by Gary Hargrave | Dec 22, 2025 | Blog
We bless Israel and are thankful to them because they gave us the Savior, Christ the Lord. “And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise” (Galatians 3:29).[1] So our love and appreciation always go out to the Jewish...
by Gary Hargrave | Dec 15, 2025 | Blog
Psalm 136 is a psalm of thanksgiving to the Lord. It begins, “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”[1] The Hebrew word used here for “lovingkindness” is hesed. Also translated as “mercy,” it includes the concepts of loving...
by Gary Hargrave | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog
One of the first questions people ask me about Hanukkah is, “Why should we as Christians celebrate it?” The answer is simple: it is in the Bible, and Yeshua (Jesus) celebrated this festival (John 10:22). What the Scriptures call the Feast of the Dedication is now...
by Gary Hargrave | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog
In Isaiah 62, God talks about a commissioning that He gives to the watchmen. On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; And give Him no rest until He...
by Gary Hargrave | Nov 24, 2025 | Blog
Generally, when we celebrate Thanksgiving Day in America, we express thanks for many things and then return to our daily lives. However, I would like us to have something much deeper than that; I want to live in a constant state of gratitude and thankfulness. When the...
by Gary Hargrave | Nov 17, 2025 | Blog
I want to make sure that our grasp of resurrection life is correct. So we must know the Scriptures and understand what we are reaching for, lest a wrong concept about resurrection life leads us into a wrong concept about our physical bodies. Speaking of our physical...