There are going to be some mighty surprised people in the afterlife when crowns are handed out. Again, I don't particularly always subscribe to Rick Warren---or many other---minister's specific theology, but it's always best to let God deal with anyone you think is a false prophet, because if he is, he will take himself down, and if he's not, you (not you personally) will never take him down.
Very well and accurately said.
Exactly! These armchair Christians like to sit in their comfy chairs at home and condemn any preacher who is out there in the trenches taking the Gospel to the lost. They assume there is an ulterior motive to EVERYTHING they do. Rick Warren started out in the trenches, and that's something they're never done.
There are going to be some mighty surprised people in the afterlife when crowns are handed out. Again, I don't particularly always subscribe to Rick Warren---or many other---minister's specific theology, but it's always best to let God deal with anyone you think is a false prophet, because if he is, he will take himself down, and if he's not, you (not you personally) will never take him down.
Amen! My question to all of them is this: When was the last time you put on a pair of Levis and took to the streets to preach the Gospel to the lost and hurting street people? Or when was the last time that you went to another country, or even another city/state, to organize and speak at a large crusade? I've done it all, and I know how hard it is. I would be willing to bet that not ONE of the ones who are the most critical of Warren have EVER done it. We are commanded to do just that, but even if they don't want to do that, they should pray for those who are out there because the attacks that they come under is tremendous! I know this because I've been on the Board of Directors for an Evangelist for 12 years and I've seen Christians; at their very worst. I've heard things said and I've seen things done by Christians that would shock everyone.
When I first started traveling with the Crusades, I've stood there with my mouth wide open, at a loss for words, more than once. I'm not very often short of words either. LOL I've been attacked verbally on more than one occasion because they have controlling spirits and they don't want to support anything they can't control. The biggest problem that we deal with all the time is the spirit of jealousy, and I've seen terrible things happen to those who tried to stop the Word of God from going forth. I can tell you that it's NOT for the weak, because you really get beat up when you are actively serving the Lord. I could tell you things that happened to us that would shock everyone. Satan uses Christians to come against us, and they don't even realize that he's using them. We've done what we are commanded to do, and all that's left is to pray for them. The 'Good News' is that at the end of the day, God has, and will continue to use the willing to go forth and take the Gospel to the lost. :o)