by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Joseph is one of the most outstanding men in the Bible and he is most certainly worthy of inclusion in God’s Hall of Faith. Heb. 11:22 By faith, Joseph, when he was dying… It’s interesting that the Holy Spirit includes Joseph’s end-of-life words and not his major...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Jacob cunningly deceived his brother Esau into forfeiting his birthright, and then he fooled his elderly father into giving him the coveted blessing of the firstborn. Therefore, many Bible-believing Christians might not even think of Jacob as a hero of the faith. Yet...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
The Lord often referred to Himself as “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Isaac was right in the middle of the “big three” patriarchs that were chosen by God to begin the Jewish nation of Israel. More is said about Abraham and Jacob, but Isaac quietly lived longer...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Virtually everyone has heroes, and it’s generally a good thing to have men and women of character that we highly respect. There are heroes in conceivably every area of life; history, science, education, politics, sports, medicine, business, etc. When it comes to...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Hebrews 11 begins with, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. (Read the first article in this series: Who are Heaven’s Heroes in God’s Hall of Faith?) Christian faith is not blind faith; it has substance and evidence,...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Heaven’s heroes are found throughout the Bible and one specific chapter highlights many of them. It’s Hebrews 11, and it’s appropriately called God’s Hall of Faith. There are many thematic chapters in the Bible. They are chapters that stand apart because of...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Little did I know that as I was concluding the “Saints in Glory” series in June, that the Lord would take my dear wife, Jenni, to Heaven. I had written the final article but had not yet sent it to our editor at Reasons for Hope* Jesus. After Jenni’s passing, and...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
It’s been said, “To dwell above with the saints we love, Oh, that will be glory! But to dwell below with the saints we know, well, that’s another story!” Admittedly, there are many challenges in dwelling below in this sin-cursed world. Even getting along with...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
In the previous two articles, we addressed how many saints are in glory? From where have they come? Where are they now? How do they look? and What are they doing?’ Let’s now consider who else is in glory with the saints and why they are there. *Who Else is There?...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
In 1989, Hollywood released the film, Field of Dreams. In the movie, an Iowa farmer, Ray, hears a mysterious voice one night in his cornfield saying, “If you build it, they will come.” Ray builds a baseball diamond on his land, turns on the lights, and watches the...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
The Bible is not silent on this subject. Though God doesn’t tell us everything (Deut. 29:29), there is a surprising amount of information about the saints in glory (Heaven) and their activities. In this 4-part series, we will seek to answer several questions that...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does speak of God’s eyes, ears, nose, arms, etc. We’ve...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does speak of God’s eyes, ears, nose, arms, etc. We’ve...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does speak of God’s eyes, ears, nose, arms, etc. We’ve...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does speak of God’s eyes, ears, nose, arms, etc. We’ve...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Our Heavenly Father is an invisible spirit who has no physical body. Yet Scripture refers to God as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropomorphisms. So though He has no body, the Bible speaks of God’s face, eyes, nose, hands, feet, etc. In...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and does not have a physical body. Yet Scripture refers to God as having physical characteristic that theologians call anthropomorphisms. So though He has no body, the Bible speaks of God’s eyes, ears, hands, feet, etc. As we...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit and does not have a physical body. Nonetheless, Scripture refers to God as having eyes, a nose, ears, hands, feet, etc. This is called anthropomorphism — the attribution of human characteristics or behaviors to something...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God the Father is an invisible spirit, so He does not have literal physical appendages. Scripture, however, speaks of Him in physical terms called ‘Anthropomorphisms’, because, even though He has no body, He still sees, hears, smells, works, walks, etc. Let’s...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Though God is an invisible spirit, Scripture speaks of Him in human terms called anthropomorphisms (Read: What is Anthropomorphism?). Since the Bible attributes these characteristics to God, we are helped in understanding this omnipotent Being who created us in His...
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