Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature
Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature
wicked than same-sex relations? Where is the SouthernBaptist Convention when it comes to such things? Thesilence is deafening.Lennon’s Atheistic SongAnother YouTube video containing a slide show from anArgentina missionary trip by Saddleback Church membersfeatured John Lennon’s atheistic song “Imagine.” The trip,made August 1-12, 2006, was part of Warren’s P.E.A.C.E.program. The soundtrack uses several pieces of music,including John Lennon’s original recording of Imagine. Thelyrics say:“Imagine there’s no heaven/ It’s easy if you try/ No hellbelow us/ Above us only sky.”Worship Your WaySaddleback Church features nine different “worshipvenues.” There is a worship style to suit every worldly taste.The Overdrive venue is “for those who like guitar-drivenrock band worship in a concert-like setting that you canFEEL.” The Ohana venue comes “complete with hula andisland-style music,” and on the first Saturday of every monthyou can take hula lessons during the potluck following theservice. The Country venue features line dancing.School of RockUnder the Worship section of Saddleback Church’s website there is a “School of Rock,” where you can learn to sing“like your favorite pop artist” and play guitar “songs bylegendary bands.”This is “worship” of a holy God--Rick Warren style.50
The “Beyond the Blues” class “will take your bluesplaying to another level, along with classic blues licks by themasters.”They forgot to say that the legendary rockers, pop stars,and classic blues artists were and are drug- and alcoholdrenchedand their lives and music morally filthy.Saddleback Rap VideoA rap video prepared for Warren’s Purpose Driven WorshipConference 2006 is one of the sickest things I have ever seen,and I have been researching the spiritually sick world ofCCM for many years. It is by a rapper named Smitty and ismis-titled “Filled with the Spirit.”It featured a heavy sensual rap beat with the followinglyrics:“Ohhhhhh, I’m filled with the Spirit; come gather roundso all ya’ll can hear it. Ohhhhh, I feel so amazing; can’tstop the music; got my hands raising. Ohhhh, I feel thisdivinity; stronger than Samson; it is the Trinity. Calm medown I need the tranquility; Satan try to stop me; you gotto be kiddin’ me. ... Uuhhhhh, now break it down ya’ll;uuhhhhh, now break it down ya’ll; uuhhhh, uuhhhhh,now break it down, now break it down, Old Testamentstyle. Do the burning bush, do the burning bush, noweverybody in the crowd do the burning bush. ... Thewalls of Jericho, the walls of Jericho, make the bootydrop like the walls of Jericho [the rapper turns aroundand shakes his backside to the camera]...”Not only do the lyrics turn the things of Christ and life’smost serious issues into pure silliness and even descend intomoral filthiness (e.g., rap dancing to the burning bush andshaking your booty to the falling of the walls of Jericho), butthe way the words are sung are downright blasphemous. Youhave to see the video and hear the voices to understand just51
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wicked than same-sex relations? Where is the SouthernBaptist Convention when it comes to such things? Thesilence is deafening.Lennon’s Atheistic SongAnother YouTube video containing a slide show from anArgentina missionary trip by Saddleback Church membersfeatured John Lennon’s atheistic song “Imagine.” The trip,made August 1-12, 2006, was part <strong>of</strong> Warren’s P.E.A.C.E.program. The soundtrack uses several pieces <strong>of</strong> music,including John Lennon’s <strong>or</strong>iginal rec<strong>or</strong>ding <strong>of</strong> Imagine. Thelyrics say:“Imagine there’s no heaven/ It’s easy if you try/ No hellbelow us/ Above us only sky.”W<strong>or</strong>ship Your <strong>Way</strong>Saddleback Church features nine different “w<strong>or</strong>shipvenues.” There is a w<strong>or</strong>ship style to suit every w<strong>or</strong>ldly taste.The Overdrive venue is “f<strong>or</strong> those who like guitar-drivenrock band w<strong>or</strong>ship in a concert-like setting that you canFEEL.” The Ohana venue comes “complete with hula andisland-style music,” and on the first Saturday <strong>of</strong> every monthyou can take hula lessons during the potluck following theservice. The Country venue features line dancing.School <strong>of</strong> RockUnder the W<strong>or</strong>ship section <strong>of</strong> Saddleback Church’s website there is a “School <strong>of</strong> Rock,” where you can learn to sing“like your fav<strong>or</strong>ite pop artist” and play guitar “songs bylegendary bands.”This is “w<strong>or</strong>ship” <strong>of</strong> a holy God--Rick Warren style.50
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