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Fred B. Craddock examines the letters of First and Second Peter and Jude, asking, what kind of literature is it? who wrote the letter? to whom was the letter written? and for what purpose was the letter written? Craddock’s answers let us draw from these often undervalued epistles an awareness of what is involved in living a Christian life in this world. We also see the similarities and...

In the recent past, at a large assembly of Christians, a powerful and moving sermon was preached by a relatively unknown pastor. The text of the sermon was the epistle of Jude. Afterward a pulpiteer of national repute observed, “I have never before heard a sermon on Jude. I know I have never preached one.” A striking but not surprising comment. After all, not a verse from Jude appears in the Revised Common Lectionary. But then it is a very brief letter following two very brief letters,
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