Marriage

The moment of battle for the Christian soldier is the time of temptation. The enemy comes in like a roaring lion to attack and devour Christians.

As a boy, Keith Daniel assumed he was a Christian. His brother, father, and mother assumed they were Christians, too. Their family was good and hard-working. Like many other people, they expected little else from Christianity—until their world fell apart.

Ezra rent his garments and plucked off the hair from his head when he discovered that the people had not separated themselves from the people in the land around them and had adopted the abominations of the heathen nations (Ezra 9).

In Matthew 5,6,7, Christ preached the greatest oration on earth, the Sermon on the Mount. In it, He said that Christians are like salt to the earth. Salt burns, and cleanses, and preserves. Likewise, when the body of Christ is holy, God puts those around us under deep conviction.