Fire and Shadow: Jude's Urgent Warning

A vivid retelling of Jude 1:1-16, capturing the fierce urgency of Jude's warning against false teachers who have "secretly slipped in." Moves through the examples of judgment—Israel in the wilderness, fallen angels, Sodom, Cain, Balaam, Korah—and the powerful imagery of clouds without rain, autumn trees twice dead, and wandering stars. Jude didn't want to write this letter; danger demanded it.

This is vivid retellings.

Jude wanted to write a different letter. He'd planned something encouraging—a meditation on "the salvation we share," perhaps, or a celebration of what God had accomplished in Christ. The kind of letter you write to friends on ordinary days. But ordinary days ended. "Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people."…