This past Sunday, a major shift was announced by Pastor Rick Warren at his Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, that has many Christian leaders concerned. As Saddleback hosted its ”celebration of Jesus (pbuh),” attended by a number of Muslim communities in Southern California, something theologically significant happened at the dinner portion of the event. Only a select number of people were invited to the dinner. A document one year in the making was presented which encourages Christians and Muslims to “appreciate the similarities of our faiths.” What does this mean? Is it simply a way to reach out a helping hand to the communities in Southern California, or is something more serious happening? Read more here, and share your thoughts in the comments section:
ICSC Co-authors Historic Interfaith Document
The document encouraged that our communities work together towards the common good and to combat bigotry in a 1-2-3 plan. The first step in the plan identifies the belief in one God. The second step acknowledges God’s commandment to love God and your neighbor. Finally, step three is for our communities to commit to three things: making friends, building peace, and serving the world at large together.
This relationship with Saddleback Church was initiated over a year ago with a friendship between one of the pastors, Abraham Meulenberg, and the ICSC’s Jihad Turk. Pastor Meulenberg reached out having heard about the Center and our interfaith work. From this friendship developed an institutional link between their respective organizations.
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Truely the Apostate Church is climbing on the Beasts back.
This is so sad. One of my concerns is if the members of Saddleback will simply look the other way, ignore it, and accept compromise. Southern California churches (not all, but by and large) are often willing to do this when they have someone “famous” leading them. This is the lukewarm church that Revelation speaks of and the Lord will spit them out of His mouth. It is this type of cowardice, couched in sweet terms, that is helping destroy our nation, our freedoms, and our future. I pray that some of the true believing pastors in southern California will stand up and speak the truth in spite of what the left-wing press has to say.
I do not know Rick Warren; but I feel sorry for him because he is in DEEP trouble with the TRUE GOD even JESUS CHRIST.
He keeps saying he doesn’t subscribe to “Chrislam” whilst all the time he is pushing its agenda.
John 14:7: “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
Hebrews 1:3: “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.”
John 10:30: “I (Jesus) and the Father are one.”
If they don’t believe in Jesus Christ, then we don’t serve the same God – period.
I totally agreed with you. He is leading many astray. Pray for him.
My heart is grieved for this man. Lord, help those that are under his stewardship to wake up. It’s hard to believe what is happening to God’s family, but we are in the end times and we will usher in the King of Kings, Jesus Christ, not Allah!
Don’t believe everything you read people. Rick warren refutes this! http://pastors.com/rick-warren-on-muslims-evangelism-and-missions/
I do research and have many videos or Rick Warren saying two different things on many subjects. He is at it again here with Chislam, soing one thing and then saying he is not. The man never says he is sorry nor is he ever apologetic, no he is always misunderstood or just straight way lies.
In my recent studies of scripture I have found that the trend many pastors are taking today are the same directions that the Lord warned Moses that the people would take. The children of God were chastised every time that they mingled their worship, in fact it is the very thing which ultimately caused God to strip the kingdom from Solomon’s son. The queen of Sheba brought her worship with her to her husband which was Soloman’s part in the abomination before God, this was the main reason for the splinting of the nation and eventual destruction. Yes Mr. Warren, we need to bring people together, but the Bible teaches us that we reach people outside of the congregation with the truth and then bring them into the congregation. The true church is not a mixture of believers and non-believers. What you are doing is like going back to the thirties and trying to bring equality to whites and blacks by having a meeting of the kkk and then inviting blacks to attend. The only way to bring this unity you are seeking is to show those who have a key component lacking and convincing them of the denial, the key component is unconditional love, which can only come from Christ.
This is most accurate, most timely, and most NEEDED REBUKE!! I think this short well stated comment, is what BOTH America & Israel have needed for centuries, but because of Man’s Greed, True faith has been twisted and perverted for MANY YEARS!!
This comment, may not garner me any friends, but that is not why I believe in Jesus Christ to begin with!!
Humanity in its entirety, has spent its time on this planet looking for, Desiring more ways to do away with an accurate understanding of the GOD of the Bible!!
Whether true or, Mr. Warren, should have valued his reputation as a man after God’s Own Heart, strongly enough to avoid assertions like this even if they are WRONG!!
to neverrudedude…. I have read that document before coming to this site and that may be true that he “refuted” it. but…if he is going to go to such lengths to refute this, why not refute everything that he is connected with in dealing with Chrislam? Like..this document for instance…?
http://www.yale.edu/faith/acw/acw.htm
I hope he doesn’t believe what ALL of these things point to. But just because someone SAYS they don’t believe something, doesn’t mean anything if their actions are showing something tell a completely different story. From what I saw on YouTube, he did the same thing with Proposition 8. Again, I want to believe him, but until you have done your research, like I (and probably others who have commented here) have, then don’t be so quick to jump on someone for not taking his word.
Blessings.
