For that matter, I can't recall too many (or any!) charges of financial chicanery. Sure, there's a definite "money-driven" agenda -- the man is quite up-front about advising churches on how to maximize their take from the sheep -- but I don't know of anyone accusing him of personally fattening his own wallet off "the movement."
Oh, I'm sure that someone has leveled that sort of allegation, so please spare yourself the effort of dredging up "proof" that it's happened. The point is, "financial chicanery" is far from the REAL issue. This guy is destroying the church, redefining the faith, seducing the very elect... THAT is the real issue.
His blatant pride, in violation of Christ's advisory to NOT boast of such financial "generosity" merely indicates that he "has his reward." What he does TO his own life is of no worry to the church in general. Yes, it's indicative of his character, and lack of Biblical grounding, but it doesn't destroy churches.
And the destruction of churches -- and lives -- is what is so troubling about this particular heretical movement.
FEMA Recruits Ministers to Promote Martial Law to Congregations
To: Don Joe; processing please hold"That's how it began life (as a forecasting tool, when originally developed for the feds by RAND), but it has morphed into a form that is very effective for FORMING "consensus".
Check these out:
http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1998/nov98/focus.html
http://www.exorthodoxforchrist.com/the_delphi_technique_and_rick_warren.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b2e1f024e20.htm "
May 25, 2006
FEMA Recruits Ministers to Promote Martial Law to Congregations
A minister has revealed to Prison Planet a nationwide FEMA program which is training ministers and other religious representatives to teach their congregations to “obey the government” in preparation for a declaration of martial law, property and firearm seizures, and forced relocation.
In March of this year the Pastor, who we shall refer to as Pastor Revere, was invited to attend a meeting of his local FEMA chapter which circulated around preparedness for a potential bio-terrorist attack, any natural disaster or a nationally declared emergency.
The FEMA directors told the Pastors that attended that it was their job to help implement FEMA and Homeland Security directives in anticipation of any of these eventualities. The first directive was for Pastors to preach to their congregations Romans 13, the often taken out of context bible passage that was used by Hitler to hoodwink Christians into supporting him, in order to teach them to “obey the government” when martial law is declared.
It was related to the Pastors that quarantines, martial law and forced relocation were a problem for state authorities when enforcing federal mandates due to the “cowboy mentality” of citizens standing up for their property and second amendment rights as well as farmers defending their crops and livestock from seizure. It was stressed that the Pastors needed to preach subservience to the authorities ahead of time in preparation for the round-ups and to make it clear to the congregation that “this is for their own good.”
If it’s “cowboy mentality” to stand up for property and gun rights, we can only hope we still have enough “cowboys” left in America. Fortunately, only about 20% of Americans actually attend church regularly (compared to the 40% who say they do), so the FEMA statist propaganda will only reach a fifth of the population even if every minister in America preached it. Of course, Police State USA has the Mainstream Media ready, willing, and able to preach to the other 80%.–Prison Planet
http://michaelpaladin.com/blog/2006/05/25/fema-recruits-ministers-to-promote-martial-law-to-congregations/
297 posted on 01/03/2007 11:42:14 AM EST by Kimberly GG (PATRIOTS MARCH TO "TAKE BACK AMERICA" (www.lframerica.com ))