Jude

There are a couple of books of the Bible that I hear about all the time, but never read. I thought it would be a good idea to read these and decided to start with Jude. As it turns out Jude is quite short, it is mostly about one topic, unbelievers infiltrating the church and corrupting it. 

It is a somber reminder that we need to always be on our guard against such people. I remember a church youth group I went to. The leaders were so concerned about growing in size that they began to strip the gospel away in favor of playing games to attract people. It worked for awhile, the youth group grew quite a bit bigger. But when the time came that they decided to start really preaching, all the bad influences they brought in ended up dragging a lot of the "good" kids away too and we ended up even smaller than before. 

I feel like cornerstone might be smaller than it used to be, but we should use this opportunity to create a group of really strong believers. People who will be able to train and lead other people in the future are worth so much more than immediate numbers.