Godless

New York Times ^ | 11 June 2008 | Timothy Eagan

[alpha-8-25-02]

PING!

[SaltyJoe]

Liberalism Is a Sin is a powerful book written in Spain in 1886 and its content is more relevant today than when it first appeared. Although written from a Catholic perspective, this book is an eye-opener for catholics as well as for open-minded non-catholics. The moral depravity existing in our country today is a consequence of liberalism (pervasive in television, movies, literature, public and private morals) deeply enmeshed in our society. Liberalism asserts the sovereignty of the individual and social reason and enthrones Rationalism in the seat of authority. "It knows no dogma except the dogma of self-assertion." You will learn in this book that the non-logical thinking of liberalism which infects so many people today is the rebellion of the human intellect against God. This book contains the answers to the questions that people today are almost universally asking, "What has happened to our society? What is wrong?"

[eclecticEel]

I don’t Rick Warren has preached the gospel in years, if he ever did in the first place. This is just more of giving people what they want - which is kinda his trademark after all.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

“God promised following the flood to not destroy mankind again.”

No, he promised to never again destroy all the earth and mankind by FLOOD.

See Genesis 9:11 - And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

[Captain Rhino]

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.”

(2 Tim. 4:3-4)

Seems appropriate to this situation. Mr. Warren is exchanging heavenly gold for earthly dross.

[444Flyer]

IMO. This man has done more to damage the legitimacy and holiness of the church than any other person in recent history.

He's had Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speak in the pulpit of his church and now he is honoring sodomites.

One day every man will give an account to the Holy Almighty Everlasting God.

[naturalized]

Hmmmm - I think these have already been covered:

24”Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.

OR

Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.

OR

2 “ ‘Or if a person touches anything ceremonially unclean—whether the carcasses of unclean wild animals or of unclean livestock or of unclean creatures that move along the ground—even though he is unaware of it, he has become unclean and is guilty.

[NucSubs]

We’re doomed.

[xp38]

Jesus in the sermon on the mount had already addressed this...

Matthew 5:44-45 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

[eclecticEel]

The truly unfortunate reality, is that there is a broad swath of contemporary Christianity that failed to realize there was anything askew in Warren’s message until just this very moment.

Okie, that’s enough religio-talk for me.

[444Flyer]

“The truly unfortunate reality, is that there is a broad swath of contemporary Christianity that failed to realize there was anything askew in Warren’s message until just this very moment....”

Unfortunately, you are correct. This man should not be emulated or supported. The apostle Paul spoke of men like him often.

I am a sinner, no better or worse than anyone else. By recieving Christ I was saved by Him because He took the punishment I deserved. I am a sinner saved by the grace of God. Jesus’ message of believe and go and sin no more was pretty simple. I still sin but I do not revel in it, celebrate it or elevate it and pray for the Lord’s help to deliver me from evil daily.

The self-centered gospel has no basis in Christ’s teachings. Man-centered and man-pleasing words are what Warren teaches. We are to please God and Him alone. The worst part is that by being all inclusive, you don’t speak truth and spare people from the consequences they face eternally. Homosexuality is not a special sin, it needs to be addressed like any other sin and repented of-and that goes for all of us.

[pnh102]

One can't help but note that N'awlins was destroyed by a hurricane. exactly at the time the city was to host a huge, in-your-face gay pride march...

Then why not San Francisco? The last time that city was leveled by an earthquake was 1906, well before any gay pride parades there. I am also pretty certain that there are far more gay pride parades in San Francisco than there are in New Orleans as well.

[megatherium]

Thanks—I think these verses do exemplify how God regards disasters and what he expects of us.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You liked Adrian Rogers also? God bless him! I listen to his sermons all the time on oneplace.com....

He is in heaven but God’s messages to the world through Adrian Rogers live on!