Spin Doctor of Rick Warren's Cosmopolitan Reformation

Pastor-teacher Ken Silva addresses RICHARD ABANES SPEAKS ON RICK WARREN’S SECOND REFORMATION...

"...being a Southern Baptist pastor myself I also happen to be a former Roman Catholic whom God graciously delivered from apostate Roman Catholicism into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. And that’s why the primary concern of this particular post from Apprising Ministries is Warren’s statement, “Christianity needs a ‘second Reformation’ that would steer the church away from divisive politics and be ‘about deeds, not creeds.’ ”

And it’s certainly not the first time that Warren has talked about this so-called second reformation. Longtime Saddleback member and well known Christian apologist Richard Abanes tells us:

In July 2005, while speaking in front of the Baptist World Alliance, Rick Warren declared: “I am praying for a second reformation of the church that will focus more on deeds than words. The first Reformation was about beliefs. This one needs to be about behavior.”
He has elsewhere stated: “I’m looking for a Second Reformation. The First Reformation of the church 500 years ago was about beliefs. This one’s going to be about behavior. The first one was about creeds. This one’s going to be about deeds. It’s going to be about, not what the church believes. But what is the church is doing?” (Online source)

Abanes also informs us that reaction to Warren’s statements concerning his dream for a coming reformation of a new form of pietism “has been nothing less than a deluge of violent, vicious, and vehement denunciations of Warren.” And not only that but Abanes wants us to know that there has apparently been a “literal torrent of attacks that have been launched against Warren because of his stated desire to have a Second Reformation of deeds, not creeds.” Well now, perhaps he’s stretching the truth here just a wee bit.

See more of the web of distraction Richard Abanes spins on behalf of Rick Warren here.