Fighting for the Faith Jude 1-4 January 5, 2025

Today many in America have a negative view of Christianity.  They think we are bigots, homophobes, transphobes.  They believe we are holding society back and, perhaps, even evil. Some Christian leaders recommend instead of paddling upstream with the weight of old-fashioned morals, we cast off the restraints of the Christian faith and go with the flow. Will we shrink back and shut up or will we fight for the faith?Jude 1–4 (ESV) Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.