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A Thanksgiving Lesson from a 1940’s New York Courtroom

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. Years ago, a judge in New York City gave a swift and profound verdict. In it was a lesson for the people in his courtroom and a lesson for our Thanksgiving Day...

A Christmas Morning Prayer

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. On Christmas morning, we bow before the cradle. When we do so, we set our eyes on Jesus. May we always remember to look to Him for wisdom in all things and to seek Him...

What’s your Judas experience? The Pain of Betrayal

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. We all have a Judas experience in which someone we care about, or deeply love, has betrayed us in some way. Perhaps it was a breach of confidence or trust or actions...

What is Maundy Thursday? The Basin & The Towel

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. [Video Below] When Jesus said, “With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15), He was making reference to an evening meal during...

What is Apologetics? Why Should You Care?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. What is apologetics? Let’s start with what it is not. Many are not familiar with the word “apologetics,” and some wonder if it has anything to do with...

How Do I Change My Life? Two New Year’s Resolutions that will work!

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. The question, “how do I change my life?” is really answered by WHO can change my life. Jesus is the answer. The only thing that brings true and lasting change into any...

How Did the Wise Men (Magi) Know This Was the Messiah? How Did They Know to Follow His Star?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. How did the Wise Men know? The Wise Men/Magi were educated and notable men who studied the stars and apparently knew the prophecies well. (Read Who Were the Three Wise...

Who Were the Three Wise Men (Magi / Kings) ? Why Did Herod Fear Them?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. The Bible refers to the three wise men in the gospel of Matthew: Matthew 2:1-2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold,...

Seven Benefits of Knowing God

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. On October 3, 1789, President George Washington designated Thursday, November 26th of that year to be a national day of thanks. He proclaimed: “Whereas it is the...

Christmas Day: When Love Was Born — Light the CHRIST Candle

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible contribution. On Christmas Day we light the candle at the center of all the other candles. It is the CHRIST candle and it represents Jesus as the giver of HOPE, LOVE, JOY, and PEACE....