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This week’s Moment of Truth: “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” — Isaiah 53:3–5 (NIV)

You can spend your life building—your health, your knowledge, your influence, your position. Those things have their place, but they are not what endure.

We spend our time working on those things because they feel important.

But in the end, they are not what matters most.

What matters is whether or not you chose to believe in Jesus.

That is the decision that stands.

And once that decision is made, it is reflected in how you live—steady, consistent, and real. In obedience. In commitment. In how you prepare and how you act.

This week’s "Moment of Truth" lays that out plainly—what Christ has done, what that decision means, and what it looks like to actually live it out as a Christian warrior.

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Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)

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This week’s Moment of Truth: Matthew 7:24–27 (NIV)
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

It's tax season. And Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret.) has a question for you: Does your personal opinion about taxes matter?

Not to God it doesn't.

Jesus said it plainly — render unto Caesar what is Caesar's. Proverbs 28:26 says those who trust in themselves are fools. The Christian warrior doesn't lead with his feelings. He submits his opinions to God, acts on His Word, and trusts that obedience will never put him to shame.

The foolish man doesn't just ignore Scripture. He buries it under excuses and worldly justifications — until the storm hits and everything crashes. The wise man builds differently. Not because he agrees with every rule, but because he reveres God above his own reasoning.

Here's the reality: your choices don't just affect you. As Christian warriors, we are connected. Your integrity — or lack of it — reaches further than you think.

Whatever the question, whatever the season — wisdom is knowing what should govern the choice. Courage is letting it govern you.

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God bless & Semper fi,

Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)

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This week’s Moment of Truth: Matthew 8:5–11
“When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ‘Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’ But the centurion replied, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me…’ When Jesus heard this, he marveled…”

A Roman centurion steps onto the frontlines—and Jesus takes notice.

A man under authority. A man who commands others. A man who understands how authority actually works. And when he stands before Christ, he doesn’t posture, argue, or hesitate.

He trusts.

He knows that if Jesus says the word, it’s done.

Jesus didn’t just respond—He was amazed.

This week’s "Moment of Truth" brings you face-to-face with that reality—where what you believe shows up in how you live.

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Listen now at https://courageouschristianity.today/moment-of-truth/ or find "Moment of Truth" wherever you get your podcasts and if you like what you hear, subscribe and listen each week.

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God bless & Semper fi,

Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)