Posted on 07/06/2009 9:14:37 AM PDT by ps2
Rick Warren on July 4th spoke at the Islamic society of North America’s annual conference (ISNA.) Warren talked about Christians and Muslims working together to fight what he calls the big five, spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and illiteracy or lack of education. This sounds good until you think about it for a second. Even though everyone should want the best for themselves and their neighbors, there is something wrong with what Warren proposes. We should love our neighbors but Warren seems to have has his priorities all wrong. The Gospel is the first priority but your lifestyle should match your beliefs. By this, I mean Christians first and most important duty, as presented by Christ is to spread the Gospel. Jesus wanted us to take care of the poor but in Matthew 26 just before Judas aggress to betray him, Jesus admonished his followers saying, “you always have the poor but you will not always have me.” There are two important points here. While Jesus was telling them that he was their priority because he was leaving soon, I think he points out that He in general is our priority. I believe He is also pointing out that there will always be poor people and it is not something that will be eliminated in this current world. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care for the poor but that a war on poverty is pointless.
I don’t like this, at all.
Note to self: Burn “Purpose Driven Life” book. ;)
“”Note to self: Burn “Purpose Driven Life” book. ;)””
I returned the one I was loaned - a lot of drivel which I could not digest. Couldn’t stomach Warren’s idea that his ideas were better than the Bible.
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So he thinks Islam can cure “spiritual emptiness”? How could any real Christian believe that?
Muslims believe in helping the poor and in being good people and not sinning. They are very orthodox about everything, even to the extent of a lot of them not drinking alcohol. They believe in the Judeo-Christian philosophies just like every religion does. Every religion believes in the same philosophies of being good people and helping each other. It would be nice if the religions followed in Warren’s footsteps and also believed in religious tolerance.
Sadly, my opinion of Rick Warren just tanked. Islam is your enemy - just read the Old Testament story of Isahmael.
Much better to aim for a Promise Driven Life, centered on what Jesus has done.
To ask that question about Rick Warren is to answer it.
Galatians 1:6-10:
“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 6:14-16a:
“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?”
Ephesians 5:11-12:
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6
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