Source: International Mission Board, October 9, 2017<\/p>\n
Idol worship is alive and well in Germany, the land of the Reformation, as well as in cities across Western Europe. Often idol worship isn\u2019t as obvious as it would be in a Buddhist temple in Thailand or Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, but it\u2019s no less enslaving.<\/p>\n
The apostle Paul described those who worship idols as having \u201cexchanged the truth of God for a lie, and [having] worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever\u201d (Romans 1:25).<\/p>\n
Take a walk through Frankfurt, Germany, and discover some of the idols tempting people here.<\/p>\n
\u00bb Read full story<\/a>. Unfortunately, you might recognized some of these idols. They are worshipped in many other contexts as well.<\/p>\n \u00bb You might appreciate the new documentary, A Return to Grace: Luther\u2019s Life and Legacy<\/a>. Or read how Africa\u2019s \u201creverse missionaries\u201d are bringing Christianity back to the United Kingdom<\/a> (Quartz Africa).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: International Mission Board, October 9, 2017 Idol worship is alive and well in Germany, the land of the Reformation, as well as in cities across Western Europe. Often idol worship isn\u2019t as obvious as it would be in a Buddhist temple in Thailand or Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, but it\u2019s no less enslaving. … Continue reading GERMANY: Six Modern Idols in the Land of the Reformation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7472,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471\/revisions\/7472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}