Worthless As A Wandering Star

I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. Shepherds who feed only themselves…clouds without rain…autumn trees without fruit…waves of the sea foaming up their shame… wandering stars. (Jude 3-3, 12–13, NIV 1984).

My Musings – I think that our greatest fear as a Church has been that the fierce persecution that characterized the first and second century will return, as it already has in much of world. That fear is increasingly palpable and has, perhaps, diverted our attention from what I believe is a far greater threat to the Church. Jude wrote about it…