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
how sick and blasphemous this thing is, but I am not going togive out the link because I don’t want young people,especially, to be influenced by this vile thing.Ingrid Schlueter of “Crosstalk Radio Talk Show” on VCYAmerica Radio Network made the following observation:“The sneering, mocking expressions and tones of voicein this video have to be witnessed to be understood forwhat they are. By his speech and manner, the rappertakes the name of the Holy Son of God in vain, but thevideo contains something more. There is hatred here,hatred for who God is according to the Scriptures. Thespirit of this video, ironically shown at a so-calledworship conference, is anti-Christ. You cannot know theLord of glory, the living Word of God and speak of Himin this manner. ... The monstrous treatment of the nameof God under the guise of worship is evidence of thehearts behind the video. The grimace when the rappersays, ewwww, I feel this divinity... is manifestly evil.The name of the Lord, by whose mercy we live andbreathe and have our being, is to be revered above allearthly names. Anyone who can listen to the spirit ofmockery and ridicule in this video and not feel a holyanger needs to return to the Bible and learn who Godreally is” (“Purpose-Driven Rapper Crosses the Line toBlasphemy”).We agree with that assessment totally.The next time someone tries to convince you that theSouthern Baptist Convention is “conservative,” rememberthat you will find every worldly thing in the SBC. WorldlyChristianity is not “conservative” Christianity.There is no separation from the world at SaddlebackChurch. Any sorry piece of rock or rap music is fine as longas it is accompanied by a thin veneer of religiosity.There has never been anything innocent or pure about rockand roll. From its inception, it has had two grand themes:52
licentiousness (sex, drugs, etc.) and rebellion (“I can do whatI want to do any old time”), and this is nowhere more evidentthan in the music of Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles.There is no excuse for this action on the part of aninfluential pastor who should set a standard of godlinessinstead of carnal foolishness. I want to say again publicly,Shame on Rick Warren, and shame on his fellow SouthernBaptist Convention leaders for not publicly andunequivocally rebuking him for such worldly shenanigans.“And be not conformed to this world: but be yetransformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye mayprove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, willof God” (Romans 12:2).“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works ofdarkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11).“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that thefriendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoevertherefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy ofGod” (James 4:4).“Love not the world, neither the things that are in theworld. If any man love the world, the love of the Fatheris not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of theflesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is notof the Father, but is of the world. And the world passethaway, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will ofGod abideth for ever” (1 John 2:15-17).53
- Page 4: Warren Tells Pastors to Get Rid of
- Page 8 and 9: faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ
- Page 10 and 11: which he or she is highly gifted an
- Page 12 and 13: “The Bible says, ‘Self-help is
- Page 14 and 15: On page 70, Warren quotes Hebrews 1
- Page 16: lyrics. It is the words that make a
- Page 21: appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Page 25: Saddleback Church features nine dif
- Page 30 and 31: the book of Acts and the Epistles I
- Page 32 and 33: Paul’s gospel is clear. It says t
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- Page 40 and 41: smoke screen. It is a straw man. I
- Page 42 and 43: instructed to follow in the book of
- Page 44 and 45: orderline as possible” (Henderson
- Page 46 and 47: "ATMOSPHERES ARE GOING TO COMETHROU
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- Page 50 and 51: wicked than same-sex relations? Whe
- Page 54 and 55: Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. PlanSpeaking
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- Page 58 and 59: Roger Oakland rightly observes:“W
- Page 60 and 61: absolutely nothing about kicking pe
- Page 62 and 63: It is a sad fact that Southerland h
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- Page 70 and 71: American Baptist ChurchesThe Baptis
- Page 72 and 73: Dr. Frederick Anderson, secretary o
- Page 74 and 75: “Then the third day came. A stone
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- Page 80 and 81: “Through visualization and dreami
- Page 82 and 83: Bono complains that the churches ha
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- Page 86 and 87: Warren’s and the Ladies HomeJourn
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- Page 90 and 91: Furthermore, if God doesn’t expec
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- Page 94 and 95: Warren Doesn’t Mention JesusIn Ju
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how sick and blasphemous this thing is, but I am not going togive out the link because I don’t want young people,especially, to be influenced by this vile thing.Ingrid Schlueter <strong>of</strong> “Crosstalk Radio Talk Show” on VCYAmerica Radio Netw<strong>or</strong>k made the following observation:“The sneering, mocking expressions and tones <strong>of</strong> voicein this video have to be witnessed to be understood f<strong>or</strong>what they are. By his speech and manner, the rappertakes the name <strong>of</strong> the Holy Son <strong>of</strong> God in vain, but thevideo contains something m<strong>or</strong>e. There is hatred here,hatred f<strong>or</strong> who God is acc<strong>or</strong>ding to the <strong>Scripture</strong>s. Thespirit <strong>of</strong> this video, ironically shown at a so-calledw<strong>or</strong>ship conference, is anti-Christ. You cannot know theL<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> gl<strong>or</strong>y, the living W<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> God and speak <strong>of</strong> Himin this manner. ... The monstrous treatment <strong>of</strong> the name<strong>of</strong> God under the guise <strong>of</strong> w<strong>or</strong>ship is evidence <strong>of</strong> thehearts behind the video. The grimace when the rappersays, ewwww, I feel this divinity... is manifestly evil.The name <strong>of</strong> the L<strong>or</strong>d, by whose mercy we live andbreathe and have our being, is to be revered above allearthly names. Anyone who can listen to the spirit <strong>of</strong>mockery and ridicule in this video and not feel a holyanger needs to return to the Bible and learn who Godreally is” (“<strong>Purpose</strong>-<strong>Driven</strong> Rapper Crosses the Line toBlasphemy”).We agree with that assessment totally.The next time someone tries to convince you that theSouthern Baptist Convention is “conservative,” rememberthat you will find every w<strong>or</strong>ldly thing in the SBC. W<strong>or</strong>ldlyChristianity is not “conservative” Christianity.There is no separation from the w<strong>or</strong>ld at SaddlebackChurch. Any s<strong>or</strong>ry piece <strong>of</strong> rock <strong>or</strong> rap music is fine as longas it is accompanied by a thin veneer <strong>of</strong> religiosity.There has never been anything innocent <strong>or</strong> pure about rockand roll. From its inception, it has had two grand themes:52
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