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Rick Warren’s Son Commits Suicide
charismannews ^ | Jennifer LeClaire

Posted on 04/06/2013 2:20:59 PM PDT by Morgana

ick Warren’s son has taken his own life. Matthew Warren, 27, had struggled with mental illness before his death.

Evangelist Greg Laurie posted an e-mail the Saddleback Church pastor sent to this staff: “Only those closest knew that he (Matthew) struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life.” Click here to read a prayer request Rick Warren e-mailed to his staff.

Prayers and condolences are flooding into Warren’s Facebook page. And Laurie also expressed his heartfelt pain over Warren’s loss.

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: megachurch; mentalillness; pastor; rickwarren; rickwarrensonsuicide; saddleback; suicide; warren
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just wow, what could have caused this?
1 posted on 04/06/2013 2:20:59 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Rick Warren is not one of my favorite Pastors, but I feel very badly for him right now. This has to be a terrible hole in his heart, and he deserves our prayers.


2 posted on 04/06/2013 2:23:29 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Morgana

He has my prayers and deepest sympathy. Losing one of your children is horrible no matter what the cause.


3 posted on 04/06/2013 2:23:56 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Morgana

Prayers to all concerned. My brother suffered the same thing and sadly took his life too. Those who have seen the likes of these suffer, truly know how blessed they truly are.


4 posted on 04/06/2013 2:24:03 PM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (Don't forget love)
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To: Morgana

Hoo Boy, The left will latch onto this.

Prayers for the family.


5 posted on 04/06/2013 2:29:00 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Morgana

This is very sad. One lost soul and a devastated family.

Makes me wonder. If all those doctors couldn’t help him it makes me think beyond mere depression. Something more was going on here. It reminds me a bit of that movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Scary and sad.

My prayers for the family.


6 posted on 04/06/2013 2:29:05 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: Morgana

>> “just wow, what could have caused this?” <<

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The very same demons that torment Rick.


7 posted on 04/06/2013 2:30:04 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BornToBeAmerican

My condolences to you.


9 posted on 04/06/2013 2:30:11 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Revolting cat!

It’s the first time I’ve seen it.


10 posted on 04/06/2013 2:32:30 PM PDT by laplata (The Answer To 1984 Is 1776)
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To: mardi59

>> “If all those doctors couldn’t help him it makes me think beyond mere depression.” <<

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Read God’s word.

“Medicine” helps no one.

Jeremiah 17:

[5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

[6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

[7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

[8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Eph 6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].


12 posted on 04/06/2013 2:38:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Revolting cat!

Condolences to the family.


13 posted on 04/06/2013 2:38:48 PM PDT by laplata (The Answer To 1984 Is 1776)
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To: Morgana

My condolences to the Warren family. Losing a child is perhaps the worst pain someone can endure.


14 posted on 04/06/2013 2:40:28 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Morgana

Oh, this is so sad. So sorry for his loss and for his family. When we see our own children going astray it breaks our hearts but each of God’s children makes his/her own decisions. God bless the Warren family during this time of sorrow.


15 posted on 04/06/2013 2:44:25 PM PDT by District13 (Obama scares me)
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To: editor-surveyor

Read God’s word.

“Medicine” helps no one.

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I read Gods word and that is what I was talking about in my post. The doctors were useless in this case. We are fighting Powers and Principalities and the sooner people recognize that the better we will all be.


16 posted on 04/06/2013 2:46:12 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: Cyber Liberty

This is the second minister’s son I am aware pf that has committed suicide. I also know personally a minister’s daughter that decided to become a minister, did so, then decided she was gay. Minister’s kids are used by satan and his evil minions to torture the ministers.


17 posted on 04/06/2013 2:49:14 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: mardi59

If all those doctors couldn’t help him it makes me think beyond mere depression.

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“Mere” depression can be lethal. Major Depression Disorder is not the blues. It is not something that can be shaken off. It is life threatening and debilitating.


18 posted on 04/06/2013 2:54:33 PM PDT by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed " people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: mylife

[[Hoo Boy, The left will latch onto this.]]

They are most likely celebrating just liek they did with hte death of Tony Snow- They truly are a dispicable lot the left- They hate with a seething vehement hatred of those who are moral, then turn aroudn and lecture us on ‘loving one another’- Just had that happen to me infact on Yahoo news thread- I ju7yst hope their seethign violent hatred doesn’t push htem straight into hell- that they coem to a point where they realize just how hateful they really are- there are none so blind as those that refuse to see like they do


19 posted on 04/06/2013 2:55:06 PM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: mardi59

My bad for not understanding your post.

Yes, this is an attack by the powers of wickedness.


20 posted on 04/06/2013 2:59:09 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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