Twenty-five times throughout his Gospel, the apostle John records Jesus beginning a statement with the phrase “Truly, truly, I say to you…” With these six words, Jesus introduced some of His most startling teachings, including His call for believers to be “born again,” His assertion that belief in Him is …

People seeking to cause division were not unique to the first-century church; they have been alive and well throughout the church’s history. Jude’s instruction here is therefore as practical for us today as it was for the believers to whom he first wrote. Those causing division in the early church …