Rick Warren Is Wrong

RICK WARREN IS WRONG from Apprising Ministries

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? (2 Corinthians 6:14-15, NASB)

My friend Steve McConkey told me today that he’s releasing the following Press Release at 1 AM through Christian Newswire to some 1400 news outlets concerning Rick Warren and his unbiblical alliance with the false religion of Islam. May the Lord bring about proper balance and focus on the genuine Gospel of Jesus Christ:

Steve McConkey
UndergroundNews.us
PO Box 1642Madison, WI 53701608-469-7956
RICK WARREN IS WRONG

(Madison, Wisconsin, UndergroundNews.us, July 6, 2009) Rick Warren spoke to 8000 Muslim listeners at the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) at the Washington Convention Center on July 4th. He said, “Muslims and Christians can work together for the common good without compromising my convictions or your convictions. I am not interested in interfaith dialogue but interfaith projects.”

Earlier, a Canada Free Press article said ISNA is an organization with ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups. According to the article, the organization’s website has quotations like the following, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.’”

Rick Warren is putting works first and faith second. According to the Bible in James 2:14-26, works should follow a person’s faith. Warren has reversed this and has put works first and faith second.

According to the book of James, true faith is believing the exclusive claims of Christ and not putting faith behind works. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven according to the Bible. As we share this truth with the world, we should then do good works.

Speaking at interfaith meetings should not be done if a person does not tell the listeners that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven – period. By not doing this, a person is saying that all ways lead to God by works. Sincere Christian faith is never afraid to tell others that Jesus Christ in the only way to heaven.

By Warren’s silence on the exclusive claims of Christ, he led his Muslim audience into believing that works will save a person. As Christians, we know that works follow our faith, not the other way around. As Paul preached in Athens, he concluded his message by telling them about the resurrection of Christ with a few coming to the Lord.

UndergroundNews.us is an apologetics and news site for Christians, including athletes. Steve McConkey is the president of 4 WINDS. He grew up in the North Country of Wisconsin. He has extensively studied apologetics and graduated with honors from Minnesota State University-Mankato (BS-Public Health) and Western Kentucky University (Masters of Public Health). Also, Steve and his wife have been in track and field ministries since 1981.

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Editor's note: What's worse than Rick Warren being wrong? Pastors who bully church members out the door for pointing out the unbiblical elements of the Purpose driven theology. Pastors who call such members dogmatic and devisive. Pastors and Deacons who refuse to allow the congregation to evaluate the evidence.

Ask the pastors at Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, Virginia one question: WHY?