by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In Psalm 84, we are introduced to the Valley of Weeping. In some translations, it is called the Valley of Baca, a Hebrew word that derives from bakah (baw-kaw), meaning to weep, bemoan, bewail, complain, make...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Watch the Video “Whatever It Takes” below.] Take time to remember one of the saddest days in the history of our nation. It was a day when evil reigned in a Colorado city. The day was April 20th, 1999....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. More than 16 years ago, I created a study for my ladies’ Bible study based on my favorite chapter in the Bible, John 17. The study was about reading John 17 as if it were Jesus speaking His Last Will and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. (VIDEO BELOW) All too often we rush through life without stopping to remember and reflect on the really important things. The day Jesus was crucified is sometimes thought of as a dark and sad day, and it was such a...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On the night in which He was betrayed, our Lord ate His last supper with His disciples. As Christians, we remember this meal with a celebration the church calls Maundy Thursday (Read What is Maundy Thursday?). ...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci painted Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples. But is the painting accurate? The painting accurately depicts all 12 disciples present at the table while they partook in the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another. How should we understand that command? What should it mean to us? Let’s first look at Jesus’ words in context to understand better what His...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Two Videos Below] Saint Patrick’s Day has become a BIG party day—a day for parades and celebrations, a day of eating Irish food and drinking green beer and Irish Whiskey. It’s a day of wearing green and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’ve covered The Romans Road to Salvation, The John Road to Salvation, and The Revelation Road to Salvation. Those three roads give verses that “lead the way” to justification. Justification is...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” We’ve covered The Romans Road,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses telling man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lost condition and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Four Loves is a book by C. S. Lewis, written from a series of radio talks in 1958 and published in 1960. It examines love from Christian and philosophical perspectives. Lewis distinguishes between...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We know that it would have been at least 40 days after the birth of Jesus that the wise men arrived. And we know that they were not kings. Rather, they were wise men. For more information, click here or read some...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible is not clear on this. However, I suggest two possibilities based on biblical information and reasoning. Let’s start with what we know: We know the wise men could not have come before the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Although both Simeon and Anna (Luke 2) are often overlooked in the nativity narrative, they are both very significant. Each had an important role in establishing Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Although both Simeon and Anna (Luke 2) are often overlooked in the nativity narrative, they are significant and had important roles in declaring and establishing Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. Remembering...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Watch the full message here. More Lessons from the Book of Galatians — short video clips. Click here to get equipped with encouraging and empowering Biblical truth and wisdom every week! Video clips from...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Most of us know these verses: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Luke 2:13-14 But...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. <<Video Below>> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) is among the Great Cloud of Witnesses who have gone before us into glory (Heb 12:1). He’s a favorite of mine. Perhaps because I grew up...