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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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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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This week’s Moment of Truth: John 12:49
“For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent Me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.”

Jesus did not speak for Himself.

He spoke under orders.

That one reality changes everything.

A warrior does not invent his own mission.
He receives it.

A warrior does not create his own truth.
He carries the truth he has been given.

In this week’s "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) explains why a Christian warrior must first know who his commander is—and why everything flows from that understanding.

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This week’s Moment of Truth: 1 Corinthians 1:25
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” (NIV)

What happens when God’s way doesn’t make sense to the world?

The culture rewards confidence, influence, and intellect. But Scripture confronts us with a hard question:
What if the wisdom you trust most isn’t wisdom at all?

Men build their lives on ideas every day.
But are those ideas rooted in the Truth… or simply what the world applauds?

Paul reminds us that what the world calls foolish may actually be the power and wisdom of God.
So where are you measuring strength?
Whose wisdom is shaping your decisions?
And when God’s Word challenges what everyone else believes, will you stand with Him?

This week’s "Moment of Truth" cuts straight to the issue: the difference between human thinking and God’s wisdom—and why it matters for every Christian man.

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This week’s Moment of Truth: John 8:32
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Many people talk about freedom. Few stop to ask what actually produces it.

In this week’s "Moment of Truth," Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret) takes direct aim at the ever-changing thinking of men. Empires rise. Ideologies spread. Experts promise progress. And yet—broken homes, anxious children, and confused cultures remain.

If human wisdom is enough, why does it keep failing?
Why does what was certain a decade ago now get mocked?
Why are we discouraged from questioning ideas that clearly conflict with Scripture?

Jesus said the Truth sets you free. Not trends. Not personalities. Not political movements. Not your truth. The Truth.

Free from manipulation.
Free from intellectual intimidation.
Free from the pressure to conform just to keep the peace.

Are you grounding your convictions in what lasts—or in what’s loud? Are you disciplining your mind through Scripture—or absorbing whatever dominates the conversation around you? When your children ask hard questions, will you answer with confidence or uncertainty?

God’s Truth does not shift with generations. It does not need to be updated. It produces stability, clarity, and courage in men who are willing to live by it.

Choose what will shape your thinking.

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This week’s Moment of Truth: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Every battle begins in the mind.

Before nations fracture.
Before marriages weaken.
Before children drift.

Strong families. Steady leadership. Clear conviction.
They are built on the Truth.

You may feel confident in what you believe. But confidence is not the measure. Clarity is.

Where did your beliefs come from?
Who shaped them?
Have they been tested — or simply reinforced?

A man who wants to lead well does not guess.
He examines.
He filters.
He submits his thinking to something higher than himself.

In this week’s "Moment of Truth," the host, Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret), reminds us that God did not leave us to sort through confusion alone. He gave us His Word — not as decoration, but as daily equipment.

Scripture teaches.
It corrects.
It trains.
It sharpens judgment and exposes blind spots.

If you want to strengthen your home, steady your influence, and bring unity instead of division, you must bring your thinking to the Bible each day.

Not out of obligation.
Out of responsibility.

The man who reads Scripture daily is not easily manipulated.
He is not swayed by every loud voice.
He is equipped.

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God bless & Semper fi,

Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)