he certainly faces no possibility of in-depth scrutiny from the "mainstream media," as his brand of "Christianity" poses little or no threat to their liberal social agenda.
I think that sums it up rather nicely.
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Without Free Republic, this kind of stuff would never get out. Thanks for posting.
The more I see and hear of Warren, the less I trust him or believe anything he says. Anyone who calls himself an "evangelical Christian" who receives, and basks in, so much fawning adulation by the Drive By Media is almost automatically suspect in my book, his sucking up to the likes of Assad and Barack Obama aside.
Bill Clinton is also very good at seeming to tell people what they want to hear. Is Warren that kind of guy?
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My first reaction to Warren embracing Obama was "better to have your friends close and your enemies closer".
Let's not assume Obama has the position of persuasion. He could learn something from Warren that might benefit all of us, i.e. truth is NOT relative.
Rick Warren curries favor with the world and especially, its godless media. Contrast what they say about him and what they say about Ann Coulter, and the point becomes very clear. He is a media-created fad and will be old news soon, as they create the next "prophet."
The other part of the Dem strategy is fictitious organizations like this one, called "www.faithandfamilyvalues.org," which is run by a former Clinton operative, and sends out pretend-right-wing Evangelical mailings attacking Republicans for being too soft on moral issues—solely for the purpose of suppressing the Evangelical vote.
I got a card from them in the last election, and if you're a politically involved Evangelical or Catholic, you see right through it, but maybe some people are slow on the uptake.
Another splendid article by another Jr Accuser of the Bretheren.
I entered the words Rick Warren > cheap grace, and got a few hits. This article may interest you:
Spirit-Led or Purpose-Driven? Part 1 by Berit Kjos, November 2003
it can be found at :
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003/1-purpose.htm
Here is an excerpt:
" Thousands of small groups using Saddleback's study guide and Teaching Video for the 40 Days of Purpose are led in a slightly longer prayer. They hear Pastor Warren speak these words:
"Do you have a relationship with Jesus Christ? If you aren't sure of this, I'd like the privilege of leading you in a prayer to settle the issue. Let's bow our heads. I'm going to pray a prayer and you can follow it silently in your mind:
'Dear God, I want to know Your purpose for my life. I don't want to waste the rest of my life on the wrong things. Today I want to take the first step in preparing for eternity by getting to know You. Jesus Christ, I don't understand it all, but as much as I know how, I want to open my life to You. I ask you to come into my life and make yourself real to me. Use this series to help me know what You made me for. Thank you. Amen.'
"If you just prayed that prayer for the very first time, I congratulate you. You've just become a part of the family of God."
Is this a response to the gospel? Where is repentance, acknowledgement of need, or confession of personal sin? Where is the cross? The Bible tells us that saving "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." [Romans 10:17-18] But none of the Scriptures that show the gospel are mentioned in this first lesson. Biblically illiterate friends and neighbors who join the group would pray this prayer without any real knowledge of the cross, of the Savior, or of God's view of sin. In fact, the meaning of salvation isn't included in the first lesson. And if it had been there, the context of the lesson would suggest that we are merely saved from a purposeless life -- not from bondage to sin."
Good article. Thanks for posting.
Thankfully, Warren has shown his true colors.
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Happy New Year GC !
It's nothing against Evangelicals to say that there is NO church that doesn't have its bad apples and hypocrites. That is certainly true of my own Catholic Church, it's certainly true of the Protestand Mainline Churches, and it's true of the Evangelical Churches as well.
The MSM and the leftists will pretend it's just a true revelation of what these churches really are. No, it's just human nature in a fallen world. Even the twelve apostles included one traitor. God doesn't force anyone to be good, He gives them the choice and the grace to be good, but they can refuse it, and parasites can always come along, play the hypocrite, and feed on the faithful. But they usually show glimpses of themselves, and those with discrimination will respond accordingly.