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Idolatry is Biggest Obstacle to World Mission, Says U.K. Theologian

Respected theologian Chris Wright gave a challenging critique Saturday of the evangelical movement when he said a disturbing number of its leaders are guilty of idolatry.

â€œIdolatry â€¦ is the biggest single obstacle to world mission,â€ said Wright, who will be the main drafter of the much-anticipated Cape Town Commitment that will come out of the weeklong gathering of mission-minded Christian leaders.

According to Wright, the three idols are: power and pride, popularity and success, and wealth and greed. ...

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10/25/10 5:09 PM

Gapost

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""Idolatry â€¦ is the biggest single obstacle to world mission,â€ said Wright""

Don't worry idolatry won't stop and never has stopped God from saving His elect.

Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

10/25/10 3:02 PM

Jim Lincoln

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He's forgetting those idols that some churches that call themselves "Christian" also have, Come out of the Catholic Church

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