Moment of Truth
Moment of Truth is a short-form podcast from the weekly radio show Courageous Christianity with Richard Mendelow. Each week, in just a few minutes, you’ll hear a direct, Biblical challenge to help you live courageously in today’s world. It’s clear. It’s scriptural. It’s real faith for the real world.
You’ll find insights rooted in Scripture, Christian leadership, courageous faith, and biblical manhood. Whether you’re a husband, father, veteran, or follower of Jesus navigating the cultural confusion of our time, this podcast will help you sharpen your focus and take action.
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Episodes
52 episodes
Not a Time for Opinion
This week's Moment of Truth: Proverbs 18:2 (NIV) — "Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their opinions."How did Proverbs know about Facebook 2,000 years ago?We live in a world where headlines pass...
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Suit Up for Battle
This week's Moment of Truth: Ephesians 6:10-12 (NIV) — "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against fl...
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Do What You Can
This week's Moment of Truth: 2 Corinthians 8:12 (NIV) — “For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.”Will you let the forces of evil d...
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Go and Do Likewise
This week's Moment of Truth: Luke 10:25-37 (NIV) — "On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 'Teacher,' he asked, 'What must I do to inherit eternal life?'... But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was, ...
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Faith Without Action
This week's Moment of Truth: James 2:14-17 (NIV) — "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If...
God Isn't Finished With This Nation
This week's Moment of Truth: Matthew 5:13-16 (NIV) — "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under foot. ...
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Run Your Race
This week's Moment of Truth: Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) — "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the...
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No Bystanders
This week's Moment of Truth: Romans 12:9 (NIV) — "Abhor what is evil. Hold fast to what is good."On June 6, 1944, an estimated 160,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy. There were no bystanders. Everyone on this planet h...
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Rock or Sand
This week's Moment of Truth: Matthew 7:24-27 (NIV) — "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat ...
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Stand with Israel
This week's Moment of Truth: Mark 3:25 (NIV) — "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand."On October 7, 2023, 1,200 men, women, and children were murdered, raped, and burned. And the world blamed Israel.
Divided, We Fall
This week's Moment of Truth: Colossians 4:2 (NIV) — "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Be watchful. The devil prowls like a roaring lion — and division within the family of God is exactly what he is hunting ...
The Church and State Lie
This week's Moment of Truth: Psalm 127:1 (NIV) — "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain." The Lord built this nation. The Bible was its foundation. And piece by piece, that foundation has been dismantled...
Say Yes
This week's Moment of Truth: Matthew 6:31-33 (NIV) — "Do not be anxious... Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."Seek...
Critical Vulnerability
This week's Moment of Truth: Romans 12:2 (NIV) — "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and pe...
No "But" About It
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....
Fight Back
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 wa...
The Only Decision That Matters
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 ...
Wisdom Isn't an Opinion
This week’s Moment of Truth: Matthew 7:24–27 (NIV) "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the wi...
The Warrior Who Understands Authority
This week’s Moment of Truth: Matthew 8:5–11“When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ‘Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and ...
Orders from the Commander
This week’s Moment of Truth: John 12:49 “For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent Me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.”Jesus did not speak for Himself.He spoke under orders.That one realit...
When God’s Wisdom Looks Foolish
This week’s Moment of Truth: 1 Corinthians 1:25 “For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” (NIV) What happens when God’s way doesn’t make sense t...
Not Your Truth—The Truth
This week’s Moment of Truth: John 8:32 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”Many people talk about freedom. Few stop to ask what actually produces it.In this week’s "Moment of Truth," Colonel ...
A Man Anchored in the Truth
This week’s Moment of Truth: 2 Timothy 3:16-17“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work...
