by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Can sinful thoughts come from Satan, not from ourselves? Is it possible for him to put thoughts in our minds — thoughts that we do not want to think? The answer is no. Satan can mess with us on the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question has been asked by atheists and skeptics for decades (probably for centuries). It is used to cast doubt on our omnipotent Creator God, and also as a way to dismiss or discredit Him. Be ready always...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible tells that man is a trichotomy, a tripartite (three-part) being. And one of those parts is the spirit. 1 Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly. and I pray God your whole [1] spirit and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Matthew 1:21 . . . thou shalt call His name Jesus In the times we are now living, with so much ambiguity about truth, social interest, cultural chaos, racial strife, gender confusion, let us turn to the One who is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Maybe you’ve heard “The Hound of Heaven” used as a “name” for God. It’s been around since the late 19th century when a poem by that name gained international attention. While...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. God sent fire from Heaven every time a sacrifice was consumed. However, in the Old Testament, there are at least seven very significant recorded occurrences of fire from Heaven: Fire from Heaven destroyed Job’s...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. a We received this email from a reader: I am confused by verses that seem to say that everyone will be saved. “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” 1 Corinthians...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible is all about Jesus and it reveals all that Jesus is! From the first page of Genesis to the last page of Revelation, the Bible reveals our Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, and the One who will restore all...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The life of Abram (later Abraham) is an amazing illustration of living by faith. (Check out our Abraham Study on our Bible Study Resources page). But it was God alone who established the Abrahamic Covenant. In...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jude, in his letter that warned about apostates and false teachers, made a reference to something the prophet Enoch said: Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Ehyeh, Yahweh, Jehovah, or Jesus? What name are we to call God? First, understand that Jehovah (sometimes written Yehovah) is the anglicized version of the name Yahweh, the name God gave to Moses. So the names,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible records many of the words that Jesus spoke during His earthly ministry. And if you have a red-letter Bible, it’s easy to identify Jesus’ words because they’re all in red! The questions...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The life of Abraham is a lesson of relationship, faith, and hope. Join us in a study of the patriarch of Israel, his life, his loves, his devotion to God, and more. Check it out on our Bible Study Resources Page....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Five Major Worldview Categories Naturalism: atheism, agnosticism, existentialism Pantheism: Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, New Age, Consciousness Theism: Christianity, Judaism, Islam Spiritism and Polytheism...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let’s remember that God created a world that was perfect and a man who was sinless (Gen 1:31). But it’s true, God knew before He created man that man would sin. He knew that both the man and the woman He...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve covered the Good Shepherd in Psalm 23 and seen how we can know that Psalm 22 speaks of the One to come, the Good Shepherd who would lay down His life for His sheep. We also learned about the Great...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In 2010 after doing a study of the Names of God, I began a study of the Psalms. When I came to Psalm 23, I began to see many of God’s names revealed in the psalm by the works of our Great Shepherd. I...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Coram Deo is a Latin phrase that means “in the presence of God.” As Christians, we understand that we currently live in His presence spiritually. But one day, we will also live in His presence bodily. Coram...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch Video Below] We read the accounts of the crucifixion in the Bible and we often see it portrayed in movies and videos. The day in which Jesus was crucified was a day of darkness and death— and it seems to be...