by MJR | Jan 28, 2011 | Focus on Living
We’ve lived in the Cincinnati area for nearly twenty years now. My kids remember driving into the city from our home in Northern Kentucky and seeing the Cincinnati skyline at night. I still enjoy the cityviews and over the last couple of weeks I’ve seen...
by MJR | Jan 27, 2011 | Focus on Living
As I turned in for the evening last night I was reminded of this verse. Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God. Honestly, yesterday I was more than a little preoccupied with the urgent matters of the day and at the end of the day, I was still overwhelmed with...
by MJR | Jan 26, 2011 | Faith, Focus on Living
Genesis 4: 3-7 Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and...
by MJR | Jan 25, 2011 | Christianity, Focus on Living, Forgiveness
What is the source of human conflict? How could a man enter a police station in Detroit and open fire? Why does someone plant a luggage bomb in Russia? Why does a man choose to leave his wife for a relationship with a woman he met on the internet? What was a man...
by MJR | Dec 28, 2010 | Christianity, Focus on Living
This Sunday those in Patrina’s family who could make it to Louisville attended services at Highview Baptist where Zach is on staff. The pastor spoke on Humility from Philippians 2: 1-11 and while he spent most of his time on the first five verses the words from...
by MJR | Dec 14, 2010 | Christianity, Focus on Living
You’ve resolved to live a life pleasing to Christ and now circumstances have challenged your faith. Has a co-worker or family opposed you? Have some old habits or temptations appeared again? In Ephesians 6 we’re told to “take up the whole armor of...
