by Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Sung by Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones who are both Christians. Perhaps they thought of the significance of “A Place in the SON” as they sang. This is a fun song with words that remind us of our Blessed...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We ask that you pause and reflect on what happened so many years ago. Take a minute now to remember the prophecy that foretold of the crucifixion of Jesus and the Scripture that proclaimed it’s fulfillment....
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.] As we celebrate Easter weekend, we remember that Saturday was a day of darkness for the disciples. Jesus was gone and they were alone. With Easter...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. As I began to write about broken hearts, a song kept running through my mind (watch the song video below). We’ll look at the song lyrics, and you can watch the song video, but first, let’s consider...
by Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. While this song is a show tune, and not all the lyrics inspire us, the name of the song reminds us that times when loved ones leave us. Death is certain for all, and yet for Christians, it is not the end. It is...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In Acts 13 we read about the apostle Paul standing up in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch and delivering a message to the Jews regarding Jesus the Christ. In the context of his historical teaching...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The History of Groundhog Day February 2nd being designated as Groundhog Day is believed to have originated in Pennsylvania in the 18th -19th century. It is said to have derived from ancient European weather lore,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [Downloadable PDF of the Salvation Bell below] The New Year has come and, for many, the memory of Christmas has already faded away. With each new day comes a fresh new hope for a year of joy and peace. A Word of...
by Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Matthew Henry wrote the following on January 1, 1713. He was 50 years old and died the next year. “My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Firmly believing that my times are in God’s hand, I here submit myself and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Celebrating the new year is biblical, but how you celebrate might not be. The nation of Israel celebrated new year’s day every year, and they did so in the way that God prescribed. As we all know, many of...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. My friend Tad just lost his 19 month battle with pancreatic cancer. In sorrow and sadness, with hope and rejoicing, we remember that he just won the greatest victory of his life. He’s been crowned with the...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We don’t often think in terms of “taking” but we do think about Jesus giving. Taking is nothing more than accepting and receiving that which Jesus gives. So learn to take this Advent season. The...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In the real realm of things that are, our world as we know it now, and in a time that is yet to come, there exists in reality . . . “. . . a great, fiery red dragon” (Revelation 12:3 – NKJV) The...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Martin Luther is well remembered as the Great Reformer who began The Reformation with his bold stand on salvation by grace alone. But there were others before him who just as boldly proclaimed God’s truths. Take...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Halloween carries a lot of baggage. It is a very popular day (and now a season) that has become a very lucrative, commercially successful part of our culture. What is unfortunate is that Christians have allowed...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Won’t Get Fooled Again This “12 stone memorial” series of articles began with the catch-phrase “Don’t Get Stoned Again” as a wordplay on the song, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971, The Who). It’s...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Last year (June 2017) I wrote about my friend Tad who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Read about how he shared the gospel with a hospital technician in Philadelphia during a full body scan: Cancer Hope: I Am...
by Alex McFarland
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Have you ever considered your theology regarding R&R? Work is a good thing. So also is resting from work (taking a nap?). [don’t miss the video below] On a day when we take a break to honor our...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is the tenth in a series of articles about stones in the Bible. We know that stones were used as an instrument of capital punishment in Israel, but these articles consider stones in a different light. ...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. This is the ninth in a series of articles about stones in the Bible. We know that stones were used as an instrument of capital punishment in Israel, but these articles consider stones in a different light. ...