Episode 3: Cross-contamination
If you were a fan of Alton Brown’s Good Eats, you know the danger of cross-contamination in the kitchen—of letting bacteria spread from one food or surface to another. But there can be a kind of theological cross-contamination as well. Reading between the lines, something like this was probably part of Paul’s reason for writing to the Colossians. Their newfound faith was being contaminated by worldly ideas; what could he say to them to keep it pure?
