Contend Earnestly for the FaithPart 8

“I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.”

Jude 1:3b NET

“Susanna and the Elders”

Thomas hart Benton1938

"Lewd, immoral, obscene...the lowest expression of pure filth"--wrote one critic in condemnation of Benton's interpretation of Susanna and the Elders. The work demonstrates the difficulties of painting religious imagery and Biblical scenes with a contemporary vocabulary. Based on the religious parable from the Book of Daniel, Benton recasts the tale within rural America. Here, Susanna is shown bathing, unaware of two elderly, lecherous men who spy on her

Egg tempera and oil on canvas - California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

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Series Outline

Questions:

1. What is the “Faith that was once for all delivered to the saints?”2. Who were the saints?3. How did they contend earnestly for the faith?

Topics:

1. Christian Orthodoxy2. The Problem of False Teaching3. Apostolic and Early Church Fathers4. Church History

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Discussion

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