http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-rick-warren-headline-with-disappointment-this-time/ Standing at the Corner of Grace and Now Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-rick-warren-headline-with-disappointment-this-time/#comment-1832 AnglicansUnited.com » Q & A with Rick Warren Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:39:04 +0000 http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-1832 [...] you posted an invitation to the baptism and membership, some bloggers criticized the promotion. In the promotion, you said new members could have their photo [...] [...] you posted an invitation to the baptism and membership, some bloggers criticized the promotion. In the promotion, you said new members could have their photo [...]

]]> http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-rick-warren-headline-with-disappointment-this-time/#comment-1827 paula head Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:27:35 +0000 http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-1827 It reminds me of Oprah's big give away - "You get a car! You get a car!" Just substitute the word Jesus in place of car. How sad to reduce salvation to a gimmick on any given Sunday. It reminds me of Oprah’s big give away – “You get a car! You get a car!” Just substitute the word Jesus in place of car. How sad to reduce salvation to a gimmick on any given Sunday.

]]> http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-rick-warren-headline-with-disappointment-this-time/#comment-1826 Ron Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:13:23 +0000 http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-1826 One of the strong points of the Southern Baptist Church is their organization, it also can be one of their weak points. Years ago while in the Military stationed in Anchorage Alaska I attended the large downtown S. Baptist Church. The sermon was excellent, but at the end the Pastor gave the altar call by saying, "Come on down to the front, give God your heart, me your hand and join the Church". If I wasn't already a believer, I would have thought, shake the preacher's hand and join the Church and then I would be a Christian. I never went back, I instead went to a smaller church in a residential area where the Gospel was better explained and the pastor and congregation saw you as a person and not part of the membership goal. One of the strong points of the Southern Baptist Church is their organization, it also can be one of their weak points. Years ago while in the Military stationed in Anchorage Alaska I attended the large downtown S. Baptist Church. The sermon was excellent, but at the end the Pastor gave the altar call by saying, “Come on down to the front, give God your heart, me your hand and join the Church”. If I wasn’t already a believer, I would have thought, shake the preacher’s hand and join the Church and then I would be a Christian. I never went back, I instead went to a smaller church in a residential area where the Gospel was better explained and the pastor and congregation saw you as a person and not part of the membership goal.

]]> http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/a-rick-warren-headline-with-disappointment-this-time/#comment-1825 internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Internet Monk Radio Podcast #133 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:15:10 +0000 http://ponderanew.wordpress.com/?p=514#comment-1825 [...] David Head on the Rick Warren Special [...] [...] David Head on the Rick Warren Special [...]

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