by MJR | Jul 2, 2025 | Genuine Hope
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want...
by MJR | Jul 1, 2025 | Genuine Hope
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another,...
by MJR | Jun 30, 2025 | Genuine Hope
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5: 13 This week we will celebrate the freedom we enjoy in this country, but how many of us understand freedom? In the... by MJR | Jun 27, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Something isn’t quite right. As I drove around Cincinnati today, I listened to a long podcast featuring a trio of “thinkers” discussing and often disagreeing on what is going on in the world. Whether we are considered “thinkers” or not, I think...
by MJR | Jun 26, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. Philippians 3:17 This afternoon Patrina and I briefly met a man who credited a single person as the one who “saved his life” by starting him on...
by MJR | Jun 25, 2025 | Genuine Hope
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take...