Posted on 12/19/2008 8:02:36 AM PST by This Just In
I saw a clip of Warren and Curry and toward the end of the clip Warren indicated that he would invite the homosexuals to his church for donuts and water. I didn’t get that. Why donuts and water?
Well, I’m relieved he didn’t offer the sacraments.
What is clear in all this is Obama’s realization that in his zeal to be all things Liberal to all Liberals he has painted himself into the corner that is the other half of the country. Now he is trying to show (as a facade) that he is a real centrist. But the left doesn’t want a centrist and they are breathing fire.
That’s the problem with trying to straddle the fence, to get off you have to fall one way or the other, but it’s still a fall.
Precisely. I don’t believe you can be a centrist liberal. As a matter of fact, another description of a “centrist” would be; one who has no character.
Warren's church is a Southern Baptist church. Southern Baptists don't administer "sacraments." They observe the ordinances of "The Lord's Supper," and "Believers' Baptism."
Al Mohler ping to read later
Well done.
Al Mohler
Well written and a conservative Southern Baptist.
He seems to have convictions that Platte River Rick doesn’t have.
I’m glad.
Here are Dr. Mohler’s credentials, which Rick Warren can’t hold a candle to:
Albert Mohler’s Bio
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Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., serves as the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary-the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.
Dr. Mohler has been recognized by such influential publications as Time and Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. In fact, Time.com called him the “reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S”.
In addition to his presidential duties, Dr. Mohler hosts a daily live nationwide radio program on the Salem Radio Network. He also writes a popular blog and a regular commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues. Both can be accessed through Dr. Mohler’s website, www.albertmohler.com. Called “an articulate voice for conservative Christianity at large” by The Chicago Tribune, Dr. Mohler’s mission is to address contemporary issues from a consistent and explicit Christian worldview.
Widely sought as a columnist and commentator, Dr. Mohler has been quoted in the nation’s leading newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution and The Dallas Morning News. He has also appeared on such national news programs as CNN’s “Larry King Live,” NBC’s “Today Show” and “Dateline NBC,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” on PBS, MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country” and Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Dr. Mohler is a theologian and an ordained minister, having served as pastor and staff minister of several Southern Baptist churches. He came to the presidency of Southern Seminary from service as editor of The Christian Index, the oldest of the state papers serving the Southern Baptist Convention.
A native of Lakeland, Florida, Dr. Mohler was a Faculty Scholar at Florida Atlantic University before receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He holds a Master of Divinity degree and the Doctor of Philosophy (in systematic and historical theology) from Southern Seminary. He has pursued additional study at the St. Meinrad School of Theology and has done research at Oxford University (England).
Dr. Mohler also serves Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary. His writings have been published throughout the United States and Europe. He has contributed to several books including “Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment,” “Here We Stand: A Call From Confessing Evangelicals” and “The Coming Evangelical Crisis.” He served as General Editor of “The Gods of the Age or the God of the Ages: Essays by Carl F. H. Henry” and served from 1985 to 1993 as Associate Editor of Preaching, a journal for evangelical preachers. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Forthcoming book projects include works on the future of evangelical theology and on the evangelical responses to the cultural crisis.
A leader within the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. Mohler has served in several offices including a term as Chairman of the SBC Committee on Resolutions, which is responsible for the denomination’s official statements on moral and doctrinal issues. He also served on the seven-person Program and Structure Study Committee, which recommended the 1995 restructuring of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. In 2000, Dr. Mohler served on a blue-ribbon panel that made recommendations to the Southern Baptist Convention for revisions to the Baptist Faith and Message, the statement of faith most widely held among Southern Baptists. He currently serves as chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Council of Seminary Presidents.
Dr. Mohler has presented lectures or addresses at institutions including Wheaton College, Samford University, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, the University of Richmond, Mercer University, Cedarville University, Beeson Divinity School, Reformed Theological Seminary, Geneva College, Covenant Theological Seminary, The Cumberland School of Law, The Regent University School of Law, Vanderbilt University and the historic Chautauqua Institution, among many others.
Dr. Mohler is listed in Who’s Who in America and other biographical reference works and serves on the boards of several organizations including Focus on the Family. He also serves on the Board of Reference for The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
but but but
Rick Warren wrote a book. It sold millions of copies. It didn’t make me feel dirty when I was done reading it.thats not fair He is America’s pastor
“but but but....Rick Warren wrote a book...”
As did Al Gore.
and Both Books contain about the same amount of B.S.
I would agree. It’s the “Me” “theology”.
What profit be there for a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?
The Bible tells us to feed our enemies and to good to those who would harm us. Members of the congregation were simply doing as they believe the Bible tells them to behave toward those who are not friendly to us.
Warren is a useful idiot & NO, I would not participate in any inaugural of a guy that supports baby killings.
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