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We’ve reached a point in culture where entire sections of Scripture are now considered “hate speech.” If you affirm God’s design for marriage, gender, or life in the womb, you risk being censored, mocked, or even punished.
Isaiah warned us: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). That’s exactly what’s happening. The world has inverted God’s standards — light is called darkness, and darkness is celebrated as light.
And let’s be clear: speaking the Bible is not hate. The Bible itself says, “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). True love tells the truth, even when it’s unpopular.
Love without truth isn’t love at all — it’s indifference. And indifference leads people straight into destruction.
Culture’s shifting morality vs. God’s unchanging word
Here’s the problem with cultural morality: it shifts constantly. What’s praised today is condemned tomorrow. It’s built on feelings, not on facts.
Murder is excused in some cases but denounced in others, sexual ethics redefined with each generation, and “compassion” used as an excuse to break laws. But morality without Scripture is just a moving target.
God’s Word doesn’t shift with feelings or politics. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” That’s why Charlie Kirk’s stand mattered — he anchored everything in the Bible, not in popular opinion.
Out of context: The attack strategy
How often Charlie’s critics ripped his words out of context. Take his comment on the Civil Rights Act. Critics spun it as racist, when his point was about federal government overreach — not opposing equal rights. Or his remarks on the Second Amendment, where he said liberty comes with a cost. Opponents twisted that into indifference about human life, even though he also called those deaths tragic.
Even Scripture itself has been twisted this way for centuries. Satan quoted Psalm 91 out of context when tempting Jesus (Matthew 4:6). Why should we expect the world to treat modern truth-tellers any differently? That’s the real playbook: rip words from their setting, slap a label of “hate,” and dismiss the speaker entirely. It is demonically inspired. We are in a spiritual war, and it is getting more intense, as Satan knows his time is short.
Why truth is love, not hate
Jesus didn’t say, “Stay quiet so you don’t offend.” He said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32).
The world says truth is hate. But in reality, the absence of truth is the cruellest hate of all.
Paul reminds us that love rejoices in truth (1 Corinthians 13:6), and that we must “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15). To stay silent while people remain in sin is not love — it’s indifference.
Even this week, a Reuters report on a law professor suspended over posts about Kirk shows how fiercely culture now polices speech around controversial public figures. That should wake us up. If even Scripture is branded as hate, then we must be prepared to face the same hostility.
Standing firm in a world turned upside down
The culture may label us “haters,” but the truth is this: standing on God’s Word is the most loving thing we can do.
Charlie Kirk lived this out boldly. And Franklin Graham’s defence of him reminds us that true Christianity is not about silencing sin or watering down truth. It’s about proclaiming Christ with courage and compassion.
Like Charlie, we are called to hold fast to biblical truth — no matter the cost.
What will your final words be to your family and friends? In the case of the Apostle Paul, his final message came from a Roman cell, written to his protégé Timothy as he faced execution under Emperor Nero. The letter of 2 Timothy, often acknowledged as his last known correspondence, brims with urgency — calling for faithfulness to the gospel, resilience in suffering, and vigilance against false teaching. Yet above all, Paul pointed to the ‘God-breathed’ word as the ultimate authority for “teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). In just a few words, his parting counsel to a world he’d soon depart from was simple yet profound: Anchor yourself in Scripture.
God’s entire word echoes this urgency as it calls us to hold fast to its richness as if our very lives hinge on it. But this only makes perfect sense when we recognize that Scripture, as God’s inspired revelation, guides us from this life to the next, where, for those in Christ, our present is tethered to eternity’s promise.
And this idea goes back to long before Paul, in which Ecclesiastes explained how Scripture speaks to every moment of life: “For everything there is a season… a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time for war, and a time for peace” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). It’s a reminder that God’s word anticipates all we face.
Elsewhere, in Psalm 119:105, we read how the Bible is the “lamp” and “light” that guides us. Both Jeremiah and Psalm 1 characterize the person who treasures Scripture as someone who “is like a tree planted by water,” not fearing heat nor anxious of drought, but firmly planted and bearing fruit. “[H]is delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. … In all that he does, he prospers” (Psalm 1:2-3). Even Jesus Himself prayed for us to be in the word. To the God of the universe, His Father above, He prayed on our behalf: “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
If Scripture reigns clear, and even Jesus prayed for the word to sanctify us, how could we do any less than dedicate our lives to the study and application of it? And yet, it’s one thing to read Scripture and to study it because we believe we should. It’s an entirely different matter to do so because we know and believe that we must.
