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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Matthew 5:48 says that we are to be perfect and, it says, we are to be as perfect as God is, Wow! If Jesus meant that, then we have a real problem. We can’t be perfect. So how should we understand...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus In 2001, Steve Schneibner was pastoring a church in Maine. He was also a pilot for American Airlines. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, he should have been in the cockpit of American Airlines...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus In May of 1863, the Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded in Battle Creek, Michigan. The church is categorized as a Christian denomination because they recognize Jesus as the Saviour of mankind....
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus A prophecy in Daniel 9 foretells of Israel’s future. We are told that Daniel understood, by reading the words of the prophet Jeremiah (Dan 9:2), that Israel’s time in Babylon was coming to an...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Calvinism is a theological explanation of biblical doctrines put forth by the followers of John Calvin (1509-1564). Therefore the real question becomes, are these teachings biblically supported?....
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus When someone is saved, it’s often said, “I gave my life to Jesus.” But what does that really mean? Doesn’t everything on earth, and every person who’s ever lived or is now alive, belong to...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus This is a teaching that is held by some Christians. It offers a way to reconcile the Bible with the claims of the earth being millions, even billions, of years old (Read also, Were the Days of...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus It has been more than four months since the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Most churches have now reopened — although with reduced attendance and social distancing practices....
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Many Christians have read the following verses and feared that salvation can be lost. Heb 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus At the mention of never-never land, most people will think of the fictional story of “Peter Pan.” It was created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie in 1904, and it’s...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus So what’s a Mnason? Actually, the question should be, who was Mnason? Mnason was a first-century Jew and he’s mentioned in the Bible, but only once in Acts 21. Maybe you’re wondering why you know...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus In the troubled times in which we live, we are more connected than ever before. But we are also more divided than in the past. The growing division between political parties should be of no...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus We’ve answered the question about addressing God as “Father God” in an article about the use of “Daddy” as a way to address God the Father. (Read: Does Abba Mean Daddy?) Let’s...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus The crown of righteousness is a reward that is mentioned in one of Paul’s letters to Timothy: 2 Tim 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Before we list the ten ways we can love like Jesus and reflect His love, let’s remember that in the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord, God’s love –the greatest love of all...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus This is a great question. Unfortunately, the Bible does not give an explicit answer. But the Bible does give words from the Lord that can help us come to a well-reasoned answer. First, let’s...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus The Bible does not tell us the day or hour when Jesus will come for His Bride. However, it does give us clues as to what time of year it will happen. There are many who think the Rapture (Read: What...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus [Watch 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 was commemorated at Arlington National Cemetery by...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus No one can answer this question with proof, or even with a definitive verse from the Bible. However, there is biblical reasoning to support that angels are sent by God to accompany us on our...
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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus As we begin dealing with the aftermath of physical-distancing, we must consider the ongoing concerns about COVID-19. Let us remember the past, so we can learn from those who have gone before us in...