A Conversation With Jesus… on Hope

A Conversation with Jesus

by David R. Helm

Death is the destroyer of hope. Absence makes itself felt. Plans for the future are demolished. Mary Magdalene knew how this felt. She was devastated. Jesus was dead. His body had disappeared. The hopes that she’d put in him were snuffed out. She stood beside his empty tomb and wept.   But then she met the risen Jesus.   This meeting changes things. If Jesus is alive hope can be reawakened. Death is not victorious. Faith can have meaning. Hope can be yours.

64 pages, Hardcover

Published May 10, 2019

About the author

David R. Helm, along with Arthur Jackson, serves as Lead Pastor of the Hyde Park Congregation of Holy Trinity Church Chicago. David is Chairman of The Charles Simeon Trust, a ministry devoted to equipping men in expository preaching.

A graduate of Wheaton College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, David is ordained in the PCA and serves on the council of The Gospel Coalition. He authored I, II Peter and Jude in Crossway’s Preaching the Word series, and contributed to Preach the Word:Essays in Expository Preaching in Honor of Kent Hughes. In addition, David has written The Big Picture Story Bible, One to One Bible Reading and The Genesis Factor (the latter with Jon Dennis). His forthcoming book on preaching is titled Expositional Preaching: How we speak God's Word Today which will be released in April of 2014.

David and his wife, Lisa, have five children (Noah, Joanna, who is married to Ben Panner, Baxter, Silas and Mariah) and reside in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Reviews

[David Dunlap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another of the small volumes by Helm on various subjects. This one deals with hope...and centers on the Risen Christ's encounter with Mary Magdalene outside the empty tomb on Easter morning. As ever, the author successfully points out aspects of the story that seem obvious but are often nevertheless overlooked, perhaps because this particular story is so well-known: the fact that the angels Mary sees in the empty sepulcher are at the head and foot of the bier, paralleling the seraphim on both ends of the Ark of the Covenant, and the fact that Mary does not recognize Jesus by sight, but by His voice. This book offers much fruit for thoughtful meditation.

[Steve Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume of A Conversation with Jesus discusses the hope we have as a result of Jesus’ resurrection.