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Our New year’s Resolution as Christians

Well another year, 2011, is almost in the books.  Many will be taking some time to make new year’s resolutions—lose some weight, spend more time with the family, maybe give up some nasty habit—and sadly, most will fail.  Because years of bad habits are difficult to erase with a simple resolution—it takes dedication and hard [...]

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What Kind of Christian Are You?

A couple days ago Amy and I spent some quality time with a local Pastor who is a frequent listener to Stand Up For the Truth.  He stopped by the station to introduce himself and get to know us a little better.  The pastor asked me an interesting question as we began our discussion:  “How [...]

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Faith in the Marketplace: A Reason for Being

We live in a politically correct time when people are easily offended. So imagine what would happen if you ran a global company and had this as your mission statement for the world to see? Today we’re talking with Bill Moore about sharing his bold  testimony and love for Jesus Christ in the business world. [...]

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Holy Hill steeple

Church shopping? 35 Key Questions to Ask the Church

If you are looking for a new church, you need to ask some very important questions of church leadership before you become a member. Here are 35 to get you started:   FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS 1.   Is the Bible the 100% true, accurate Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit? 2.   Is Jesus the Son [...]

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Repent! Jesus is coming soon

Prepare Your Heart For His Return

In Matthew Chapter 25, Jesus responds to the Apostles’ inquiry as to when the final days would come.  Jesus responded by saying that only the Father knows the designated time but that we could discern the season by observing and knowing His Word. Now people in every generation have thought that surely they might see [...]

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Falling Water Falls

What is the Latter Rain movement?

The Latter Rain movement is an influence within Pentecostalism which teaches that the Lord is pouring out His Spirit again, as He did at Pentecost, using believers to prepare the world for His second coming. The term “latter rain” was first used in the early 1940s, and comes from Joel 2:23, “Be glad then, ye [...]

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Lot leaving Sodom, Woodcut from the Nuremberg ...

A missive against false teachers

Reposting from Ken Silva’s blog today. It captures how we as the Church are veering away from the Truth of God’s Word. We need to be reminded about what Jesus said would happen to us as we get closer to His return in these last days: Just as in times past there were false prophets [...]

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A highway in Tehran

Called to love: Walking the narrow path

Today we are continuing our talk about walking the narrow path that Jesus spoke of. What is the difference between being under the Law and living under Grace? A lot of Christ followers have questions about what it means to have faith and the power of Christ inside of us through His Spirit. We all [...]

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Narrow Road. Eatenden Lane a very narrow road ...

Finding and Staying On the Narrow Path

I hope today’s show causes each of us to take a step back and take a deep look at our relationship with God.  Unfortunately as human beings, the more we hear or read about any subject, the easier it is to become rote or “same old same old”.  While God never changes, he does call [...]

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Day 252: Reading the Bible from My Phone

Apologetics: Explaining our faith in an ever-emerging world

In today’s changing world, what is the role of apologetics in our Christian faith?  Some think we as Christians must be excellent apologists for our faith while others think it is meaningless, because only the Holy Spirit can remove spiritual scales from the eyes of non-believers, so we are wasting our time with apologetics to [...]

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