by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in Christ, and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the innocence of the characters to the words of truth and the love they display, Charlie...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. In 2020 and 2021, amidst all the upheaval and changes in our world, my Bible study talked a lot about current events. We discussed: Critical Race Theory...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Many will be quick to answer, “November 2nd is All Souls’ Day.” And that’s true! (Read: What is All Souls’ Day) However, on...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. More than 500 years ago Martin Luther started a reformation when he posted his 95 thesis to the door of a church in Wittenburg, Germany. To this day,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. “Judge not, that you be not judged.” (Matt 7:1) That verse is quoted often. In fact, the verse has been used against most Christians to try to...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. As a royal priesthood, are we called to be watchmen on the wall today? Are we called to sound a warning? Yes, we are to be discerners of the truth. And...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. A parable is a short story designed to teach a moral or a faith-focused lesson. Jesus told many parables, like the parable of the sower, parable of the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. In our time of sound bites and video clips, the attention span of many is growing shorter and shorter. “Give it to me fast. Make it brief.” ...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Some Christians say that the theory of intelligent design (also called “ID”) points to God. They claim intelligent design is actually an...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. We have all heard, “the Bible says money is the root of all evil.” But that’s not what the Bible says. Paul wrote to Timothy about...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. We often hear people say lovingly and inclusively, “We’re all God’s children.” However, that is not a true statement. While it is true that everyone, and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Maybe you’ve heard “The Hound of Heaven” used as a “name” for God. It’s been around since the late 19th-century,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. God sent fire from Heaven every time a sacrifice was consumed. However, in the Old Testament, there are at least seven very significant recorded...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...