Pretenders in the Faith: Why Some Turn Away from God Today I heard about yet another well known Christian figure that has renounced his faith. How sad that we seem to hear about this more and more. It should not surprise us that this happens. We actually should expect it. The Bible has a lot to say about people who are "pretenders". In 2 Timothy 4:10, Paul, who was writing from a Roman prison and soon to be executed, tells Timothy that he had been abandoned by Demas. Pa