God gave us His word for our benefit. When we read it, the words of life, from the Source of life, abundantly give us life. As the theologian Charles Spurgeon once said, “Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.” He also rightly stated that “within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore,” and that “no Scripture is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God’s garden bloom not only double, but sevenfold; they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance.” A quotation especially relevant here is when he said, “Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, ‘Do as Thou hast said.’ The Heavenly Father will not break His word to His own child.” And what did He say? He said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5; Deuteronomy 31:6). “And behold,” said Jesus, “I am with you always, to the end of the age”(Matthew 28:20). His word states that when we are weary and heavy-laden, He will give us rest (Matthew 11:28). The Bible says that “they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
Scripture says “we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37), and that those in Christ will never taste death (John 8:51) nor feel its sting. The Bible says we have strength in Christ and that we can find true contentment in Him. In God’s word, we read that no flame will consume us, nor will any flood overwhelm us. Indeed, we learn in the pages of sacred Scripture that no matter the trial, no matter the valley, our Great Shepherd will get us through.
Scripture tells us that we are made with inherent dignity and value. It lays out the purpose of our existence. It explains the path we walk to glory. We may not understand everything in God’s word, but when it comes to the truths that fuel us to live, we have more than enough to chew on for eons upon eons. As Spurgeon stated, when we open the Bible and read it, we have every right to cry out: “God, do as You have said.” Most importantly, we have every reason to believe that He, indeed, will do the things He has promised in His word.
Paul’s final advice was to read our Bibles — to be planted in the word. And perhaps now it’s not hard to see why. These truths that get us through are found in no other source. Only Scripture contains God’s message to us in that He has loved us with an “everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3). Only the Bible reminds us that, despite inevitable trouble in this world, we can “take heart,” because Jesus has “overcome the world” (John 16:33). In God’s word, dear reader, we find love, joy, peace, goodness, faithfulness, and all the riches of Christ. It’s all there — everything we could ever need.
And it’s in reading of these truths, day and night, that we’re not only equipped for this earthly life, but where we grow in our affection for Christ. It’s where our desire for our true home deepens and matures. It’s where everything around us gets put into its proper perspective. The radiance of God’s glory shines from the pages of His word and illuminates our hearts, minds, and souls to live — to truly live — in the beauty of Him who laid His life down for His sheep.
It’s no wonder Paul’s final counsel before martyrdom was to plant ourselves in Scripture. When all around us fails, when life is simply too much, open the word and allow your Savior to capture your heart all over again. He never changes, and His word never fails. Turn to it and be filled by the well that never runs dry. As Isaiah 40:8 proclaims, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
One of Jesus’s prophesied end-time signs is a great falling away from the truth of God’s word, and we are seeing that happen, particularly with the denominational/institutional churches, including the Catholic Church. I owned and managed Christian Press for thirty-plus years, distributing Christian books to Bible Colleges and Christian Bookshops. Even back then, I was disturbed that most of the Bible Colleges had compromised by accepting evolution and, as a result, no longer accepted the foundational book of the Bible, Genesis, as literal truth, teaching real history about God’s perfect creation, man’s fall into sin, and the promise of a divine saviour.
We are living in the end times, and over two thousand scriptures prophesy Jesus’ second coming. This makes it even more important that you are anchored in Scripture. and are watching for the prophesied signs.
Adapted from an article in the Washington Stand by Sarah Holliday, March 7th 2025, Paul’s Counsel before Martyrdom: Read the Bible
The difficult passage is Matthew 24:34: “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place,” the key question is, what does the term “generation” represent? The Greek word genea can mean a race of people, the total of those born during a certain timeframe, or a specific time (i.e., an age).
