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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In July 2014, an online research site, YouGov.com [1], posted the results of their “What Would Jesus Do?” poll. Not surprisingly, the results showed that Americans are more liberal on social issues than they think...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Romans 12 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. It speaks about our response to the great gift of salvation we have received and how we are to live our lives in the joy of our salvation. In Christ, we have...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There are many people today who deny the reality of Hell. Most are non-believers who deny that such a place really exists, and by doing so they can convince themselves that it will not be their final destination...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What can we learn from Lady Liberty? Lady Liberty stands tall on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor. She holds her beacon of light high above her head, and is attired in a flowing robe. She is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Is the Bible a love letter to me? The answer is, yes and no. The Bible contains God’s spoken word, written for all people at all times. There is a message to each of us, on every page of the Bible, and it is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus It must be noted that the Old Testament prohibition about blood is a dietary restriction. It is about ingesting blood by mouth. It is not about a medical procedure...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s important for a new or young-in-the-faith believer to build a firm foundation of faith in Christ. The Bible is spiritual food necessary for growth. For new, young, or mature Christians, we can never exhaust...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In a time when we find people talking less — and texting, tweeting, posting or emailing more — some have asked, “do our words matter?” How important is the spoken language? My answer would...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question A saved friend has a daughter who took a small step to nowhere–she’s using drugs. What are the obvious moral and spiritual implications behind taking drugs? She knows all about Jesus and needs to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When I was a young child, my father would quiz me with this trivia question: “What is the shortest verse in the Bible?” The answer was simple, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). I always got it right, but...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus David Kinnaman, in his book You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving the Church and Rethinking Faith labeled the current generation as nomads, prodigals and exiles. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question: I am attending a church in my community and enjoy the small congregation and the pastor’s preaching. I know he loves and worships God and preaches God’s Word. I support the church...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Paul speaks very clearly in Galatians 5 about our battle against the enemy within…ourselves. All too often we look to others, or even demonic spiritual forces, to be the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Remember those lyrics? They’re from the 1969 protest song, “War,” by Edwin Starr (It was also recorded by The...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We are often asked, Can I lose my Salvation?, and the answer is an emphatic “NO!.” Yet, many Christians do not understand that their salvation is secure. That eternal life is guaranteed. So how can...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have also entered into a debate on this with a friend. It’s sad that some would say, God doesn’t love the lost, for the Bible teaches that God loves all of His creation…and especially man who was created...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Get Wisdom: Principles from Proverbs I just returned from three days at The Cove, the Billy Graham Evangelist Association’s training center in Asheville, NC. What a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This question is so timely. Many books have been published presenting stories of people who claim to have died, gone to Heaven, and come back to tell about it. We must question whether the stories are true and if...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.Run From — Run To — Run For Paul speaks clearly about the race we run. It’s a race that is run on a path of sanctification—a path that leads to growing in holiness in Christ (Ephesians 4:15) and being conformed to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The second Person of the Trinity came to earth and took on human form. He lived the life we could not live and died the death we should have died. How dark and sad those days must have been for His disciples when...