"So then I asked myself, what kind of church are we going to be? And I decided, why don’t we be a church for people who hate church? There are plenty of good churches around here. Why don’t we have church for people who hate church? "
Rick Warren calls himself a Christian. He also has convinced many who would call themselves, "Christians" that he is one of them. Meanwhile he started a church for people who hate church... and he has made a really good show of implementing his programs based on purpose... five purposes actually. Rick Warren has masterfully convinced a lot of church haters to join up with him and change everything about church, including changing the foundation from "Jesus Christ alone" to "purpose."
"Nothing precedes purpose."
(John 1:1 tells is what preceeded all things and it says nothing about purpose being preeminent.)
If you are not rooted and grounded in the true foundation, after hear Rick Warren speak you are apt to believe that God is incapable... unable to produce any healthy churches without Rick's insight into what it takes.
"We need to build civility into our society... I come here tonight as a Christian pastor and I reach out my hand to the Muslim community and I say, "Let us work on these issues together....let us work on these issues together," and just maybe some good stories will start coming out in the media...." ~ Rick Warren
~ Rick Warren
Rick Warren, Pew Forum, Myth of the Modern Megachurch , 2005
Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life.
"Ha ha"?
"I am starting a church for people who hate church. Ha ha ha..."
~ Rick Warren
"Ha ha"?
This is supposed to be funny?
Maybe he is naive?
Rick Warren calls himself a Christian. He also has convinced many who would call themselves, "Christians" that he is one of them. Meanwhile he started a church for people who hate church... and he has made a really good show of implementing his programs based on purpose... five purposes actually. Rick Warren has masterfully convinced a lot of church haters to join up with him and change everything about church, including changing the foundation from "Jesus Christ alone" to "purpose."
"Healthy churches are built on purpose! "
~Rick Warren
Forget Church Growth, Aim for Church Health, by Rick warren, pastors.com
"Strong churches are built on Purpose!"
~ Rick Warren
"Nothing precedes purpose."
~ Rick Warren
The Purpose Driven Church, by Rick Warren, Chapter 3
If you are not rooted and grounded in the true foundation, after hear Rick Warren speak you are apt to believe that God is incapable... unable to produce any healthy churches without Rick's insight into what it takes.
When Rick is not preaching purpose, browbeating Christianity or promoting himself, (boasting numerically about his personal successes, or the notoriety of his books,(such as the Purpose Driven Life,) Rick is busily building..... all sorts of things, like "healthy" churches, the "kingdom"... and, bridges.
Here a bridge, There a bridge, everywhere a bridge, bridge. But the bridge is always something else besides Jesus.
Makes you wonder, "Why?"
It's a simple gospel about Jesus.....
but then some people hate church....and the gospel is not important to them.
They just build their own... religion.
"We need to build civility into our society... I come here tonight as a Christian pastor and I reach out my hand to the Muslim community and I say, "Let us work on these issues together....let us work on these issues together," and just maybe some good stories will start coming out in the media...." ~ Rick Warren
“We build bridges of love - from our hearts to hearts of even those who hate us - so that Jesus can walk across."
-Rick Warren,
Rick Warren Stresses Need for Christians to Build Bridges, by Eric Young, Christian Post, July 2009
"I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church, and say 'What can we do together that we have been unable to do by ourselves? "
~Rick Warren
"Building a bridge has nothing to do with compromising your beliefs." ~Rick Warren,
The Christian Post::Rick Warren:'Flat Out Wrong' That Muslims, Christians View God the Same by Alex Murashko,
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