Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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How Diligent Are We, Really?

The Scriptures teach that we should be diligent in all areas of our lives. You know we say that it’s wonderful that certain people have certain gifts and they can play, they can sing, or they can paint or do whatever it is. Yet it is because these people have been diligent, whereas we have been slothful. While we have been just lazy and relaxing, they were applying themselves to improve the talents and gifts that God has given them.... More
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 “…for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” — 1 Peter 1:23

Jesus Can Change Anyone

Jesus can change anyone. Malcolm Muggeridge of England was a witty journalist and the editor of the English satirical magazine, Punch. He became a convinced socialist during the days of Stalin. In the words of author Lloyd Billingsley, Muggeridge felt that the USSR “had a future, whereas Britain and the West had only a past.” He became the Moscow correspondent for the liberal British newspaper, Manchester Guardian. Before leaving... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 9 "Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise Which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest." — Proverbs 6:6-8

Wesley’s Wisdom on Wealth

John Wesley had a saying: You should make all the money you can, save all the money you can, and give all the money you can. As a Christian leader, Wesley was referring to making money in ways that please God. Any money-making venture that steals from others displeases the Lord. We do well to earn as much as we can, especially during our productive years. The Scriptures also encourage us to save for a rainy day. We cannot presume upon... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 8 “He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish as a branch.”

Wealth Can Be Uncertain

While the book of Proverbs encourages diligence and honestly earning wealth, it also has some warnings against putting one’s hope in untrustworthy riches. First of all, it says that it is always insecure. If a man places his dependence on wealth, it will in due time fail him, and only in his imagination is it a sure defense. Proverbs 23:5 says, “Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 7 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people mourn.” — Proverbs 29:2

The Bible and the Constitution

The United States’ Constitution was signed September 17, “in the year of our Lord,” 1787. Today, we are often led to believe that it was a product of secularism. But that is not true. Before the founding fathers ever sat down to write a Constitution, they had behind them more than 150 years or so of constitution-making of sorts by various Christian settlers of this country. The Mayflower Compact of 1620 was the first such... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 6 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” — Genesis 1:1

Testimony of a Former Evolutionist

If we get the subject of origins (creation-evolution) wrong, what else do we miss? Nonetheless, the assumption of so many today is that science has somehow disproved God. Consider the testimony of the late Dr. Dick Lumsden, biology professor and former dean of Tulane Graduate School. Dr. Lumsden dogmatically taught evolution to his classes until one day a student politely asked him a number of pointed questions. She asked him questions such... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 5 “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘Look! I am making all things new.’” — Revelation 21:5

Transformed Lives

In the 19th century, in Britain, there was a skeptic who said to a converted drunkard, “Surely you don’t believe those Bible miracles, such as Christ turning water into wine.” The ex-drunkard replied, “If you think that’s a miracle, come to my home and I’ll show you how Christ changed beer into carpets, chairs and even a piano.” Christ had come to dwell in the heart of that converted drunkard and... More