# The Girded Mind: This website is hosted by Robert Wurtz II\. This blog is intended to be a means of putting into writing some of my musings about New Testament Christianity in a post modern culture\. We are instructed in scripture to, "Gird up the loins of our minds\."

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## Posts
- [Encouragement for the Oppressed](https://thegirdedmind.org/2025/12/17/18859/): It’s human nature to want to retaliate when wronged especially when the actions are part of a systematic attack\. Iniquitous laws are an ancient evil that God addresses many times in the Old and New Testament\. When God’s people are oppressed, He sees and hears\. Let Him handle it\. 
- [Love: The Proof of Salvation](https://thegirdedmind.org/2025/12/14/love-the-proof-of-salvation/): Love your neighbor as yourself is a command to all believers, but some seek a loophole asking,  “Who is my neighbor?” In doing so they reveal whose disciples they truly are\. 
- [Depart from Iniquity](https://thegirdedmind.org/2026/01/30/depart-from-iniquity/)
- [The Fall of King Saul](https://thegirdedmind.org/2026/03/06/the-spirit-of-king-saul/): In this article, we discuss the nature of Saul, who was completely given over to pride, envy, ambition, and hatred\. He would destroy anyone in his own way, including his own son\. This is the savagery of pride, ambition, and envy run\-amuck\.
- [The Spirit of Jehoiakim ](https://thegirdedmind.org/2025/11/01/woe-to-the-spirit-of-jehoiakim/): Unjust gain is a serious sin and we are warned in scripture not to defraud others of their wages, property, or possessions\. The enemy lies to people or tells them partial truths to gain consent; Christians must never use such callous deception to grow their or their employers wealth\. 

## Messages
- [Message: "Judgment and Promise" from Robert Wurtz II](https://thegirdedmind.org/messages/judgment-and-promise/): A message from the series "Gospel Lighthouse Bible Class \." This session deals with two minor prophets, Obadiah and Nahum\. It deals with the biblical picture of God's judgment as fire and the rebellious as chaff or stubble\.  
- [Message: "Living in God's Grace" from Robert Wurtz II](https://thegirdedmind.org/messages/living-in-gods-grace/): A message from the series "John the Baptist in Lukan \(Lucan\) Theology\." This message deals with God's Grace and how we receive it\. 
- [Message: "Losing The Cutting Edge" from Robert Wurtz II](https://thegirdedmind.org/messages/losing-the-cutting-edge/): A message from the series "Repentance\." This insightful message is derived from 2 Kings 6:1\-7\. It deals with "losing our cutting edge" as Christians and ministers and what we can do to have it restored\. God provides us with the grace and gifts necessary to rightly represent Him in the earth, but we are always in danger of losing them through neglect or full\-blown sin\. Some have lost their cutting edge and believe it is irretrievable\. Yet if we will cry out to God \-\- the cross of Christ has guaranteed our restoration and the recovery of that cutting edge\.
- [Message: "Revival Under the New Covenant" from Robert Wurtz II](https://thegirdedmind.org/messages/revival-under-the-new-covenant/): A message from the series "Repentance\." This teaching deals with the difference between revival under the Old and New Covenant\. The emphasis is on revival under the New Covenant and specifically the importance of the fire of God in the lives of New Covenant believers and in the churches\.
- [Message: "Living in the Last Days" from Robert Wurtz II](https://thegirdedmind.org/messages/living-in-the-last-days/): A message from the series "The New Covenant\." This session is part 2 or a 2 part series dealing with 2 Timothy\. In this message, we deal with how many in the last days will be carnal and unregenerate\-\-though they still name the name of Christ\.

## Downloads
- [The Battle for Truth](https://thegirdedmind.org/sdm_downloads/the-battle-for-truth/)
- [Thorn in the Flesh](https://thegirdedmind.org/sdm_downloads/thorn-in-the-flesh/)
- [The Source of Strife](https://thegirdedmind.org/sdm_downloads/the-source-of-strife/)
- [The Fruit of the Spirit](https://thegirdedmind.org/sdm_downloads/the-fruit-of-the-spirit/)
- [Abiding in Death](https://thegirdedmind.org/sdm_downloads/abiding-in-death/)

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