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Orthodox doctrine for an 
unorthodox world. 

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What do I mean? 
Well, stay tuned to find out on 

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this week's episode of Liberty 
at Home. 

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Hello and welcome to the final 
episode of Liberty at Home for 

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2025 here on Easton Community 
Access Television. 

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I'm Madame Rivera, the pastor of
Liberty Baptist Church and your 

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host for this weekly 5 minute 
devotional. 

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Today we're broadcasting from 
ECAT Studios where we're 

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preparing to watch college bowl 
games on the big stream come 

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January 1st. 
But we won't be watching UMass 

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or BC, seeing as they had a 
combined two wins between them 

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for the past season 2. 
Well, anyway, today I like to 

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talk about the need for 
doctrine. 

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Or do we need it? 
Well, let's go to the Word and 

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find out. 
We'll be reading today Second 

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Timothy chapter 3 verses one 
through 5 where it says this. 

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Know also that in the last days 
perilous times shall come, for 

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men shall be lovers of their own
selves, covetous boasters, proud

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blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy, 

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without natural affection, 
trucebreakers, false accusers, 

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incontinent, fierce despisers of
those that are good, traitors, 

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heady, high minded, lovers of 
pleasures more than lovers of 

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God, having a form of godliness 
but denying the power thereof 

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from such turn away. 
In case you haven't noticed, our

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world seems to be spinning out 
of control. 

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Of course, depending on your 
worldview, you could lay the 

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blame for our current tailspin 
at the feet of any different 

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number of people or 
organizations or special 

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interest groups. 
Who's right, who's wrong, what's

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right, what's wrong? 
Is there any way to make heads 

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or tails of it all? 
Well, mankind seems to descend 

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deeper and deeper into the abyss
as we just read. 

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Many churches have responded by,
oddly enough, either minimizing 

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or completely changing their 
doctrine to match the culture. 

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Some churches have reduced their
statement of faith so 

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dramatically that it could 
literally fit on a post it note,

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And I wish I was exaggerating. 
These doctrinal statements are 

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so pithy that they may not 
offend anyone, but that's simply

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because they don't really say 
much of anything at all. 

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Other churches, however, have 
taken a radically different 

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approach. 
Instead of reducing their 

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statement of faith, they 
completely change their doctrine

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to be more palatable to society.
Their reasoning? 

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Without changing their doctrine 
to match an ever changing world,

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they believe the church will 
become inconsequential, a relic 

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of the past with no real 
relevance today. 

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In summary, they believe the 
church must adapt to the culture

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or die. 
As for myself, I reject both 

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approaches as non starters. 
Instead, I humbly believe that 

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churches should look at the 
situation much differently. 

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There is no doubt in my mind 
that the world is descending 

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deeper into chaos. 
In fact, Paul talks about this 

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in the second Epistle of Timothy
when he gave us that list we 

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just read of how the world will 
become more and more sinful. 

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Paul's description of the world 
could be ripped right from 

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today's headlines. 
One might wonder what Paul's 

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prescription would be for such a
time of madness. 

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Curtail biblical teaching and 
preaching, change doctrine to 

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make people happy, ignore the 
preservation of the Bible, and 

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conclude that Scriptures are a 
good book but hopelessly riddled

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with errors? 
Well, although these are many of

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the options that churches opt 
for today, Paul didn't agree 

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with any of them. 
Rather, he told young Pastor 

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Timothy that as evil men and 
seducers wax worse and worse, 

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that Timothy should continue 
thou in the things which thou 

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has learned and been assured of,
knowing of whom thou has learned

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them. 
Paul knew the solution was not 

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minimizing or changing doctrine.
Rather the answer was to 

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compassionately yet candidly 
proclaim all the counsel of God,

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as he said in Acts 20 verse 27. 
He concluded Second Timothy 

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chapter 3 by reminding Timothy 
that from a child thou has known

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the Holy Scriptures which are 
able to make thee wise unto 

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salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus. 

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All Scripture is given by 
inspiration of God, is 

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profitable for doctrine, for 
reproof, for correction, for 

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instruction and righteousness, 
that the man of God may be 

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perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works. 

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Paul also gave a similar 
exhortation to another young 

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preacher named Titus who was 
charged to speak thou the things

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which become sound doctrine in 
Titus chapter 2 verse one. 

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The implication from Paul's 
epistles, and I believe from the

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entire volume of Scripture is 
clear. 

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In an increasingly unorthodox 
world, churches should embrace 

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sound doctrine from the Word of 
God more than ever. 

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The Bible reminds us that Jesus 
Christ is the same yesterday, 

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today, and forever. 
Hebrews chapter 13, verse 8. 

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Our Lord has not changed, nor 
have His teachings. 

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Let us with great boldness and 
with great love, as it says in 

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First Corinthians 13, to 
proclaim the Scriptures to the 

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whole world, and let us not dare
change his message in an effort 

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to cater to societal whims and 
wickedness. 

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Well, it's time to close both 
this episode and the entire year

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of 2025 here on Liberty at Home.
I'd encourage you to start your 

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New Years off right by getting 
back to church. 

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And we'd sure be honored to have
you at Liberty Baptist Church 

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where the Word is preached, the 
people are friendly, and Jesus 

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is glorified. 
Visit any Sunday or Wednesday 

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and you can learn more about us 
at my libertybaptist.org. 

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Well, this is Adam Rivera 
signing off for the last time 

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this year on Liberty at Home by 
reminding you that where the 

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Spirit of the Lord is, there's 
Liberty. 

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See you next week in 2026 on 
Liberty at Home.