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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “The Obsolete Man” is an episode from The Twilight Zone that offers a prophetic warning about man’s destiny. It ran on June 2, 1961, and yet it is a must-see for all people in our time—60+ years...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Jude, in his letter that warned about apostates and false teachers, made a reference to something the prophet Enoch said: Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Ehyeh, Yahweh, Jehovah, or Jesus? What name are we to call God? First, understand that Jehovah (sometimes written Yehovah) is the anglicized version of the name Yahweh, the name God gave to Moses. So the names,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible records many of the words that Jesus spoke during His earthly ministry. And if you have a red-letter Bible, it’s easy to identify Jesus’ words because they’re all in red! The questions...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The life of Abraham is a lesson of relationship, faith, and hope. Join us in a study of the patriarch of Israel, his life, his loves, his devotion to God, and more. Check it out on our Bible Study Resources Page....
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Five Major Worldview Categories Naturalism: atheism, agnosticism, existentialism Pantheism: Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, New Age, Consciousness Theism: Christianity, Judaism, Islam Spiritism and Polytheism...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let’s remember that God created a world that was perfect and a man who was sinless (Gen 1:31). But it’s true, God knew before He created man that man would sin. He knew that both the man and the woman He...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We’ve covered the Good Shepherd in Psalm 23 and seen how we can know that Psalm 22 speaks of the One to come, the Good Shepherd who would lay down His life for His sheep. We also learned about the Great...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In 2010 after doing a study of the Names of God, I began a study of the Psalms. When I came to Psalm 23, I began to see many of God’s names revealed in the psalm by the works of our Great Shepherd. I...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In previous articles, we have seen the Necessity and Provision, Slaying and Character, Personality and Identity, and the Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Lamb. Now we come to the Preaching of the Lamb. After...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Coram Deo is a Latin phrase that means “in the presence of God.” As Christians, we understand that we currently live in His presence spiritually. But one day, we will also live in His presence bodily. Coram...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Watch Video Below] We read the accounts of the crucifixion in the Bible and we often see it portrayed in movies and videos. The day in which Jesus was crucified was a day of darkness and death— and it seems to be...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. While we remember Jesus’ crucifixion on the day we call Good Friday, there are many reasons why Friday was not likely the day of the week that the Lord was crucified. ( Read: Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday,...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Bible does not tell us exactly how long Job suffered. We know that his suffering began with the death of his servant and the loss of his livestock and got progressively worse with the deaths of his children...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Revelation 2:17 records Jesus’ words written to the church in Pergamos near the end of the first century. In that verse are Jesus’ word of promise to overcomers. Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Do you want to know Jesus better? The bible reveals everything we need to know about our Lord, but it can be a daunting Book. Where to begin? How to get started? We suggest you start by learning some of the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We often hear of people “sitting at the Master’s feet” and learning of His will and ways. But have you ever sat at the Master’s table? Four days after Jesus entered into Jerusalem and was...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The question “Where did Cain get his wife?” is asked by both skeptics and believers. The Bible answers the question. Adam’s Family Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve. He was born after Adam and Eve were...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. These words come from Paul’s admonition to believers in the church at Ephesus (Eph 4:15a). It’s likely everyone has heard someone say, “I’m just speaking the truth in love.” It’s often said at the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The writer of Hebrews wrote about willful sin and its consequences in this verse: Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for...