Reflections with Andy - Jude 1: 5-16 – Make Me a Captive, Lord

About this episode

Andy reflects on Jude 5-16, discussing the characteristics of false teachers and their disconnect from spiritual guidance.

In this Monday reflection on Jude 5–16, the letter's central concern becomes clear: these false teachers are not being led by the Spirit but by their own unchecked desires — almost certainly the Gnostics encountered in Second and Third John, who believed the body was irrelevant and therefore lived however they pleased. Jude's devastating poetic description of them — waterless clouds, twice-dead trees, wild waves, wandering stars — paints the picture of lives completely unmoored. The deeper qu...

People in this episode

Host: Andy Stoddard

Topics covered

• false teachers
• spirituality
• Christianity
• Jude 5-16
• unchecked desires
• Gnosticism

Keywords

• Jude
• false teachers
• Gnostics
• spirituality
• Christianity
• unchecked desires
• poetic description

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Books & works: Jude

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