Recent Posts from Roots by the River

Darkness Against Light

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it [...]

Self-Exaltation

Jesus made a statement recorded in Matthew 23:12: “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” This is following a teaching that [...]

Christian Grief

“Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?” (1 Cor. 5:2). "Brothers, we do not want [...]