by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Is the Bible a love letter to me? The answer is, yes and no. The Bible contains God’s spoken word, written for all people at all times. There is a message to each of us, on every page of the Bible, and it is...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus It must be noted that the Old Testament prohibition about blood is a dietary restriction. It is about ingesting blood by mouth. It is not about a medical procedure...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. It’s important for a new or young-in-the-faith believer to build a firm foundation of faith in Christ. The Bible is spiritual food necessary for growth. For new, young, or mature Christians, we can never exhaust...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Question A saved friend has a daughter who took a small step to nowhere–she’s using drugs. What are the obvious moral and spiritual implications behind taking drugs? She knows all about Jesus and needs to...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. When I was a young child, my father would quiz me with this trivia question: “What is the shortest verse in the Bible?” The answer was simple, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). I always got it right, but...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus David Kinnaman, in his book You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving the Church and Rethinking Faith labeled the current generation as nomads, prodigals and exiles. ...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Paul speaks very clearly in Galatians 5 about our battle against the enemy within…ourselves. All too often we look to others, or even demonic spiritual forces, to be the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Remember those lyrics? They’re from the 1969 protest song, “War,” by Edwin Starr (It was also recorded by The...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I have also entered into a debate on this with a friend. It’s sad that some would say, God doesn’t love the lost, for the Bible teaches that God loves all of His creation…and especially man who was created...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Get Wisdom: Principles from Proverbs I just returned from three days at The Cove, the Billy Graham Evangelist Association’s training center in Asheville, NC. What a...