Contend for the Faith By Resisting Syncretism

The word syncretism isn’t in the Bible. It refers to mixing two things together that aren’t meant to be mixed, resulting in something entirely different. The concept of religious syncretism (the combining of elements of God’s truth with pagan religion and human philosophies) is all throughout Scripture. Syncretism has always been an ever-present danger for God’s people everywhere, and it poses a serious challenge to the fulfillment the Great Commission. Christians today must take this danger very seriously. If they do, they will faithfully “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3), even if they don’t remember the word syncretism.

My article below on syncretism was first published in Gospel Fellowship Association’s magazine, Sowing & Reaping, the Winter/Spring 2026 issue entitled, The Pure Gospel or Another Gospel? and used with permission.

(Please note the need to select page two for the PDF using the down arrow.)

If you would like to read or browse the entire magazine on this theme of syncretism, here is the Flipbook version:

You can also download the Flipbook as a PDF by clicking on the link above.

Sowing and Reaping publishes biannually and is available both digitally and in print. Please contact GFA HERE for more information.

Here is another article I wrote about syncretism as well: Guarding the Gospel by Understanding the Dangers of Syncretism.

Contend for the faith! -Jude 3

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