The Love of a Disciple

Luke 6:36-49. Jesus says that the mark of a disciple is God’s Agape love in their lives. This love is an unconditional love that loves the unlovely, and even our enemies! But we are only able to love this way by yielding to His Spirit in us. The fruit of the Spirit is love and […]

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God’s People United in Christ

Philippians 2:1-2. Paul writes to encourage the church in Philippi to be united in one mind and for one purpose. We explore what that looked like to the Philippians and also why and how we can apply those truths in our lives today.

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False Teachers Who Cause Divisions

Jude 1:12-19. What does an apostate look like? How can you discern a false teacher or a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Jude uses descriptive metaphors to help describe the ungodly, self-serving men that caused divisions in his time. We also must be discerning in our day, in our churches and in our lives, for wolves […]

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Unveiling False Teachers

Jude 1:5-11. The false teachers of Jude’s day had fallen in the “Way of Cain, the Error of Balaam and the Rebellion of Korah”. Understanding these metaphors helps us discern false teachers and perversions of the gospel.  

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Discerning False Teachers

Tit 1:10-1:16. After laying out the criteria for elders (6-9), Paul goes on to describe the attitudes and actions of false teachers (10-16). False teaching is all around us in the 21st century and great care and discernment is required to avoid being taken in by error.

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