Powers and Principalities
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Romans 13 calls rulers God’s servants for the good. Revelation 13 shows power becoming beastly when it devours truth, justice, and human dignity. Read together, these chapters offer a mature Christian theology of political authority.
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In Colossians, Paul isn’t battling atheism but a seductive “Jesus-plus” spirituality—rules, calendars, ascetic discipline, and even angel-focused mysticism—offered as the pathway to “fullness.” Paul’s urgent claim is that believers don’t graduate beyond Christ: the fullness of God dwells in him, and in him the church is already complete. The letter calls Christians to resist fear-driven…