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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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Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)

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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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Colonel Richard J. Mendelow (Ret)

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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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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)