The Shawshank Redemption: Hope as a Dangerous Thing (Romans 5:3-5)

In the dimly lit confines of Shawshank Prison, two men sat together, their breaths mingling with the stale air of despair. Red, the seasoned inmate whose eyes had seen the darkness of life behind bars, warned Andy, "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." But Andy, a man of quiet resolve, looked Red squarely in the eye and said, "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."…