by MJR | Jun 1, 2022 | Genuine Hope
You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 One of my favorite stories found in the Old Testament is Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal and the people of Israel – “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is...
by MJR | May 31, 2022 | Genuine Hope
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.Deuteronomy 6: 4-6 Over the weekend I listened to a...
by MJR | May 27, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love.Corinthians 16: 13-14 In Paul’s mini-sermon found in the two verses above, his final word is again an encouragement to love. In his letter to the...
by MJR | May 26, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love.1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 With a few exceptions, I start my day pretty early in a gym with thirty other early risers in all shapes and sizes who are looking...
by MJR | May 25, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love.1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 I am not a fan of the images our culture promotes for what is defined as manhood. Either today’s man is seen as a superficial,...
by MJR | May 24, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love.rinthians 16: 13-14 Galatians 5: 1 tells us that “for freedom, Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of...