“While hope in God is a central part of true faith, unfortunately the history of Christian hoping too often has been a playground of speculation and even a battleground that has divided believers. Wandering into the arenas of curiosity and even fantasy is all too easy. True biblical hope, however, is more sturdy and long term than such human guesses about the ‘signs of the times’—and it has more immediate relevance for the church’s mission.” Dr. Barry Callen, Faithful in the Meantime