by Mario Maneville | 22 Sep 2025 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
So the disciples went away again to their own homes. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping. John 20:10–11a After Peter and John came to confirm that what Mary told them was indeed true—the tomb was empty. They left, but Mary remained at the tomb. She lingered...
by Mario Maneville | 23 Jun 2025 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 In Matthew 6 Jesus says, “Do not be anxious about your life.” The Holy Spirit writes through the pen of the apostle Paul, “Do not be anxious about anything” (Philippians 4:6). The Apostle Peter...
by Mario Maneville | 27 Mar 2025 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
Beloved, the cosmos, the universe, and every living thing owes its origin and its continued existence to the one we call Jesus Christ, our Lord. In him all things hold together and it is he who upholds the universe by the word of his power. We exist and continue to...
by Mario Maneville | 25 Sep 2024 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
“He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak.” (John 16:13b) Jesus said to the Jews in John 8:26, “I declare to the world what I have heard from [the Father].” And in v. 28 he said, “I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as...
by Mario Maneville | 11 Apr 2024 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
Dearly beloved, The night when Jesus was betrayed, after eating the Last Supper with his disciples and telling them that he will leave them and that they will fall away because of him (Matthew 26:31), their hearts were rightfully troubled. “Let not your hearts be...
by Mario Maneville | 16 Aug 2023 | Churches, Newsletters, Reformed Community Church (Belville South, South Africa)
When considering the reforms of King Josiah in 2 Kings 22–23, it is interesting to note some of the idols that was found in the house of God. Among them stood Baal and Asherah, pagan deities extensively referenced in the Old Testament. These dead idols, tempting and...
