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Journey with Hope
Online Bible Study
Christ our hope in life and death!
A good Bible study resource is Bible Gateway



Establish Your Heart: Anchored in Grace
Most of us want to do business with a well established company. We know when we do we are more likely to have a good experience. We can trust that company will be there next year to take care of our needs. They won't just disappear if they have one bad year. Interestingly, James tells us to " establish our hearts " (James 5:8). He wants your heart to be stable and firm in Christ. He wants us to make our hearts trustworthy and faithful, confident in the love of God. We n
Carol Plafcan
Jul 187 min read


Are We Sinners Saved by Grace or Just Hypocrites?
If you sin, does that make you a hypocrite? Are all Christians hypocrites? Of course not. We have become too quick to agree with the...
Carol Plafcan
May 276 min read


From Death to Life: God's Grace in Ephesians 2 Explained
All of us were born. If you are reading this right now, then you are alive. At least you are alive in the scientific sense. Some of...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 19, 20245 min read


The Consequences of Sin: What Salvation Truly Saves Us From
Christians talk about being saved but the question is, "What are we saved from?" Salvation (being saved) is the deliverance from the...
Carol Plafcan
Oct 11, 20246 min read


Esau Despised His Birthright
If you were promised a great inheritance from your father how would you treat it? An example can be found in Genesis 25, where we read...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 29, 20244 min read


Bless The Lord, O My Soul
"Bless the Lord, O my soul", so begins David's beautiful hymn of praise in Psalm 103 . David tells us to Bless the Lord because it is...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 10, 20244 min read


Who Are The Chosen?
Who are God's chosen? Those who believe in Him are His chosen ones. According to I Timothy 2:4-6 God wants everyone to be saved because...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 26, 20244 min read


Christ Our Passover
Passover, one of the greatest of all Jewish holidays, is a time of remembrance when the angel of death passed over the Jewish firstborn...
Carol Plafcan
Apr 23, 20244 min read


Fairness v Grace
Parable of the Vineyard Workers The parable of the workers in the vineyard in Matthew 20: 1-16 has many lessons to teach us. One thing we...
Carol Plafcan
Feb 27, 20243 min read


Grow in Grace and Knowledge
Peter, the Lord's disciple, was a fisher of men. The Lord had much to teach Peter and Peter learned much about what it meant to truly...
Carol Plafcan
Nov 11, 20233 min read


Our Gracious God
Successful surgery, a healthy baby, a safe trip abroad, a salvaged marriage, and safety from a storm, what do all of these things have...
Carol Plafcan
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Help My Unbelief
We all have a need for the mercy and grace of God. Many people can listen to the gospel and understand, but still not accept it because...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 25, 20233 min read


Lot's Mistakes and the Mercy of God
The story of Lot in the book of Genesis is so like the stories of many of us today. We love God, we serve God and yet we make bad...
Carol Plafcan
Jun 8, 20235 min read


If God is For Us
Paul reminds us that God is with us and if we have God no one can stand against us. "What then shall we say to these things? If God is...
Carol Plafcan
May 24, 20234 min read


Costly Grace
Cheap grace was a term used by the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to describe the state of modern Christianity. In his book,...
Carol Plafcan
Mar 29, 20234 min read


Our Greatest Gift
Understanding God’s Gift of Grace Grace - is the gift of unmerited mercy and forgiveness. To receive this gift we need to understand that we need mercy and forgiveness. When someone has cancer they may not know it for a long time. Only when they realize how sick they really are do they reach out for a cure, for medicine. For many the cancer they have is in their soul. They are oblivious to the fact that they need grace. Grace Is Freely Given, Not Earned God's offer of
Carol Plafcan
Dec 14, 20224 min read
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