Pastor Brent brings us many encouraging truths from this precious passage in God’s holy Word in the beloved book of Romans. In addition to the rarity of him sharing two film illustrations (“Apollo 13” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”), Pastor Brent shares three reasons why the gospel is good news: status through peace with God; relationship through access to God; and certainty of the hope of the glory of God. He also shares the foundation of a Christian’s hope through the three “tenses” of the gospel: past, present and future. One key in this powerful passage: “Because our hope is rooted in the objective reality of the gospel, our hope can endure any subjective reality in this life.” Other illustrations are taken from a biography of Abraham Lincoln and “Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense” by Paul David Tripp.