William Anderson, in his essay The "State" Awakening, calls attention to Jim Wallis of Sojourners magazine, who has been pushing a socialist agenda disguised as biblical social justice. Anderson also points out that other church leaders, such as Bill Hybels and Rick Warren, seem to be buying into this "gospel" as well.
Anderson, however, tacked on a correction at the end of his article after Pastor Warren wrote to say that he disagrees with Wallis's "big government approach." Warren also claimed to be a fan of Von Mises.
Why do I have a hard time believing that? Oh, right. I remember now.
Warren was one of the signers of the Evangelical Climate Initiative. In fact, his name appears just below that of Jim Wallis on the ECI web site. As you may recall, the ECI calls for federal legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through "cost-effective, market-based mechanisms." Of course, as we all know, having government involved means it will be neither cost-effective nor market-based.
Dr. Anderson, there's no need to apologize to Rick Warren. I admire you for trying to rectify what you saw as a mistake on your part, but I think your initial assessment was correct. Warren most definitely falls in with the statist crowd.
Anderson, however, tacked on a correction at the end of his article after Pastor Warren wrote to say that he disagrees with Wallis's "big government approach." Warren also claimed to be a fan of Von Mises.
Why do I have a hard time believing that? Oh, right. I remember now.
Warren was one of the signers of the Evangelical Climate Initiative. In fact, his name appears just below that of Jim Wallis on the ECI web site. As you may recall, the ECI calls for federal legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through "cost-effective, market-based mechanisms." Of course, as we all know, having government involved means it will be neither cost-effective nor market-based.
Dr. Anderson, there's no need to apologize to Rick Warren. I admire you for trying to rectify what you saw as a mistake on your part, but I think your initial assessment was correct. Warren most definitely falls in with the statist crowd.
Labels: Culture/Society, Nanny State, Party Politics, Religion
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I also think that Warren's theology is terrible! His first book, The Purpose Driven Church, was continually plagued with theology errors and false doctrines. His mentor is Peter Drucker (whom he consulted while writing these purpose driven books) who is a management guru.
He also continually makes use of Eugene Peterson's The Message which I don't even think could be considered a translation of the Bible.
So, not only do I think he is a statist, I also consider him to be a false teacher.
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