by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Joseph is one of the most outstanding men in the Bible and he is most certainly worthy of inclusion in God’s Hall of Faith. Heb. 11:22 By faith, Joseph, when he was dying… It’s interesting that the Holy Spirit...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Jacob cunningly deceived his brother Esau into forfeiting his birthright, and then he fooled his elderly father into giving him the coveted blessing of the firstborn. Therefore, many Bible-believing Christians...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Lord often referred to Himself as “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Isaac was right in the middle of the “big three” patriarchs that were chosen by God to begin the Jewish nation of Israel. More is said...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Virtually everyone has heroes, and it’s generally a good thing to have men and women of character that we highly respect. There are heroes in conceivably every area of life; history, science, education, politics,...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Hebrews 11 begins with, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. (Read the first article in this series: Who are Heaven’s Heroes in God’s Hall of Faith?) Christian faith...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Heaven’s heroes are found throughout the Bible and one specific chapter highlights many of them. It’s Hebrews 11, and it’s appropriately called God’s Hall of Faith. There are many thematic chapters in the...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. It’s been said, “To dwell above with the saints we love, Oh, that will be glory! But to dwell below with the saints we know, well, that’s another story!” Admittedly, there are many challenges in dwelling...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In the previous two articles, we addressed how many saints are in glory? From where have they come? Where are they now? How do they look? and What are they doing?’ Let’s now consider who else is in glory with the...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. In 1989, Hollywood released the film, Field of Dreams. In the movie, an Iowa farmer, Ray, hears a mysterious voice one night in his cornfield saying, “If you build it, they will come.” Ray builds a baseball...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The Bible is not silent on this subject. Though God doesn’t tell us everything (Deut. 29:29), there is a surprising amount of information about the saints in glory (Heaven) and their activities. In this 4-part...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and has no physical body. Yet the Bible refers to Him as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropormorphisms. Even though He has no body, Scripture does...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Our Heavenly Father is an invisible spirit who has no physical body. Yet Scripture refers to God as having physical characteristics that theologians call Anthropomorphisms. So though He has no body, the Bible...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and does not have a physical body. Yet Scripture refers to God as having physical characteristic that theologians call anthropomorphisms. So though He has no body, the Bible...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit and does not have a physical body. Nonetheless, Scripture refers to God as having eyes, a nose, ears, hands, feet, etc. This is called anthropomorphism — the attribution of...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. God the Father is an invisible spirit, so He does not have literal physical appendages. Scripture, however, speaks of Him in physical terms called ‘Anthropomorphisms’, because, even though He has no body, He still...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Though God is an invisible spirit, Scripture speaks of Him in human terms called anthropomorphisms (Read: What is Anthropomorphism?). Since the Bible attributes these characteristics to God, we are helped in...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Anthropormorphic expressions attribute human forms, acts, affections and characteristics to God and allow us to better understand and appreciate Him. They also help us relate to God as a personal Being. Scripture...