Shalom in Christ Jesus,
 "Rick Warren pulls a 'Clinton'".
That was the first thing that came to mind and the title I thought when first reading this story.
However, since 'Be Alert!' has a very international readership, many not completely familiarized with the subtleties of American politics may not 'pick up' on the humor intended.
During the eight years of the Clinton Administration from 1993-2000, America was introduced to such things as "I smoked but did not inhale" the many "I cannot recall's" and most preposterous, what the definition of "is" was. Simply, it was the Lawyers running the 'hen house' and every legal loophole that could be found, would be found and then used to get Bill's butt out of trouble.
The sad thing is that most of America not only accepted it, they embraced it and started implementing these strategies themselves.
Hence, now everyone is doing it, including 'America's Pastor'.
We have been sounding the warning regarding Rick Warren for a long time, that his use of business models for ministry are unbiblical and that he preaches an incomplete gospel in his best selling The Purpose Driven Life. Most dangerous has been his eisegetical approach to scripture where one teaches his own ideas or views, in this case using multiple translations (namely the apostate paraphrase The Message) until finding the one that seems to say what they are trying to communicate rather than a diligent exegetical study of scripture to "draw out" what God is communicating to us.
It does appear from some of the articles below that due to Warren's latest inconsistency many more may be waking up to the sad fact that he is not the great evangelical leader many believed him to be.
One thing that is just beyond ridiculous is Warren's claim of being "totally oblivious" (found at approx the 2 min mark) when CNN's Larry King asks Rick his opinion of the recent Iowa court decision on gay marriage. I doubt that Mr. Warren is totally oblivious regarding Iowa; however, I think he is regarding the spiritual deception that has engulfed him, Saddleback and the majority of the "church" and the world.
I feel led to remind everyone that there is no pleasure in doing these alerts regarding the apostasy in the church. There are many other topics that I would rather focus on and that I personally find more interesting. However, the shepherds for the most part have ceased to protect the sheep from the wolves and so some ministries have been called as watchman to help fill the gap. It is not an easy job and most people think all you like to do is point out everyone's faults. That is not the case at all. The sword (The Word of God) divides and there must be factions among us as Paul states:
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:18-19
Although there is nothing new under the sun and there have always been these same heresies and mixtures in the church, the propagation of them has risen manifold in recent years while knowledge of the Bible has dropped precipitously. This is why we do what we do.
Nonetheless, I look forward to that day when this chapter of ministry ends, Jesus returns to set up His Kingdom on earth and a new chapter begins.
May The Lord bless you and keep you,
BE/\LERT!
Scott Brisk
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