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Why Do We Call It Good Friday?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. [Watch Video Below] We read the accounts of the crucifixion in the Bible and we often see it portrayed in movies and videos. The day in which Jesus was...

Pro-Life Matters Because Pre-Life Matters

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. January 22 is the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Decision It is also National Sanctity of Human Life Day and is recognized on the Sunday closest to...

Was Mary a Levite, making Jesus both King and Priest?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Was Mary a Levite because she was Elizabeth’s cousin? Does that mean that Jesus was from both tribes — Judah and Levite — thereby making Him both King...

Christ, Who is Our Life, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-1892

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Christ, Who is Our Life, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, from the August 10th Morning and Evening Devotions “Christ, who is our life.” —...

Sadness and Despair: The Darkest Days of All Time

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...

Does Satan Have a Stronger Influence on Halloween?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Question: I live in an area that is steeped in tradition and religiosity, and people tend to think I’m a bit strange since I believe there is a...

Is Satan’s Real Name Lucifer? Or Should We Call Him Satan?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Satan, aka Lucifer. There’s misunderstanding about his person, his name, and his works. In 1968, the...

How Can I Prove God Exists?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. Question: How do I respond to the naturalist’s claim, “unless I can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste God, I will not believe he...

Won’t Get Fooled Again-Stones in the Bible

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...

10. A Stone of Praise

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. 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...