by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Last week, we talked about the ear gate and asked, “Is the Monkey at Your Gate?”  The eye is another gate through which information enters into our minds. While the ear gate...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Question I have been struggling with this, why did God choose to send his Son to die to forgive our sins? Why couldn’t God have done something else? Answer The question, Could It Have Been Done Another Way, was originally...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus [Note: the monkey at your gate will make sense when you finish reading.] As Christians we are all familiar with the saying, “we live in the world but we are not of the...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. To answer this question we need to begin with the understanding that, as Christians, our trust is grounded in the Lord Jesus Christ.  While we have many reasons to accept and believe that the Bible is accurate, we...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Christian be aware!  Parents be aware!  You decide if this show is heresy, blasphemy or acceptable contextualization.  We really want your opinion about this. What effects...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. There’s a lot of evidence that indicates Jesus was not likely born in December and was probably born in September (Read: Was Jesus born in September?).  Some of the many reasons for a non-December birth are based...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus Christians are being slaughtered for their faith in the Middle East.  They have not been silent about their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  The questions have been raised,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The Catholic Church believes that saints (those who have been canonized by the Church) hear prayers and are able to act as intercessors, presenting prayers to God.  To discern whether this is biblical, let’s look...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them.By Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus So often we hear messages about what Christians are to do.  Do this, do that.  They’re all about, “go and do,” and they all seem to be prodding the “sheep” with the rod,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In our Got Questions? column we’ve addressed the question, What is Election?  We’ve looked at two five-point theological statements that address the doctrine of election: the Five Articles of the...