by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Check out our “Get Started List for Lent” (below). Lent begins a season of 40 days prior to Easter Sunday. It is intended to be a time of...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. When fear grips us, where do we look? The Bible teaches us a great lesson about the importance of looking to Jesus (don’t miss the video below)....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. The world uses the word “love” very loosely. We love chocolate, we love our car, we love a TV show. The list goes on and on. We hear the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There’s a song from the 1960s that posed a most profound question, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The lyrics are secular, but the...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Eschatology is the study of end times.Both the Bible and the Quran have very clear end-times prophecies.So how do Christian eschatology and Islamic...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There is clearly proclaimed a curse upon the bloodline of Jeconiah in Jeremiah 22:30 God declared that none of Jeconiah’s descendants would ever...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. The verses in question are from the prophet Habakkuk, the apostle Paul, and the writer of Hebrews (whom most believe was Paul): Hab 2:4 … the just...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. All Christians believe that Jesus will return to set up His Kingdom on earth. However, there are varying views about how and when Jesus will return, the...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. We’ve already covered “WHO Were the Wise Men?” and “HOW Did They Know?” Now, let’s consider “WHEN Did the Wise...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. The popular Christmas story, “The Gift of the Magi,” was written by William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), using the pseudonym, “O’ Henry.” The plotline of...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There’s a popular Christmas song that asks the question, “Mary, did you know…?” Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. The answer is simple. Without the daughters of Zelophehad, Jesus would not have had a legal right to be the Messiah of Israel. What??? How could that...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There’s much we can learn from the Peanuts Gang. From the innocence of the characters to the words of truth and the love they display, Charlie...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. In 2020 and 2021, amidst all the upheaval and changes in our world, my Bible study talked a lot about current events. We discussed: Critical Race Theory...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 2021 has been an incredibly difficult year of unprecedented events with things happening that we never could have imagined two years ago. As Christians,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Many will be quick to answer, “November 2nd is All Souls’ Day.” And that’s true! (Read: What is All Souls’ Day) However, on...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. More than 500 years ago Martin Luther started a reformation when he posted his 95 thesis to the door of a church in Wittenburg, Germany. To this day,...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. “Judge not, that you be not judged.” (Matt 7:1) That verse is quoted often. In fact, the verse has been used against most Christians to try to...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. As a royal priesthood, are we called to be watchmen on the wall today? Are we called to sound a warning? Yes, we are to be discerners of the truth. And...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. A parable is a short story designed to teach a moral or a faith-focused lesson. Jesus told many parables, like the parable of the sower, parable of the...