Introduction and the Characteristics of a Modern Heresy
Exposition of Colossians Series, Part 1
Malcolm Webber
In Colossians, Paul highlights the divine Person and creative and redemptive work of Christ against devaluation of Christ by a particular heresy that threatens the church at Colossae. The Colossian heresy blends Christianity together with Jewish legalism, Greek philosophic speculation, and Oriental mysticism. This joining of religions together in exotic hybrids is happening today in both Eastern and Western countries with the increasing “globalization” of religion. Paul’s corrections are vitally pertinent to us today.
