Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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October 22 … For the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short. — Revelation 12:12

Conflict Over Worldviews

There's an age-old conflict between two world-and-life-views. A world-and-life-view is a set of assumptions or presuppositions that determine the way that we look at the world and our place in it. These largely determine how we consider everything. One worldview sees God at the center, ruling over all things under His dominion that operate according to His laws. The other worldview sees a mechanistic universe in which there is no God, no... More
October 21 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." — 1 Corinthians 15:33

Choose Your Friends Wisely

Bad companions ruin good character. How true that is for people of all ages, perhaps especially young people. Take heed whom you select as friends. One of the wisest bits of advice that you could possibly have is: choose friends that are more godly than you are. If you want to know how spiritual or how holy you are, take a look at your friends, because they are a very good reflection of your spiritual growth. Birds of a feather, you know,... More
October 20 Whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him, how can the love of God remain in him? — 1 John 3:17

The Least of These

Let me tell you a story. I was a brand new Christian and I decided to read the Bible, so I just opened it up at random (not a recommended procedure), and I looked down and read a verse that said, " Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels " (Matthew 25:41). I thought to myself, "Good heavens, what horrible things did these people do?" I discovered they had done nothing. Jesus said, " For I was... More
October 19 He must increase, but I must decrease. — John 3:30

The Test of John the Baptist

Jesus said about John the Baptist that he was the greatest among men. What was so great about him? He had understood who Christ Jesus was. He is the one who proclaimed, “ Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ” (John 1:29). He also said, “ He who believes in the Son has eternal life ” (John 3:36). But it was neither his eloquence nor his theological understanding which impressed Christ. It was his... More
October 18 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him or give thanks to Him as God, but became futile in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened. — Romans 1:21

The Existence of God

Is there a God or is there not? That question eclipses all other questions that men might ask. Should you feel that this statement is merely the opinion of a theologian or minister, let me give it to you from another source. Dr. Mortimer Adler, former professor at the University of Chicago and the associate editor of that massive set of volumes entitled, The Great Books of the Western World —60 volumes of the greatest writings of the... More
October 17 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that will I seek after—for me to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. — Psalm 27:4

Satisfying the Human Heart

Every one of us longs for something. Every one of us has something that he desires, dreams about, hungers after, and thirsts for. I don't know what that might be in your life. Perhaps it is fame, fortune, wealth, ease, recreation. But I know this: no unbeliever pants after God. His soul does not thirst for the living God. It is God—and nothing else—who can fill the emptiness in the human heart. This hunger for God alone is like... More
October 16 … He predestined us to adoption as sons to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of His will, — Ephesians 1:5

Predestination

God sovereignly controls and ordains all things that come to pass, from the greatest star to the smallest atom. He has done this in such a way as to leave a certain natural liberty to men. They are free to do as they please, and yet they always do that which God has eternally ordained. We find that we cannot understand this, for there are some things that are beyond our feeble comprehension—e.g., man's free will and God's eternal... More