Posted on 12/31/2006 8:41:18 AM PST by Gamecock
Thankfully,
God's perspective is assuredly quite different about RW's giving.
a.) a church and a foundation are equal
b.) the church government was complete pastor rule (verses congregation or elder)
since neither is true...Your response doesn't make any sense.
It still stands...You were wrong when you posted that he tithes 90% of his income to his church.
And you obviously don't want to discuss the issue of giving to self-controlled foundations and calling it tithing.
Are you reading the same thread? I think you took a wrong turn somewhere.
"...Rick Warren is a Christian AND successful in business..."
Now we're getting somewhere. Rick is successful in business...I agree.
It is post# 1106...I mentioned that to you in post# 1168, as well.
Not at Synagogue 3000.
What happened there?
Is it accurate to say that he tithes 90% to his church?
Thank you for your service.
It is accurate to say
he 'tithes' 90% as a joyful giver
to the Church of Jesus Christ Universal.
I think that's the one God does the accounting on.
Praise God for RW's heartfelt, earnest, honorable, honest, exemplary example.
Thank you.
No comment and Warren and his Purpose Driven "ministry" to Synagogue 3000, Quix?
WRONG.
Given that the CHURCH he is SOLD OUT TO
IS
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
I'd say it was HIS PRIMARY CHURCH and the church of all his focus and energy.
Saddleback is merely the glove or hand or some of the baskets he uses to distribute to
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
along with such other groups of people as GOD has led him to use.
Are you saying that the membership of the above-mentioned body is made up of Muslims, non-Christians, businesses, governments and other faiths?
That is what the the funding for his foundations and PEACE plan is doing...partnering with those in order to slay the five global giants.
The Church you say?
I don't think so.
Praise God for his building bridges with the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Clearly he is obeying the Scripture about those who bless Abraham's seed will be blessed.
Praise God for that.
Should be exciting to see where such humble beginnings lead and what fruit they result in.
I wonder how many of the 144,000 Jewish missionaries will come out of that group.
God led Rick to use Muslims and non-Christians?
I don't appreciate folks brazenly putting wholesale distortions, half-truths and untruths and their words in my fingers.
God knows what I wrote. God knows what I meant.
Praise God for that.
Scripture makes clear that God uses satan.
God is Rick's boss. I suspect God knows well how to use Rick for God's purposes. I'm quite comfortable with avoiding trying to give God oversight about that.
I hope to God I'm never so arrogant as to try that.
No...It wasn't wrong. Warren does not tithe 90% to Saddlback (That was the statement).
AND
they yelled with a loud voice
CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM! CRUCIFY HIM!
How touchingly Biblical.
Did you read the article that Synagogue 3000 put out about the advice Warren gave them?
...The addition of disco balls, updated music, more hip events and so forth.
Bridges?
C'mon.
From my persepctive, that's a pretty silly, useless question.
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