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What are the Doctrines of Imputed, Infused, and Imparted Righteousness?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Second Corinthians 5:21 is the key verse about the righteousness of Christ given to repentant sinners when they trust in Jesus. 2 Cor 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be...

Who said, “To Everything There is a Season?”

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Many pithy (concise and forcefully expressive) sayings are used in everyday conversation. However, most people have no idea of their origins. It should be no surprise that many of the sayings are found in the...

Did Enoch and Elijah Go to Heaven?

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is one of the most provocative questions in the Bible. However, the Bible does not clearly answer this question, so we can only ponder it and reason about its possible answer. Starting with what we know: The...

Is America a Christian Nation?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…” Psalm 33:12 In 2009, President Barack Obama said, “…we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We...

What is the Fourth T of Giving? Time, Talent, Treasure & ?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Be sure to watch the video following the article.] It has often been preached, and many articles have been written, about the duty and blessing of giving of our time, talent, and treasure in service to the Lord....

What are the Individual Works of the Trinity in Creation and Redemption?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We know that our God is a Triune God — One God in essence and three Persons in works. So while the Godhead is three distant persons, and their works might be thought of as individual works, there remains a unity,...

What Is Shavuot / Pentecost? Does It Prophesy of the Rapture?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Shavuot is the second of three mandatory Jewish feasts ordained by God (Exodus 34:22). The Jews call this feast Shavuot. In the New Testament, the Greek word is pentekoste (meaning fifty). From the Greek word, we...

Does Satan Accuse Us Before God?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. I would suggest that Satan does not go before God and accuse Christians. You might think, but the Bible says he does—and it’s true, some verses suggest that. In Job 1:9-10, the Bible tells that Satan...

What is the Triunity of Creation?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We have addressed how to better understand the doctrine of the Trinity by finding the Scripture verses and passages that reveal God as Three-in-One. While the word “trinity” is not found in the Bible, there are...

Is Memorial Day Biblical?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Watch the Memorial Day video below.] Our country’s observance of a national Memorial Day began on May 30, 1868. It was then called Decoration Day, and volunteers decorated the graves of more than 20,000...

How Can I Understand the Trinity?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Doctrine of the Trinity is difficult to understand because our finite human brains cannot fully comprehend an infinite being. However, God’s Word gives us everything we need to come to an understanding of the...

What does Per Crucem ad Lucem mean?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. I have a cross necklace that is formed with the Latin phrase PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM. The English translation of “PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM” is: “Through the Cross to the Light” The words remind us that Jesus...

What is the Valley of Weeping (Baca) in Psalm 84?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In Psalm 84, we are introduced to the Valley of Weeping. In some translations, it is called the Valley of Baca, a Hebrew word that derives from bakah (baw-kaw), meaning to weep, bemoan, bewail, complain, make...

Will You Remember That Fateful Day? The Columbine Massacre

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Watch the Video “Whatever It Takes” below.] Take time to remember one of the saddest days in the history of our nation. It was a day when evil reigned in a Colorado city. The day was April 20th, 1999....

What Was Finished When Jesus Said “It is Finished” (Tetelostai)?

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. That’s a great question because Jesus’ life on the cross was not “finished” when He made that statement. Those were not His last words. Jesus said seven things while He was on the cross,...

Have You Read Jesus’ Last Will and Testament? (John 17)

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. More than 16 years ago, I created a study for my ladies’ Bible study based on my favorite chapter in the Bible, John 17. The study was about reading John 17 as if it were Jesus speaking His Last Will and...

What Was the Seating Arrangement at the Last Supper?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci painted Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples. But is the painting accurate? The painting accurately depicts all 12 disciples present at the table while they partook in the...

What Does it Mean to “Love One Another?” (John 13:34)

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another. How should we understand that command? What should it mean to us? Let’s first look at Jesus’ words in context to understand better what His...

Can You Pray St Patrick’s Prayer?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Two Videos Below] Saint Patrick’s Day has become a BIG party day—a day for parades and celebrations, a day of eating Irish food and drinking green beer and Irish Whiskey. It’s a day of wearing green and...

What is The Romans 12 Road to Sanctification?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’ve covered The Romans Road to Salvation, The John Road to Salvation, and The Revelation Road to Salvation. Those three “roads” give verses that “lead the way” to justification....