bought into it. But then the tables turn, and you feel like you've been hustled—like you've been had.
As Christians, we often respond to the brokenness of life as if we do not actually have hope—as if the promises of God are not really certain. But Pastor Irwyn Ince assures us that not only do we have hope, but that hope cannot disappoint us because it is validated by God himself. Hope Ain't a Hustle is a clear and accessible exploration of the epistle to the Hebrews, urging us to place our confidence in the finished work of our great high priest, Jesus Christ, and showing how that confidence changes the way we live in the here and now.
It's not that Christians don't face grief or anger, disappointment or deep sorrow. It's that we don't face them as those ‘who have no hope.’
Table of Content
Foreword by Christina Edmonson
Introduction: Hustling or Hoping?
Part 1: The Storm Before the Calm
1. Living in the Danger Zone
2. Considering Jesus in the Danger Zone
3. Resting in the Danger Zone
Part 2: Keep Hope Alive
4. The Unreasonable Hope
5. The Perfect Hope
6. The Better Hope
Part 3: In Need of Endurance
7. Remember to Endure
8. Persevere by Faith
9. Live for the City
10. Run Through Exhaustion
Notes
About the author
Irwyn L. Ince Jr. is the coordinator of Mission to North America, part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Formerly, he was a pastor at Grace DC Presbyterian Church. He is also the author of The Beautiful Community. He and his wife, Kim, have been married for thirty-two years and have four children and two grandchildren.
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