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Over the summer, it just hit me: Jesus is really bullish about the future.

Imagine if someone told you to “plant a tree.” The implication would be that that person believed that the long, slow work of tree planting and cultivation was a worthwhile endeavor. It would be a really hopeful instruction, since tree-planting is a hopeful act.

That’s what hit me over the summer: right there in his final instructions, Jesus lets on that we should have hope for the future.

“Make disciples” is about as hopeful a command as there could be. It means that Jesus isn’t finished yet! No matter how bad things look, there is a future that God believes in.

Speaker: Andrew Forrest

August 2, 2026

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