Posted on 12/31/2006 11:12:43 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Q: What are the lessons learned of 2006 and specifically of the launch of the PEACE plan?
The lessons we've learned this year are, No. 1, it's complicated, No. 2, it can't be done quickly, but No. 3, it can be done. Because there's literally been millions of people who want to help. That's been the most surprising thing to me. That there are millions of normal people, in churches and outside of churches, who are wanting to work together on the big problems of poverty, disease, illiteracy, corruption, leadership and spiritual emptiness.
That's been very fulfilling to me to see that – the idea that I felt like God gave me (and) that God had given a lot of people, too – to me, that's confirmation. When you meet people on the other side of the world – in India, in Africa, in China, in Europe – who are feeling the same way, then you know it's not just a pipe dream.
Q: What has the past year taught you about your own evangelical movement?
The evangelical movement has been seen as a monolith, which it is not. The evangelical movement has been confused with both the religious right and fundamentalism, which it is not. I'm not a fundamentalist, and I'm not part of the religious right. And yet for people who are not evangelicals, they saw us all as one group.
One of the things people are beginning to understand is that there is no mainstream in America anymore. America is made up of a lot of different streams ... and we have to get along together.....
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I agree.
In other words, he is a liberal democrat!
What could we do to get this fat slob to STFU in 2007 ?
Seems like a busy day for the Your Best Purpose Driven Life Now Ping List!
"In other words, he is a liberal democrat!"
Wrong. Try reading the entire article.
Pray, pray hard. Cause the media is going to flog his every pronouncement up through the 2008 election campaign for Hilary/Obama.
Mr. Say-one-thing-then-do-the-opposite. It's about faith, not politics. Only the only thing you hear him talk about is politics. It's about values, but that means EVERYBODY'S values, which ultimately means it is not about values, rather it's about civility.
I did and I can't stand Warren!
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/peace-un.htm
Rick's UN agenda.
In short, he's a social liberal.
Not unlike John Shelby Spong and other "progressive" Christians.
No wonder the MSM and liberals love Warren and can't praise him high enough.
Jesus Christ said the world would hate those who faithfully followed his word. Warren is the toast of the world's shakers and movers.
Don't you think there is danger in that?
I gave up counting the number of times the word I appeared in this article. The word God appeared twice and the word Jesus Christ did not appear at all.
Maybe it is just me but when a pastor talks about himself and what he does rather than Christ and what He has accomplished for us I get turned off of the message.
Christians do good deeds not to give themselves an ego boost or to appear right in the eyes of the world. We do them because the Grace of God has opened our hearts to the needs of the least of our brothers. We do them because all humans are created in the image of God. We do this because God became flesh and to see the flesh that God embraced being hungry, cold, abused and/or ill insults the very incarnation.
We do good because we know that to bring the Gospel to people takes more than just words. It takes love in action.
That was pretty obvious when he embraced Barrack Hussein Obama.
A guy told me one time that the way you raise money fastest is to have an enemy. Well, that's not the kind of world I want to live in. If you have to demonize people to get dollars, then I don't want to be a part of that strategy.
It appears that to Dr. Warren it's ok to demonize people to garner "support" but not to raise money.
Ping for later reading.
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Odd, I think those whose faith is above their political leanings are more discerning.
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From my perspective, such RW bashing threads prove more the opposite.
You know it. I know it. It's not there & all who say so will still be called liars for it. People see what they want to see. The world loves its own.
And yes there is a monumental danger.
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