Jude | Keeping Yourself in the Love of God - Season 5, Episode 80
What does it actually mean to keep yourself in the love of God, and how do you stay close to Him when the world feels increasingly hostile to faith? Pastor Andrew Calabrese examines Jude's closing instructions to a church confronting false teachers, showing that spiritual drift rarely happens all at once but through slow neglect, like a fire left untended. He identifies four practical disciplines: feeding on Scripture, praying in the Spirit, living with eternity in view, and loving others enough to rescue them from spiritual danger. Rather than reacting to cultural darkness with anxiety, believers are called to intentional closeness with God. Listeners are challenged to examine whether their own fire is still burning, and to consider who around them may need compassion, urgency, or rescue.
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Jude | The Past Becomes the Present for a Purpose - Season 5, Episode 76
Why does false teaching so rarely announce itself? Pastor John confronts this question by walking through Jude's rapid-fire historical references—Israel's unbelief in the wilderness, angels who abandoned their assigned authority, and Sodom's moral collapse—showing how each functions as a warning pattern for the church. He demonstrates that Jude uses these familiar stories not as isolated history lessons but as a mirror held up to false teachers who were infiltrating the congregation through subjective visions, greed, and rebellion against God-given authority. Listeners are challenged to anchor themselves in the fixed truth of Scripture rather than cultural trends, personal feelings, or persuasive voices, and to earnestly contend for the faith by staying discerning and humble under God's authority.
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Jude | Contend for the Faith - Season 5 Episode 73
False teaching rarely announces itself—it slips in unnoticed, often through the media we scroll every day. Pastor Ben examines Jude's urgent letter to a church already infiltrated by ungodly influences who twisted grace into an excuse for immorality while denying Christ's lordship. Drawing a parallel to a hidden conspiracy within General George Washington's own ranks, he shows that being called, sanctified, and preserved by God is not license for complacency but a summons to vigilance. The central thesis: believers must earnestly contend for the faith, trading passive consumption for active discernment. Listeners are challenged to submit every thought, priority, and habit of media consumption to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
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