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
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
Synthesizing the Evangelicals – Senator Obama