This passage is part of the Olivet Discourse, which is Jesus’ response to the disciple’s questions on the end times that precede His second coming to Earth. While Bible commentators assume different positions on what genea represents, none that I know of believe it refers to those alive at that time because “all these things” described earlier by Jesus in the chapter did not take place back then and still have not taken place today. Further, Jesus could not be referring to the generation listening to Him then because He had previously said the kingdom had already been taken away from that very same generation and they would not see it (Matthew 21:43).
That being the case, some, like theologian Charles Ryrie think genea means the Jewish race, while a slight majority (including myself) believe Jesus was referring to those alive who would see “all these things” that make up the end times, the Great Tribulation period in human history. Either interpretation could be valid, but the main point is that the text, given His previous statements in Matthew, isn’t saying Christ meant those alive in the first century.
In other words, Jesus wasn’t wrong in what He said. Next, when it comes to, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone” (Matthew 24:36), and Jesus’ knowledge on earth, we take a deep breath and realize we are staring into the face of the Incarnation’s mystery. The best we can do is piece together what the Bible tells us.
We’re told that Jesus aged like all of us, “increased in wisdom” (Luke 2:52), and that He voluntarily set aside some of His divine attributes like omniscience, during His kenosis, when He “emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7).
Scripture also says that Jesus, during His time in this world, knew just what the Father showed Him. The Old Testament predicted this, saying: “I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him” (Deuteronomy 18:18).
On this, Jesus Himself said: “I do nothing on my own authority but speak just as the Father taught me” (John 8:28), “For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment — what to say and what to speak” (John 12:49).
That being true, Jesus evidently was shielded from the exact time of His return while alive then but has no doubt resumed His omniscience now that He has returned to His glorified state.
So, even though I’m a C. S. Lewis fan, I think he got this one wrong. The bottom line is there is nothing embarrassing about Jesus’s words regarding His return and the “generation” who would be alive to see it.
We are seeing the end times’ Scripture prophecies playing out in our day. Jesus’ second coming to Earth, first to raise to life the dead Saints and then to rapture those Saints alive before pouring out His wrath upon the unrepentant, is not too far off. One of the major prophecies signifying the end times is an apostate church that has compromised with the world on homosexuality, gay marriage and even transgenderism as demonstrated by Episcopal Bishop Budde in the sermon in Washington Cathedral with Trump present and she prayed on behalf of transgender children. What did she mean? God created male and female and that cannot be changed no matter what drugs and surgery is used.
Two well-known and often quoted verses are Romans 8:28 and Jeremiah 29:1. Sadly, they are often quoted out of context and looked at only in relation to how they can help us in the here and now. This is the case with so many other Scriptures as well. So, let us take a look at both of these Scriptures in context.
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28
What God considers good may not always align with what we consider good. In fact, we are told numerous times in the bible that Christians “will be hated” and that “all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (Matthew 10:22 and 2 Timothy 3:12). God uses tribulations for our eternal benefit, just look at God’s dealings with His own nation, Israel. The world’s hatred of us is ultimately working for our good. It’s growing us, changing us, sanctifying us, and making us more Christ-like. Our sufferings force us to let go of idols and seek God above all else. When everything else is taken away, all we have is the Lord.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11
This text needs to be read in context, it has nothing to do with God prospering your plans for your life. In fact, it is everything to do with a disobedient nation God sent into exile.
Starting in verse 1 of chapter 29, we learn that the prophet Jeremiah is writing a letter to “all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.” So already, we have a categorical and contextual problem
Jeremiah 29:11 coffee cup
It’s somewhat absurd when we take a verse meant to offer hope to an enslaved race of people and put it on a coffee cup or T-shirt. It’s just simply wrong to say this verse is about me and proclaim it over your life. Having said that, it’s important to mention that while Jeremiah 29:11 may not be about you, that doesn’t mean it’s not for you. By way of being grafted into the people of God, we can identify with this verse and remember that those in Christ are within the perfect plan of God.
Both verses, Romans 8:28 and Jeremiah 29:11 hold up a wonderful truth that God’s people can rest within, knowing God is for us. Still, a temptation remains to promote shallow applications and ignore some of the profound realities that surround these verses. We all need to dig deeper about what it means for God to promise good for His people and how He uses suffering for His glory.
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