by MJR | Mar 16, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 Over the weekend I spent a fair amount of time playing pickleball with my grandsons and after reading and thinking about this passage I have some thoughts about how playing sports with...
by MJR | Mar 13, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Romans 12: 9 Did God really say we should abhor what is evil? Isn’t evil a matter of opinion? And what is good? How can the God of love tell us to abhor anything? And abhor isn’t a very kind word, is...
by MJR | Mar 12, 2026 | Genuine Hope
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9 When we hear the phrase “a marked man,” we usually think of someone who has been singled out in a negative way—someone who has a target on their back. But in the life of a follower...
by MJR | Mar 11, 2026 | Genuine Hope
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 Scripture calls us to live “as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” Those words remind us that...
by MJR | Mar 10, 2026 | Genuine Hope
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy,...
by MJR | Mar 9, 2026 | Genuine Hope
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3 In the last decade of my career in the...
