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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...

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...

What caused the centurion to say: “Surely This Was a Righteous Man”

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. Listening to an online sermon many years ago, I heard a song about the seven sayings of Jesus from the cross. The words are from the perspective of the...

Journey to the Cross: Maundy Thursday and Good Friday

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry work. On Thursday, Jesus shared a meal with His closest friends.On Friday, He hung alone to die on a Roman cross. Forsaken and abandoned,Jesus suffered for us....

What’s the Amazing Remez in the Book of Numbers?

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. Many think the book of Numbers is difficult to read. It has long lists of difficult-to-pronounce names that seem to mean very little in the story Bible. ...

What If We Skipped Easter This Year?

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. Is Easter really an important day? Isn’t it just like Christmas, becoming more and more commercial? And hasn’t it become more about Easter...