by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The book of Judges is a very dark time in Israel’s history. This infamous period is summed up by the words…“in those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Societies...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In back-to-back verses in God’s Hall of Faith chapter (Hebrews 11), we have two Bible characters that were truly worlds’ apart in character and reputation — Joshua and Rahab. The first and foremost of the two...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In God’s Hall of Faith (Hebrews 11), the one commonality is that these are all people of great faith. But on the other hand, they are all quite different in their personalities, ages, and stages of life, strengths...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Some of the Bible characters in God’s Hall of Faith are not mentioned by name. That is the case regarding the parents of Moses. Heb. 11:23 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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,...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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...