Moe Berg played for 15 years in the major league and was known as “the strangest man ever to play baseball.” He was also known as the brainiest guy in baseball. Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. He appeared on many radio quiz shows where he could answer nearly any question successfully.

While Moe Berg’s baseball career was nothing special, his service to the country earned him the Medal of Freedom. During World War II, he was a spy and helped beat Nazi Germany to build the first atomic bomb. The Catcher and the Spy film is based on his life; other documentaries and books tell his heroic story.

Jude – They Were Not Really of Us

In Jude’s day, a battle was being raged that wasn’t with weapons of this world but spiritual warfare that began with another spy named Judas Iscariot (Matthew 26:47). He was among the traitorous defectors who “went out from us, but . . . were not really of us” (1 John 2:19). This battle was against apostasy or those who left from the truth in doctrine and started cults or false religions. Apostates are those who willfully and deliberately defect from the faith. They reject true theology and embrace heresy or false teaching.

Jude’s letter primarily aimed to expose these false teachers and encourage Christians to stand firm in the faith. These false teachers rejected moral standards and undermined the doctrine taught in the Bible. Every believer needs to contend or fight for the faith by being prepared mentally with the right answers and the right attitude.

 The Kingdom Coach and Athlete contend for the faith by standing firm against false teachers and deceptive lies. They prepare themselves by studying Christianity’s foundational doctrines so they are equipped to fight against false teachings.