Colossians 1:1-14. All Religious Error Involves One or All of the Following

April 01, 2022

Jeff Harrington

We live at a time when much pressure is brought to bear upon churches to modify and modernize their traditional Christian beliefs and practices. Some churches bend to the pressure by way of cultural accommodation and appeasement so that their beliefs and practices blend rather than offend the dominant culture. They do this to stay relevant. This is known as syncretism (i.e. syncretism is the union or attempted blending of different systems of thought or belief). The major issue in the letter is the false teaching in the church, owing to a tangled mixture of religious errors coming from both Jewish and Greek religious influences.