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This week's Moment of Truth: Colossians 4:2 (NIV) — "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."

Be watchful. The devil prowls like a roaring lion — and division within the family of God is exactly what he is hunting for.

The Jews are God's chosen people. Salvation came through them. Genesis 12:3 has not been replaced. God is not a liar.

Rabbi Elie Wiesel said the opposite of love is not hate — it is indifference. This week, Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) confronts anti-Semitism head on — and challenges every Christian man to examine where he actually stands with the family of God.

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This week's Moment of Truth: Psalm 127:1 (NIV) — "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain."

The Lord built this nation. The Bible was its foundation. And piece by piece, that foundation has been dismantled — starting in 1962 when prayer and Scripture were removed from our schools.

The wall between church and state that Americans have accepted as law? It was never meant to protect the state from the church. It was meant to protect the church from the state. Five words lifted out of context from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1802 have been used to silence the very faith that made this nation great.

Speaker of the House Johnson recently held up a worn Bible and said something worth sitting with — a Bible that's falling apart usually belongs to a man who isn't. How long before we say the same about this nation?

In this week's "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) calls every Christian man to stop accepting the lie and start fighting — politically, culturally, and in his own home — to put the word of God back where it belongs.

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This week's Moment of Truth: Matthew 6:31-33 (NIV) — "Do not be anxious... Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

Seek first. Not second. Not when it's convenient. First.

In this week's "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) reminds us that God has not called us to pursue comfort or to be liked. He has called us to seek His kingdom first — and to trust that everything else will follow.

This is not the time to be derelict in your duty. The world is hard. People are hurting. And God has placed you — with your specific talents, resources, and challenges — exactly where He needs you. The only question is whether you will say yes.

Where in your life can you say yes to God right now? Not how. Not at what cost. Just — where?

Because when you seek His kingdom first and make yourself available, He will do things you cannot imagine.

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This week's Moment of Truth: Romans 12:2 (NIV) — "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Every warrior has a critical vulnerability — the weak point that, if left unguarded, will take him down. What is yours?

In this week's "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) makes it plain: when you call yourself a Christian, you wear the uniform of Christ. That uniform comes with responsibility. What you think, what you say, and how you live either honors the One whose name you carry — or it doesn't.

Romans 12:2 is not a suggestion. It is a direct order. Do not conform. Be transformed. The battlefield is your mind, and the world is fighting for it every single day. Are you?

The center of gravity for every Christian warrior is the Bible. Your critical capability is reading it. And your critical vulnerability is whatever is keeping you from it. Busyness. Distraction. Comfort. None of those are acceptable excuses when you consider what Christ gave for you.

So, what is standing between you and your Bible today?

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This week's Moment of Truth: Acts 1:8 (NIV) — "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Jesus did not say, "You will be my witnesses — but only when it's comfortable." There is no "but" in that command. So why do so many Christian men keep adding one?

In this week's "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) draws directly from his experience leading Marines and advisors in Afghanistan to make one point clear: when you are on mission, your personal opinions don't matter. Where you came from doesn't matter. What matters is the right perspective, the rules of engagement, and doing your job.

Is Christianity any different? The conflicts you face each day — at home, at work, on the streets of this nation — are not interruptions to your mission. They are your mission. How you respond is everything.

When a Christian says "but," he is saying he knows better than Jesus about this particular situation. Do you actually believe that? Because the moment you add "but," you stop being a witness and start being fuel on the fire.

The command is clear. The mission is assigned. Are you walking it out — or are you still negotiating with the One who gave the orders?

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This week's Moment of Truth: "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." - Romans 12:21 (NIV)

Evil is not passive. It does not rest. It does not negotiate. So why are so many Christian men sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone else to handle it?

Romans 12:21 is not a suggestion. It is a command. "Overcome" is a verb — and verbs require action. What are you actually doing to fight back against the evil pressing in on your family, your faith, and your country?

In this week's "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) makes it plain: a Christian warrior must operate on offense and defense simultaneously. You cannot give away something you have not first protected. And you cannot stand for the right thing if you have not decided — before the moment arrives — what you are willing to stand for.

Are you willing to take the stand that no one else around you seems willing to take?

This is not the time for passive faith. It never was.

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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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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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