by MJR | Dec 20, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“Many people believe that all religions are essentially the same and only superficially different. But no, the opposite is true: Christianity is essentially different and only superficially the same.”Erwin Lutzer As I’ve prepared to write this...
by MJR | Dec 19, 2024 | Genuine Hope
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town...
by MJR | Dec 18, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 “The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.” – Charles Swindoll...
by MJR | Dec 17, 2024 | Genuine Hope
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming ‘sub-creator’ and inventing...
by MJR | Dec 13, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Titus 2:7-8 Paul wrote his letter to the...
by MJR | Dec 12, 2024 | Genuine Hope
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17 Today I had a Christmas lunch with a couple of my friends. Over the last eleven years or so, we’ve worked together on different accounts in the Cincinnati area. When I was...