by MJR | Jun 14, 2023 | 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...
by MJR | Jun 13, 2023 | Genuine Hope
What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speakand prevail when you judge.” Romans 3:3-4 Did God really say...
by MJR | Jun 12, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 The best deception techniques are subtle. When the enemy began to undermine...
by MJR | Jun 9, 2023 | 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 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 | Jun 8, 2023 | Genuine Hope
1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love. We live in a world today where a minority in the culture is intent on redefining what it means to be a man or a woman....
by MJR | Jun 7, 2023 | 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 This afternoon as I drove back from Maysville, I listened to a sermon that described the lives of those who do not stand firm in...