Good post Candace! There is a great apostacy already in the making and Rick Warren appears to be at it’s forefront.
excuse the typos…started typing something and didn’t erase all of what I previously wanted to say. that should read..”doesn’t mean anything if their actions are telling a completely different story.”
The Bible does say that you are not to touch the unclean thing. It also says to be separate from the world, for we were called out of the world to be a separate people holy and blameless before God. Does that mean we ignore those who are lost,”Of Course Not!” We must love them, pray for them, and witness to them. We are to NOT form a “Friendship” with them in efforts to try and convince them that Christianity is the way because they too have their own agenda. We must remember that the devil is as a sly fox and he is seeking whom he may devour. If you play with fire too long you will eventually get burnt. Like I said before, you MUST love them, pray for them, and witness to them, that they might come to know the true knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ but we must not defile our self and compromise in efforts to win someone. You can live holy in a world and win souls to God without trying to “BUILD” a friendship with those who are not and do not intend to serve our God. The Bible also says that one cannot serve two masters, you will HATE one and LOVE the other. There is no in between, this is what I feel a lot of the christian world is trying to create.
Rick Warren is involved in many unholy mixtures … He is no longer feeding the flock of God , but entertaining the goats !!!
If you call yourself a “pastor” and completely ignore the great commission, you are NO pastor. You are a deceiver. Jesus is the ONLY way to the Father. Islam is not “another way”. It is a false religion no matter how nice the people in it are. I know alot of nice Buddhists, but their beliefs have NOTHING in common with Christianity. Likewise with Islam. Similar traits don’t make your belief systems equal. Humans have alot in common with fetal pigs, but we are not fetal pigs. One day soon we will all be called to publicly choose a side perhaps even at our own peril. Get your heads on straight now. Jesus calls us to choose Him. There is NO other name given, period.
Amen.
Well for any who are catching this post looking for answers to what is happening and like has already been mentioned the so called church is filled with goats but that is because we have turned from the gospel of Jesus Christ, son of God and son of man.
Jesus the Christ, the Father’s anointed servant, appointed to suffer on our behalf in order to redeem that which was lost because of our rebellion against him. Jesus Christ the Holy One who stepped out of heaven into His creation which He himself made for Himself and therefore has creator rights over it. We are part of that creation, God has made each of us for His intended purpose just as he has every other part of creation.
The creations purpose was to bring great glory to God and to show man who was created in the image of God all the attributes of God so that man would worship submitting to God in all His glory. Yet man did not submit but did his own will and took from the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God told Him not to and so by Adam sin did enter the world and by sin death, so even now death reigns. Because of Adam’s rebellion all of creation was cursed and is cursed to this day and even know the Lord God is pouring out his judgement against the ungodly. This we ignor and explain away today for it is a terrifing prospect to fall into the hands of the Living God as His enemy. God is Love and therefore He is Holy and Just, Perfect and True and all who will ever be will fall short of this standard.
How can this be undone? A Perfect Sacrifice meeting God’s standard of Perfection was required to attone for this greivous error. No mere man would do for all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God.
God the Father would send His Only begotten Son Jesus to provide the solution nessesary to satisfy God’s just Character. Jesus the Christ, would glorify His Fathers name through that He submitting Himself to His Father’s will to suffer to the Point of Death, thus making Himself an suitable offering for our sins.
So it is said, Christ being a Son, He learned obedience through what he suffered, and being made perfect He became the Author of eternal life. And so it is the Christ is now made the Author and perfector of our Faith in God.
Blood needed to be shed and not just any blood, the blood had to come from a perfect man which is why He came in the first place. Without the sheding of blood there is no remission of sins. Perfection comes by obedience and obedience comes by observing the commands of God. Everything about the Suffering and Death, His burial and His resurrection of the one whom the Lord appointed to this very end were all foretold in the Scriptures and in the Man Jesus Christ all of this is fulfilled.
So even today we Preach Christ Jesus and Him Crusified. Jesus Christ who suffered and died for our sins according to the scriptures. Was buried with the rich according to the Scriptures. And prior to His death Jesus told them what sign He would give to show the world He was from God, that they would have the sign of Jonah. As Jonah was in the whale three days and thre nights so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the bowels of the earth and then He would rise again for the Father granted Him that authroity.
Christ Jesus at the meeting of the Dawn of the First Day of the week He was resurrected. Christ is Lord!
Even today the cry has gone out. Repent, stop your rebellion and setting your heart on evil. Turn from your worthless pursuits and the chasing of things that are perishing, rather pursue what is eternal. Stop doing evil to one another and do good. Obey God and stop rebelling. Seek God while he may yet be found for the time is close now. Humble yourself before God and observe His righteous decrees. Seek God, to see if you will find grace in His sight, confess your sins, cry out to God in your desperation, behold what a wretched person you are. Cast yourself at the feet of Jesus Christ and hope in His cross, His salvation, His righteousness. I pray that perhaps you may find grace in His eyes. Oh don’t ignor so great a salvation.