Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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N O V E M B E R 1 6 “…and Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his eunuchs. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.” — 2 Kings 24:12

You Can Trust the Bible

Higher critics have done their best to destroy trust in the Scriptures. Yet, all of their efforts only confirmed the reliability of the Bible for those willing to look at the facts. For the last 150 years, archeologists have excavated thousands of sites in the Near East, sometimes with great animosity toward the Scripture, attempting to disprove it. Yet virtually every time they turned over their spades, they discovered another confirmation... More
N O V E M B E R 1 5 “After this Samson loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. The Philistine rulers came up to her and said, ‘Trick him!’” — Judges 16:4-5

The Miry Pit of Sin

How many people have flirted with sin only to find they have fallen into a miry pit? I think of a man who was away on a business trip, and he saw a very attractive prostitute on the same side of the road. He stopped his car and picked her up. A man who had never done anything like this before in his life. A man who had a wife and two or three kids at home. A man who was a respectable businessman, but now he was far from home. He picked her... More
N O V E M B E R 1 4 “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed, lest he fall.” — 1 Corinthians 10:12

Never Flirt With Evil

Did you realize that virtually no drunkard on skid row ever thought he would end up there? They all flirted with sin. So did Samson in the Bible. Now if any man ever had the right to be self-confident, certainly Samson did; as the strongest man in the world, he was not impressed by anyone. You remember that one time when the Philistines came upon him, he had no weapon but the jawbone of an ass, and with that one jawbone he killed a thousand... More
N O V E M B E R 1 3 “I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.” — Ecclesiastes 7:26

Be Not Unequally Yoked

The name Samson was derived from the Hebrew word for sun, and he certainly was the light of day for not only his parents, but for all of the people of Israel who had been suffering under the grinding tyranny of the Philistines for so long. But he also had a great weakness: he had an eye for women—the wrong kind of women. His calling was to deliver the people from the Philistines, and yet he couldn’t deliver himself fast enough... More
N O V E M B E R 1 2 “So the woman bore a son, and she called him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.” — Judges 13:24

Samson Was Strong, Yet He Was Weak

Samson was the strongest man that ever lived, as the makers of certain luggage have attested. They named it in his honor. It’s indestructible because it’s Samsonite. Now Samson was a real man, he was not the idol of Homer’s mind, living on Mount Olympus. He was a humble son of Manoah and his wife, he was of the tribe of Dan in Israel, and God had gifted him remarkably. His birth was announced by an angel. He was given a... More
N O V E M B E R 1 1 “When they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.” — Mark 15:20

The Blood of the Soldier, the Blood of the Savior

November 11 is Veterans Day. It marks this day in 1918, when the Armistice was signed, ending four years of bloody battles in Europe at the close of World War I. It was initially called Armistice Day but eventually was changed to Veterans Day, when in 1954, President Ike Eisenhower signed a bill changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day. It is a day to remember the thousands who have died for the liberties we enjoy in this country, as well as... More
N O V E M B E R 1 0 “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” — John 8:32

True Freedom

The world boasts about its freedom all of the time. For example, there is a poem that starts like this: It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul. Hogwash. Luther put it much more accurately when he said that the will of the unregenerate man is like a dumb jackass ridden by the devil who turns it whithersoever he will. Or to change the metaphor,... More