{"id":7521,"date":"2023-01-26T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:34:46","slug":"the-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/sermon-series\/01\/26\/the-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fake News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We live in an age of disinformation, a time when nothing can be trusted, when all information is to be treated with suspicion. It is an age marked by rumor, conjecture, opinion, and bias, a time of both conspiracy and theory. Christians have claimed for 2,000 years to know the truth, but what happens when the foundations of the faith entrusted to the church are being compromised from within<\/em>? How is such a situation identified, and what are we to do in response?<\/p>\n

Jude, the servant (and half brother) of Christ, is concerned with these very issues. Within the first generation of churches, peddlers of disinformation had wormed their way into positions of leadership among the people of God. These wolves in shepherd’s clothing claimed to offer the Good News, while offering something else altogether. Jude was not content to allow this to happen, and Christians today must heed his warnings.<\/p>\n

The Fake News is a call for the church of today to contend for the faith entrusted to it, to stand guard and defend it, working to strengthen its faith while trusting in the keeping power of God. The greatest threat today is not persecution of the truth from without, but perversion of the truth from within.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElizabeth City EMC Podcast\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
Contending for the Faith<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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