Fighting Wolves

In 'Facing Wolves' young readers learn the stories of Christian faith-warriors who fought the hardest fight of all - The fight for the truth of the Gospel of Christ. In the early days of the Church, evil men tried to undermine the love and good works shown by the emerging Church by spreading false truths and lies - just as dangerous and viscous as the packs of wolves that roamed around looking for the unwary and the innocent.

People in the days of the early church saw wolves as wild predators. That's why the Apostle Paul described the false teachers who sought to destroy Christians as 'savage wolves'. There was great danger in the early church of those false teachers leading Christians into error by teaching lies.

So let's go to the very early years of the church to discover the names of those people who fought for and against God's truth. Characters included: The Apostle James, Basil the Great, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom, Simeon Stylites, Monica of Hippo and Augustine.