by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Love like Jesus! How do we do that? We all know that during His earthly ministry, Jesus gave two commandments: 1) Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and 2) love your neighbor as yourself (Mark...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When asked the question, “What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?” Pastor R.C. Sproul answered, “The main difference is this: “The God of Christianity...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the biblical sense, what is really meant by the word “love?” Our culture often defines love in terms of emotion, and the way another person or thing makes us feel. But in a scriptural sense, love is the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine… We interpret “not given to wine” to mean not allowing wine to influence one’s thinking,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This Sunday, January 19, 2020, is National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. “In the beginning, God created….” and the crowned glory of His creation is man, who was created in His image (Read What...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve all experienced what the Bible calls conviction— that “nudging” by the Holy Spirit, that heaviness of conscience, as God calls on us to change our ways. But what happens when we choose not to obey the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. College has increasingly become a place where one’s faith in Jesus is being attacked. We know from multiple studies that many young people leave their faith while in college. It may not be intentional, but slowly,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Only God knows the time and the hour when Jesus will come back (Mat 24:36), but we do know that His return is drawing closer and closer. As we observe increasing sin in the world and apostasy in the church, we know...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Distance from God is something that all Christians experience from time to time. Sometimes it might feel like prayers are unheard, but we must remember that we know they are heard (1 Pet 3:12). There might also be...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question: I have heard the saying “all dogs go to heaven”, but animals don’t have a soul. Still, do our beloved pets go to heaven when they pass, and will we see them again? It is truly difficult to lose a pet...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Over six decades (around late 1910s-1980s), it’s counted that 205 people died in public shootings in America. Contrast that with the early 1980s unto today, in which more than 1,400 people have died in public...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. While words are “just words,” every word carries a meaning and an influence that is used to communicate and that’s why words matter. Our ability to use words to communicate is a gift from God called language. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Yes, there is sufficient evidence to prove God. There are ample proofs in nature that there is a creator, and the truths of the Bible assure us that this Creator is the God whom Christians worship and serve....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many people who don’t believe live good lives — good lives by worldly standards. But living a good life will not get anyone into Heaven. Jesus said that the way to enter Heaven is to be perfect (Mat...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. QuestionScience reports recent Hubble discoveries that show galaxies millions of light years from earth. If the light we see TODAY is from these galaxies, then that means the light left the surface of the galaxies...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Being a Christian means you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. It means that there was a time when you turned to Jesus in faith. ‘That means you trusted in His work on the cross as the complete and final...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. People sometimes portray hell as a party zone. Some have said, “When I die, I want to go to hell ’cause that’s where all my friends will be!” But if people understood what Scripture says about hell,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible claims to be inspired and that means that the words are God’s words, given to man. There are many lines of evidence to support the divine origin of the Bible. Consider the following: Manuscripts: No other...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let me answer this by giving an example of a college student that I met at a secular university who proudly introduced herself as an “ex-Christian.” She had begun to question God after prayers for a cancer-stricken...
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