619 Soul Care Providers Coalition Archives

What is the Often Forgotten Racism?

Racism against any ethnic group is WRONG! And in the eyes of God, it is sinful. Jesus taught us to love one another and not to discriminate based on ethnicity or skin color. God tells us that, ‘He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the...

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Five Lessons from a 1960’s Song and Psalm 88

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Let’s consider darkness and despair, depression and anxiety, aloneness, sadness and suffering. Many psalms speak profoundly about how such emotions disquiet the soul. But psalms also give calm and renewing hope. However, that’s not true of Psalm 88. From...

Joshua Overview and Outline

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

AUTHOR: Joshua DATE: 1400-1370 B.C. While Joshua is identified as the author of this book (24:1-26), there are a few sections (15:13-17, 24:29-31) that must have been written by another. It’s thought that these passages were probably added by Eleazar the priest...