by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 18, 2019
[Watch the Video “Whatever It Takes” below.] As we celebrate Easter weekend, we remember that Saturday was a day of darkness for the disciples. Jesus was gone and they were alone. With Easter preparations, take time to remember the darkness of another...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 18, 2019
Listening to an online sermon many years ago, I heard a song about the seven sayings of Jesus from the cross. The words are from the perspective of the Roman centurion who stood at the foot of the cross and witnessed all that happened when Jesus was crucified. You’ll...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 17, 2019
[Video Below] When Jesus said, “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15), He was making reference to an evening meal during the week of Passover. He was not referring to the actual Feast of the Passover, or to the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 15, 2019
Leonard Cohen, as his name suggests, was ethnically Jewish. However, he was not a faithful adherent to the Jewish faith. A Canadian born and raised singer and songwriter, Cohen moved to the US in 1955. His career flourished in the 1960s, which might also have been the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 10, 2019
[Watch the Movie Trailer Below] Another Pilgrim’s Progress movie will debut on April 18th to faithfully tell the story of the 1678 book written by John Bunyan. Bunyan’s book, fully titled “The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Apr 7, 2019
Psalm 22 is known as one of the three Shepherd Psalms (Psalms 22, 23, and 24; Read: Following the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd) Psalm 22 is also prophetic and gives a “picture” of the cross from the perspective of our Good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. In...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 31, 2019
Empress Eudoxia, a fifth-century Roman Empress, had quite a dilemma. What to do with John Chrysostom? Chrysostom was a faithful man of God and he feared no earthly rulers. There’s quite an amazing story to tell, but before I do so, take a minute to consider...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 31, 2019
Recently, I received an email from Julia, a long-time reader of Reasons for Hope* Jesus resources. She has been defending God’s truth regarding Jesus’ incarnation and asked about our reasons to proclaim it to be true. The virgin birth of Jesus is just as...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 27, 2019
As I wrote this article about broken relationships and God’s command for reconciliation, a song kept running through my mind (watch the song video below). Perhaps the words of the song are already playing in your thoughts. Maybe you haven’t guessed what...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 25, 2019
In Isaiah, God prophecies that He will create new heavens along with the new earth: Isa 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. God also said that the new heavens (and the new earth) that He...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 17, 2019
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics, behaviors, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities (e.g. animals, objects, even cartoon characters). The term “anthropomorphism” is a combination of two Greek words, “anthropos,” which...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 14, 2019
[Two Videos Below] Saint Patrick’s Day has become a BIG party day—a day for parades and celebrations. It’s a day of eating Irish food and drinking green beer and Irish Whisky. It’s a day of wearing green. . . and pinching those who don’t. It’s a...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Mar 7, 2019
Sons of God is a term used of several people groups in the Bible. The simple answer to why Christians are called sons of God is because Christians are born of God. That makes us “sons” (generically…it also includes daughters) of our Heavenly Father. Let’s...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Feb 24, 2019
We end our series of articles during the month of love (February) with a teaching from a long-departed man who is one of “the great cloud of witnesses” (Heb 12:1), those who have gone before us into glory but whose words live on to encourage and inspire...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus | Feb 16, 2019
The Beatles sang, “All you need is love,” and God pretty much says the same thing but not in so few words. The love of Jesus is extravagant love. It is beyond our comprehension. But it is understandable, and God’s love does capture our hearts, stir...
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