Jude 1:3: "Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints."
Because of the Fall (Genesis 3), human freedom, and God’s redemptive purposes that work for good (Romans 8:28, NIV).
Lessons from early Christians who shaped the faith we confess.