by MJR | Mar 23, 2022 | Genuine Hope
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not...
by MJR | Mar 22, 2022 | Genuine Hope
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.” Corinthians 5: 12-13 Some time ago I heard a pastor comment that “a pastor who avoids...
by MJR | Mar 21, 2022 | Genuine Hope
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. Over the weekend Patrina and I went out to dinner...
by MJR | Mar 18, 2022 | Genuine Hope
I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate...
by MJR | Mar 17, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival,...
by MJR | Mar 16, 2022 | Genuine Hope
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among...
