Rick Warren on Meet the Press


 

12/24/06

Unify the World’s Religions
to join with the
Global Political and Economic Systems
to solve the world’s problems

Pragmatism

Transcript

Faith in America: Can Religion unite the country for the greater good? Tim Russert,  Jon Meachem: American Gospel

Many religions civil peace: freemarket economy for religions, let the best ideas win.

Can religion be a force for unity?

Warren is sick of being known by what we’re against, he wants Christians to be known by what we’re for.

Roosevelt prayer on D-Day, our republic, our religion, our civilization, unholy forces of our enemy. Almighty God, Amen

Aspen Institute speaking, Warren.

Lincoln second inaugural address Christian?

Ben Franklin: public religion – utility to maintain morality.

Deism in founding fathers

It’s time for the church to be known for love and not legalism. Warren.

Right and left think they’ve lost. Extremism. Both sides all in this together.

A culture of civilility.

Liberals moderates conservatives: five global goliaths. Could coalesce around these.

Third leg of the stool: government, business, the church

Faith sector, public sector, economic sector

Business: management skills, most churches poorly managed.

Global reach of the church. Universal distribution. Doesn’t need to be Christian. Imam. Only truly global organization. Buddhists, Hindus. Local credibility: priest, pastor, imam, or rabbi, credibility. proselytizing

Secularists very small, unite the faiths. I don’t care what your motivation to do good is as long as you do good.

Athiest movement – manifesto

You’re not going to take religion out of their lives. You can manage it, you can marshall it. Rick is one of the great marshallers.

Religion of humility. “We don’t have a monopoly on truth” we have to watch the proselytization. Sense of history, excesses in the name of religion.

Founding fathers managing and marshalling not opposing religions.

Atheists: killed more in the 20th century… [faith is the hope implied]

Compassionate conservativism and Compassionate liberalism. The compassionate part is the Jesus part.

American values instead of religious values, while recognizing the spiritual element.

Americans: given much, expect much, responsibility

Psalm 72 ???

“On the, on the stewardship of affluence, I was reading Psalms 72 and it’s an interesting prayer, it’s Solomon’s prayer for more influence. When you read this prayer, it sounds like the most egotistical prayer because he says, “God, I want you to make me famous.” He says, “I want you to spread the fame of my name to many countries. I want you to give me power, give me blessing and make we well-known.” And it sounds pretty selfish till you read the, the motivation and he says, “So that king may support the widow and orphan, defend the defenseless, care for the sick, assist the poor, speak up for the oppressed, the immigrant, the foreigner,” things like that. The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence, and that changed my life. It turned my old—I had to repent and said I will spend the rest of my life using whatever influence I’ve got for those who have little influence.”

 


 

Lucifer, the Garden of Eden, & the Tower of Babel

Four Ways Christians Are Deceived

Counterfeit Christianity, The World Religion, and The New World Order

Christians are becoming Unitarians

Freemasons and Other Occult Brotherhoods

Trilateral Commission & CFR Membership

What is Rick Warren Up To?

Synthesizing the Evangelicals – Senator Obama