Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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S E P T E M B E R 7 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” — Hebrews 11:6

Blessed Assurance

Faith in Jesus is the only ship that sails for Paradise. Faith is the only door to heaven. Faith is the only key that opens the mansions above. Faith is that upon which we rest our heads when we come to the end of this life. Surely it is sad that millions of people in America have never learned the great foundational truth that salvation is by faith alone. Consequently, they have never come to the place where they know assuredly that they are... More
S E P T E M B E R 6 “Give, and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will men give unto you.” — Luke 6:38

You Get What You Give

Do you have many friends? Or have you, like so many people, never really learned the secret of how to make friends? We make friends by becoming a friend. In some ways, we receive back that which we give. Look at these Scriptures: “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be measured again for you” (Matthew 7:1-2). “Therefore,... More
S E P T E M B E R 5 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we should walk in them.” — Ephesians 2:10

Saved Unto Good Works

Most Americans have it backwards when it comes to salvation. They think they are going to be saved by their good works. We know that is not true. We are saved by grace through faith. Yet the problem is that there are many church members who think they have the problem all solved. They don’t do anything because they assume they are just saved. We are not saved by good works, but we are saved for good works, as Ephesians 2:10 says. So,... More
S E P T E M B E R 4 “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘Look! I am making all things new.’” — Revelation 21:5

The Old Man and the New

The great Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper, who was the only theologian I know of to ever rise to the position of Prime Minister of his country, had this to say: “But in regeneration a change took place. By this divine act, our person is in principle detached from his former ego in the old man… Our person is no longer identified with the old man, but opposes him. Even though he succeeds in enticing us again to sin, even in the... More
S E P T E M B E R 3 “So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am tormented in this flame.’” — Luke 16:24

The Thud of “Christless Feet”

It bothers me greatly to see so many people, blithely on their way to eternal perdition. There was a young man named William C. Burns of Scotland. He was a very compassionate and effective minister for Jesus Christ. But when he was only sixteen years old, he was simply Billy Burns. He grew up on a farm, a long way from any town. He probably had never seen fifty people in his lifetime. He had never been to a big town. Never. But his... More
S E P T E M B E R 2 “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.” — Psalm 14:1

The Four Horsemen of the Godless Apocalypse

There are “four horsemen” of the godless apocalypse, who have done so much to intellectually create the society in which we live today. It begins with philosophy, then impacts the culture, and then moves to everyday people and to the politicians. Freud’s views of man totally changed the thinking of the vast majority in our modern age and gave a picture of man totally at odds with the previously held biblical picture. Marx,... More
S E P T E M B E R 1 “You shall teach them [God’s words] diligently to your children…” — Deuteronomy 6:7

Who Owns the Children?

Several years ago the State of Nebraska jailed seven fathers for a supposedly heinous crime. These seven fathers spent Thanksgiving in jail. They spent Christmas in jail. They spent New Year’s in jail. What had they done? They placed their children in a Christian school to receive a Christian education. The bone of contention was that this was a church school that refused to be licensed by the state or to have its teachers accredited... More