I came across the blog (Pop Culture Mix) of a long-time Saddleback member (15 years) and his name is Richard Abanes. His most recent blog chronicles how he posted comments at other blogs maintained by Dr. Kim Riddlebarger (Riddleblog) and Chris Rosebrough (Extreme Theology). Dr. Riddlebarger and Mr. Rosebrough had posted blogs about Rick Warren’s Christmas message broadcast on the Fox News Channel. The main point of contention ...
You may have been innocently going about your Christmas shopping when Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club played a Christmas Carol Concert in all of their stores. On December 7, 2007, Wal-Mart and The Salvation Army teamed up with Mr. Purpose Driven for a video presentation by the Salvation Army’s Brass Band and a Christmas message from Pastor Rick Warren. The short message given by Rick Warren was as follows: “What ...
The understanding of the biblical doctrine of regeneration has been lost by many Christians today. This failure to fully understand regeneration starts with a failure to understand that regeneration is entirely a work of God. The problem of presenting a coherent argument for God being active and man as passive in regeneration has sometimes been a tough one for me, especially when faced with a brief meeting between ...
I’m blogging on Rick Warren (RW) for the purpose of polishing an apologetic against the seeker sensitive movement in general. I see a need for Christians to be ready to give a defense of the true Gospel versus a watered-down gospel or God’s Gospel message as given to us in the Bible as opposed to a message made up by man to remove all offensiveness. Rick Warren delivered ...
You may have heard, Saddleback Church is going through the 40 Days of Purpose campaign again. I’ve read many opinions/critiques and listened to radio programs that describe the vacuous teaching of the Purpose Driven Life, while also hearing praise from many Christians in Southern California that have gone through the 40 days campaign. There was a period around the year 2002, where it seemed like there ...
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