Interview: Rick Warren back from 7-week PEACE journey

Church Executive Magazine ^ | August 28, 2006 | Lillian Kwon

[theworkersarefew]

Forget about Rick Warren and read your BIBLE.Warren is a pinko at best.

[TommyDale]

A book worth reading:

http://inthenameofpurpose.org/inthename.pdf

[wideawake]

Looks like Rick Warren is ready to bow and scrape for the Communists in North Korea so they can use him in a dog-and-pony show for propaganda purposes.

"Look - a major American religious leader was invited to speak here! Clearly America lies when it says we are unfree!"

They have "Purpose" in North Korea too, only they call it "Juche."

[PastorBooks]

"Warren: I came away from the 48-day trip in 14 nations with a couple of attitudes. One is an attitude of gratitude of what God is doing in the world. It's very exciting to see. I really believe that the future of Christianity is Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It's not North America and it's not Europe. And I think that's very obvious."

The only words that can convey my feelings about this statement is to refer to that phrase oft used by the TV character Colonel Potter: horse pucky! Wiktionary defines this term -- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/horse_pucky -- as "[slang] meaning retarded, dumb, idiotic, and/or imbecilic." I find such a description concerning Mr. Warren's statement very appropriate.

Has the power of God been suspended in North America, Mr. Warren?

I don't know about Mr. Warren, but THIS young preacher hasn't given up on the Church being the Church in America!

Man, I'm mad. I'm really mad. I better stop now.

[Cecily]

Well, you know what the solution to the North America problem is, don't you? Everyone must read and memorize "The Purpose Driven Life," and hang on Warren's every word!

/sarc

Seriously, Western Europe and parts of North America could use a reawakening and a true move of the Holy Spirit convicting people of their need for Jesus Christ and salvation from their sins. Don't look for the likes of Warren to be involved in such a "harsh" endeavor, though.

[Matchett-PI]

A review of Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life [Excerpted]

Spiritual therapy for the Christian new in faith, but difficult for the informed believer to have patience with.

Help yourself to the milk. ....the advice he gives -- which amounts to "God has a purpose for you" -- is the sort of thing your average Israelite in the Ancient Near East would have taken for granted. Is it not a sad commentary that we need to be reminded of this simple and basic truth 40 different ways by Warren's text?

More here: http://www.tektonics.org/books/warrenr01.html

And here: Self Center http://www.tektonics.org/qt/selfesteem.html

[wideawake]

The usual modus operandi of the generic fake missionary in the world today is to go to relatively safe places where the vast majority of the population is already Christian - Manila, Rio, etc. and try to convince the locals to abandon their local church and join his "purpose-driven" one.

[VRWCTexan]

Thanks - it's good to know this even exists!

[redgolum]

First is "supply condoms."

Didn't know that Mr. Warren was a member of the latex worshiping crowd.

[redgolum]

A pastor friend of mine grew up as the son of missionaries in the Philippines. There are a lot of non Christians there in the fringes and other islands. For instance, his parents were missionaries to the local muslim tribes.

[wideawake]

Of course, the Purpose sent Rick to downtown Manila - not to fringe islands and Muslim settlements.

[redgolum]

My point wasn't to defend Warren, the man is a wolf in sheep's clothing, but to state that some of these missionaries to Christian countries are not looking to steal people from other local churches.

[wideawake]

That's a fair point.

On the other hand, I'd like to hear Warren's opinion on how St. Paul could possibly have been so successful given his ministry's total lack of cute little English anagrams.

[redgolum]

LOL!

Good one.

[scripter]

Read later.

[Cecily]

The Apostle Paul didn't put on skits or have a 1st century version of a rock band, either. What was he thinking? Didn't he know he was too "heavy" and "boring" for the seekers?


The apostles did just fine.

[trillabodilla]

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the message of Christ Crucified for the remission of sin, unto ALL peoples.

There is no "Other Gospel."

Mr. Warren is not a preacher of the Gospel.

[Rutles4Ever]

The holy trinity of populism

[scripter]

On the front cover was an article about this communist leader who had read The Purpose Driven Life and accepted Christ and was now trying to serve the Lord.

Excellent! The Holy Spirit is convicting people to come to Christ through Warren's ministry and books.