The Daily Discipleship Podcast

While Jude could have spent time relishing the realities of salvation with his readers, he takes an abrupt turn to focus upon the need of contending for the faith once for all entrusted to the saints.  Why must we contend for the faith?

False teaching and errant ways are warned against in the Book of Jude.  What Jude says strikes definitively against modern popular culture, and the call is for the Church to have no place with this error.

Eternal, Damnable judgement is something of which we hear very little in our day.  The Book of Jude issues a clarion call to be ware of ways which lead to fiery judgement. 

We live in a society, even among many Christians, that simply says we need to be tolerant of others. But that mindset goes awry as it encounters God's true truth.  There is purported Christian teaching that seems to strike against the very core of Christian truth, and against such teaching we must be on guard. 

Jude finishes his brief letter by calling Christians to intentionally grow in their most holy faith and to remember that it is Christ who ultimately keeps us from falling and presents us before God without fault. What a tremendously wonderful benediction to a book with such stern warning!

How well do we know Jesus?  What is there to learn from his early years when so little is actually said?  Join me as we take a look at some lessons from Christ's life that can have dramatic impact our Christian living.

While there is not much recorded of Jesus' early life, there are a few passages that provide us insight into areas where He grew -- areas where we should also grow.  Luke 2:40,52 provides us with some areas for personal evaluation as we also grow into the people God intends for us to be.

What can we learn about Jesus Christ and His message through John the Baptist as he prepared the way for Christ?  What do we learn about ourselves, the church, and how do we respond?