This Week's Sermon:

Righteous Resistance

Every day, whether we realize it or not, a war is being waged not on a battlefield, but in the mind, the heart, and the soul. The enemy doesn’t always come with fangs and fire; sometimes he comes through fatigue, fear, and subtle distraction. Peter, a man who once fell asleep in the garden when he was called to stay awake, warns us to “be alert and sober-minded.” His words carry the weight of experience he knows what it feels like to give in and what it takes to stand firm. Righteous resistance isn’t about gritting your teeth and trying harder; it’s about standing holy when the world around you bends. It’s choosing conviction over comfort, vigilance over passivity, and faith over fear. Because the real battle isn’t just against the enemy outside, it’s against the drift within.