Fortress Of Faith - Daily

Today I want to discuss all of these sexual assault accusations that are in the news. The Bible tells us the importance of a good name: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. (Proverbs 22:1)

The Bible tells us that if we are truly born of God, if we are truly Christians in the Bible sense, the Holy Spirit lives within us. If the Holy Spirit lives in us, we will have spiritual fruit: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

I know that Thanks Giving is already past, but I want to give you my Thanks Giving message. We know that everything we have is from the Lord, and every day should be a day of thanks giving.

For the last few days we have been looking at sharing our faith with the Jews. The Jewish faith is very close to what we believe, but sadly you can be close and still not make it to Heaven. In the New Testament, many Jews believed in God's redemptive plan, but they rejected Jesus Christ as their Saviour. Many of them are depending on their own good works, and their self-righteousness. Many are still doing that today.

Today we are going to continue with our discussion with Ken Overby, a missionary to the Jews. How do we present the Gospel to someone of a different religion, for example a Jew? A good starting point is Isaiah Chapter 53. You can’t beat the power of this passage. Most Jewish people have never read this chapter. It is not in the daily Synagogue readings as they read through the Old Testament. Even in the time of Jesus, it was not one of the prescribed readings.

On today’s broadcast I had Ken Overby. He is with Jewish Awareness Ministries. We are looking at how to defend our faith when we come up against those with different belief systems. He have looked at creationism and other things. Today we are going to look at Judaism.

Today we are going to continue with our discussion on Islamic doctrine. The reason we are doing this is, as Christians, we are to defend our faith against those who make accusations and those to teach false doctrine. Islam makes outrageous claims, saying that their religion is superior to our religion and that our religion is flawed. It claims that Jesus is not the Son of God, that He was just a man, a prophet, but just a man.

Today I am going to start discussing some of the doctrines of Islam. My goal is to simplify the complexity of Islam. Islam has been around for 1,400 years and can seem very complex. They have about twelve major books that need to be studied to understand their doctrine. The first book is the Qur’an. Everyone thinks that is all of their scriptures, but it is only a portion of it. The Qur’an contains the words of their god, Allah. The other eleven books are the words of their Prophet, Muhammad.

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More about Tom's background

Today I thought I would talk to you about my background. It is good to know who you are listening to. It will help you understand what makes me tick, and why I do what I do, the way I do it.

Have you ever taken a do over? As a kid, did you ever swing at a ball and miss, and then say "do over, do over?" When we get older we still do them, we just don't call them do overs. When we play golf we call them a Mulligan. I was reading how this came to be a part of golf. Of course it isn't part of the official rules, it is what I call "preacher's rules."

It may surprise you, but "God helps those who help themselves: is not in the Bible. Somehow it has been accepted that we must be busy making it happen. God will see your good works and efforts, then He will step in and help you out. This statement seems to have originated with Algernon Sydney in 1698, an English political theorist, in his article titled Discourses Concerning Government.

The SPLC is a leftist attack group that tries to smear Christian organizations that stand for wholesome, godly values. They want us to believe that you are a hate group if you believe that life is precious and that it begins at conception. If you say that the killing of the unborn is murder, you are a hate group. If you say that marriage should be between a man and a women, you are also is classified as a hate group. Those who say that Islam is a false religion, will be classified as a hate group as well. The fact is, they want to shut us down because they feel we are a danger to their agenda.

On today's broadcast I had a special guest, Yurgan, who is a national pastor in Germany. He is a good friend of mine from Bible College, and he married a good friend of my wife's. We discussed the invasion of Muslims into Europe, especially into Germany.

Today I want to look at the problem of mass immigration in Europe. Tomorrow I will share an interview with a friend of mine from my Bible College days. He is a national pastor in Germany.

Churches need to realize that they are a soft target for Muslims, for those who are anti-God, and even for some crazed individuals. Churches need to have some kind of a security protocol. Doors need to be locked during services, there needs to be security personnel who are watching what is going on and who are prepared to take the necessary action to protect those in attendance. It is sad that we are in this situation, but the truth is, that is where we are today. I fear that we will see more of this kind of thing.

No doubt you have heard about the shooting in the church in Texas yesterday. A shooter by the name of Devin Kelly, who had been dishonorably discharged from the Air Force, took a weapon and shot up the church. People were killed both outside and inside the church. There have been at least 26 killed and 20 injured. Many others have been traumatized by this sickening event.

Today I looked at the solution to the terrorist problem in the world today, especially in America.

The Arab/Israel conflict, or the Isaac/Ishmael conflict, goes back many centuries. It goes back to a family squabble between two half brothers, both of them son's of Abraham. It is a fight over what is sometimes called the Holy Land or the Promised Land. It is called the land of Canaan in the Bible, and today some call it Palestine.