The Contender

  Jude On Heresy   Introduction   This little book is about another little book, the one-chapter New Testament book of Jude. It’s only 25 verses, but those verses are packed with truths that are relevant to our day and time. By that I mean, the “certain people ” of Jude 4 that got Jude’s attention and prompted him to change his mind about his letter’s topic, are active in the visible church now. Jude’s deceivers were the prototype of our current batch of deceivers. There really is nothing new under the sun. This will not be an exhaustive study of Jude but will focus on the people Jude said have crept into the church. *BTW, the word heretic originally meant “to make a choice.” Since that time, it has come to mean “one who promotes lies and deceptions under the pretense of orthodoxy.” So, it deals with those who have made the choice to promote error rather than truth. And in this work, I will name names. Paul did not hold back in naming those who opposed the gospe...

The Idolaters of the Word Faith Cult                The apostle Paul pronounced an eternal curse upon those who preach a different gospel and a different Jesus. He wrote this, 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--  7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.  8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.  9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.  (Gal. 1:6-9 ESV). There is no way to sugar coat his pronouncement of this curse. His curse upon all who preach such deception still applies to those deceivers of our day.     If it might be that you are not familiar with the Word F...