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What is Apologetics? Why Should You Care?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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 apologizing. It’s really quite the...

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

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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 person’s life is the saving grace of...

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

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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 Men? Why Did Herod Fear Them?). It is...

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

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,...

Christmas Advent Candle 2 – LOVE: Promise Reveals Love

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Video Below We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in Christ, and finding rest and peace. Week Two of Advent is a...

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. There’s a song from the 1960s that posed a most profound question, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The lyrics are secular, but the refrain is hauntingly provocative: What’s love got to do,...

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

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. 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. Take a minute and watch this incredibly...

Why Did God Create Man Knowing Man Would Sin?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Let’s remember that God created a world that was perfect and a man who was sinless (Gen 1:31). But it’s true, God knew before He created man that man would sin. He knew that both the man and the woman He...

Why Do We Call It Good Friday?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. [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 crucified was a day of darkness and death— and it seems to be...

Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. (VIDEO BELOW) All too often we rush through life without stopping to remember and reflect on the really important things. The day Jesus was crucified is sometimes thought of as a dark and sad day, and it was such a...