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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” We’ve covered The Romans Road,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses telling man’s lostness and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible offers several “roads” to salvation. Each provides a “road map” of verses about man’s lost condition and how to make it “home.” The Romans Road is likely the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Four Loves is a book by C. S. Lewis, written from a series of radio talks in 1958 and published in 1960. It examines love from Christian and philosophical perspectives. Lewis distinguishes between...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible is not clear on this. However, I suggest two possibilities based on biblical information and reasoning. Let’s start with what we know: We know the wise men could not have come before the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Although both Simeon and Anna (Luke 2) are often overlooked in the nativity narrative, they are both very significant. Each had an important role in establishing Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Although both Simeon and Anna (Luke 2) are often overlooked in the nativity narrative, they are significant and had important roles in declaring and establishing Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. Remembering...