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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Many pithy (concise and forcefully expressive) sayings are used in everyday conversation. However, while many people use them, most people have no idea of their origins. It should be no surprise that many of these...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. More than 15 years ago, I created a Bible study for my lady’s study based on my favorite chapter in the Bible, John 17. The study was about reading John 17 as if it was Jesus speaking His Last Will and...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. That’s My King, by S. M. Lockridge, 1976 Dr. S. M. (Shadrach Meshach) Lockridge (March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) served as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego, California, from 1953 to 1993. He...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible reveals three very important views of the cross — from the perspectives of the Father (Genesis 22), the Son (Psalm 22), and the believer (Isaiah 53). Take a few minutes to read each passage and...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. What did President Reagan say about racism and Marxism? And what vow did he confidently make on behalf of our nation? How do his words speak to our nation today? And are we keeping the vow he made? Watch now!...
by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. YES!!! Jesus IS in the Psalms. From pastor Tullian Tchividjian, a short clip from the introductory message in his sermon series titled, “A Song for all Seasons.” Watch now and download our list of...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Father’s Day is a special day, set apart to honor our fathers. Why should we honor our fathers? Because being a father is ordained by God and God intends earthly fathers to be a reflection of Himself. God...
by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. My friend Rod RosenbMy friend Rod Rosenbladt told me a story about a middle-aged woman who needed help from her pastor. She went to her pastor and said, “Pastor, I had an abortion a number of years ago?” “OK,” the...
by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In a New York Times Op-Ed entitled “Who Goes To Work To Have Fun,” British journalist Oliver Burkeman suggests something counter-intuitive, but obvious: the more you force someone to have fun, the less fun they’ll...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On the cross, Jesus uttered seven things: 1. ”Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34).Fulfills Isa 53:12 …[He] made intercession for the transgressors.2. ”Today shalt thou...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. On April 1st, people “stretch” the truth and then announce “April Fools.” As Christians, we are to discern truth and know what the Bible says about fools. In Paul’s final letter to...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. With the annual memorial of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we remember his most famous speech, titled, “I Have a Dream.” In that speech, he quoted two Old Testament prophets. Step back in...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Everyone needs to hear the gospel message of Jesus’ saving grace. And, as Christians, it is our duty and should be our joy, to share the gospel with all people. There are people all around who do not know...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. As we end our study of the life and faith of Abraham and his descendants, Isaac and Jacob, it wouldn’t be complete without reviewing two very significant events in the life of Jacob. The Way to God Genesis...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In this chapter, we read of the blessing of a father to his son. The ceremonial blessing was like an anointing of the son, so he would be treated with all the respect and authority of his father. It was like the...
by Scott Hamlin, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A study of the life and faith of Abraham wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t include his grandsons, Jacob and Esau. We’ve already covered Isaac and his surrender to his father’s will, and...
by Scott Hamlin, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The key event of Chapter 23 is the death of Sarah, Abraham’s wife and the mother of Isaac, the promised son. It was shortly after the events on Mt. Moriah when Abraham offered up a willing Isaac on the altar, that...
by Scott Hamlin, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. We’ve studied Genesis 22. And in typology, the events of that chapter give a picture of the cross. We see the father, who loves his only son. He is willing to lay his son on the altar and sacrifice him as a...
by Scott Hamlin, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Genesis 22 is an amazing chapter. It records God’s testing of Abraham’s faith and obedience. The chapter begins with God telling Abraham to offer his son, Isaac, on the altar of sacrifice. Jews refer...
by Scott Hamlin, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Genesis 21 1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. ...