by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. [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,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. [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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. [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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. [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...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. 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...
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If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lostness and how to make it...