Sino po kaya ang pinakamalaking hadlang sa paglago at pagpapalaganap ng Christianity?


“Christians” who have very little of Jesus and have much of:
1.       the Pharisees
2.       sectarianism and congregationalism
3.       religious traditions not directly based on Jesus and His teachings but on the teachings of men who came after Jesus.
4.       self-righteous
5.       religious politics
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