Intentionally remove and fill

by MJR | March 5, 2026 | Genuine Hope | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago, our Bible study group focused on Jesus’ teaching about temptation in Gospel of Mark 9:42–50. In those verses, Jesus uses vivid language—hyperbole—to emphasize how seriously we should deal with sin. He speaks about cutting off a hand or plucking out an eye if it causes us to stumble. Of course, He wasn’t calling for literal amputation. Instead, He was showing that anything that consistently pulls us away from God is worth removing.

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Defending True Truth - Phil Steiger

The follower of Christ is now presented with a complication: defend and live out the gospel as universally true when more of our neighbors (outside the church and increasingly inside) view that as oppressive. In other words, we defend truth when our culture increasingly calls it a moral evil.

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