December 20 | Standing for a Biblical Worldview
1 John 4:4-5, “4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.” A “worldview” is the…
Read MoreDecember 19 | Standing for the Word of God
2 Timothy 3:16-17, “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E, Bible!” That ole’ children’s…
Read MoreDecember 18 | Standing for Jesus & the Gospel
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Kingdoms rise and fall, trends come in and out of style and great leaders build empires and monuments to themselves, but no one can stand in comparison to the unchanging greatness of Jesus Christ. Today’s passage in Hebrews reminds us that Jesus’ power over…
Read MoreDecember 17 | Standing Against Christian Apathy
Matthew 24:12-13, “12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” Apathy means, “to lack passion and concern for certain things in life.” To be apathetic in the church means, “to lose one’s passion for the things of…
Read MoreDecember 16 | Standing Against False Doctrines
2 Timothy 4:3-4, “3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside…
Read MoreActs 2:22-36 (Part 3 – Jesus of Nazareth)
ACTS 2:22-36 22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs [Ex. 4:1–9; Ex. 7:3; Deut. 18:15–19; Ps. 72:18; Dan. 6:27; Is. 61:1-2], which God did among you through him [Ex. 4:11–12; Ps. 77:14], as you yourselves know. 23 This man was…
Read MoreMark 1:29-34 (Part 4 – Jesus is My Healer)
MARK 1:29-34 29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. 31 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left…
Read MoreDecember 15 | Standing Against Evil Entertainment
Matthew 5:29, “If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” Did you know that the average American spends almost 34 hours each week watching TV? That is…
Read MoreDecember 14 | Standing Against Substance Abuse
Galatians 5:19-21, “19 The acts of the flesh are obvious… debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft… 21 drunkenness… and the like, I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Substance abuse has been a major problem since the beginning of time. The Bible speaks primarily…
Read MoreDecember 13 | Standing Against Pornography
Matthew 5:27-28, “27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Pornography is the explicit portrayal of people for the purpose of sexual arousal. Current studies report that over 42%…
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