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Denny wrote:

Luther's words...."Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on the battlefront besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point."

What might this say to those of us that shrink and refuse to confront and do battle with the antichristian evil of our New Age and politically correct world?

Duty, Honor, Christ: What say ye?

Actually,I believe we all live where light meets darkness. So we can't escape it. The antithesis is in our face every day. Can we say with Joshua, "But as for me and my house we will serve the LORD."?

Joshua 24:14-16

"Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

Certainly there's a cost to discipleship. We must carry our cross and follow Him. Even as our Master suffered ridicule so will His followers.

Denny, I like the phrases you've sighted from your days in the military and the quote from Luther. I feel challenged by them and rightly so. When I read these statements it encourages me to make an assessment of my life. Am I hiding my light under a bushel or putting it on a lampstand so others can see the Light.

Actually I was thinking about the testimony of our lives when I heard the President's speech today. He said, "From the viewpoint of the centuries the questions that come to us are:

1. Did our generation advance the cause of freedom?

2. Did our character bring credit to that cause?

May God give us the grace and courage to be both salt and light in this generation. I hope we can man our posts and keep the faith no matter how our adversary attacks us.


Wes

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts