A Rick Warren quote!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Should pastors quote Rick Warren or
should they quote scripture?

Both.

There isn't one preacher who has a corner on all truth.

I have learned from Baptists and Charismatics-- and of course, Apostolics.

[Dordrecht]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Both.

There isn't one preacher who has a corner on all truth.

I have learned from Baptists and Charismatics-- and of course, Apostolics.

Well, I would not long stay in
the church where Rick Warren
quotes are flying around
on a weekly basis.
Sorry.

How many preachers these days
use Warren's sermons instead
of being led by the Holy Spirit?

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Well, I would not long stay in
the church where Rick Warren
quotes are flying around
on a weekly basis.
Sorry.

How many preachers these days
use Warren's sermons instead
of being led by the Holy Spirit?

I wouldn't know as I'm not a student of Rick Warren. Obvisouly you must be to know when he is being quoted???

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Well, I would not long stay in
the church where Rick Warren
quotes are flying around
on a weekly basis.
Sorry.

How many preachers these days
use Warren's sermons instead
of being led by the Holy Spirit?

What's wrong with quoting someone else as long as they are speaking truth? Writers in the Bible quoted each other...... even Jesus quoted Moses.....I guess it just depends on whether you think the Pentateuch was considered "Scripture" back in Jesus' time..........

[Dordrecht]

Rick Warren's books are filled with oodles
of religious jibber-jabber that would appease any heathen.

Every once and awhile there is some truth quoted.

Satan does the same thing: Quote some truth to appease.

The only one a pastor needs to quote is Jesus Christ.

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Rick Warren's books are filled with oodles
of religious jibber-jabber that would appease any heathen.

Every once and awhile there is some truth quoted.

Satan does the same thing: Quote some truth to appease.

The only one a pastor needs to quote is Jesus Christ.

So, you're saying a pastor should NEVER include any quotes from anywhere else in his sermon, other than the Bible? Not even Abraham Lincoln, or Thomas Edison, etc?

[Dordrecht]

Yes, I DID say that.
A pastor cannot go wrong quoting Jesus Christ and others FROM the Bible.

There's no need quoting Lincoln or Edison, etc.

Why quote a guy who publicly “apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition-8 (a same-sex marriage ban).

Instead of taking a Biblical stand against homosexuality, Warren apologizes to his homosexual “friends.”

"Christian Celebrities" are quoted way to often, and before we know it we get sucked into
satan's camp and desensitized.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Yes, I DID say that.
A pastor cannot go wrong quoting Jesus Christ and others FROM the Bible.

There's no need quoting Lincoln or Edison, etc.

Why quote a guy who publicly “apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition-8 (a same-sex marriage ban).

Instead of taking a Biblical stand against homosexuality, Warren apologizes to his homosexual “friends.”

I know some UPC ministers who believe this way. They also preach against using anything other than the KJV Bible and other weird things.

I agree, you can't go wrong quoting the Bible. But it's not bad, wrong, or sinful to simply re-post a quote you like on FB, Twitter, or use it in a message. I've heard very few messages that didn't include SOME kind of non-Bible quote - whether a popular phrase, or quote by a secular/religious person.

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Yes, I DID say that.
A pastor cannot go wrong quoting Jesus Christ and others FROM the Bible.

There's no need quoting Lincoln or Edison, etc.

Why quote a guy who publicly “apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition-8 (a same-sex marriage ban).

Instead of taking a Biblical stand against homosexuality, Warren apologizes to his homosexual “friends.”

"Christian Celebrities" are quoted way to often, and before we know it we get sucked into
satan's camp and desensitized.

Interesting......I guess that Rick's quote about us falling away from God to modern day idols, such as money, sex and power is "desensitizing" us, and it's a tool of Satan?

Strange strategy on Satan's part........

[LUKE2447]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

Rick Warren's books are filled with oodles
of religious jibber-jabber that would appease any heathen.

Every once and awhile there is some truth quoted.

Satan does the same thing: Quote some truth to appease.

The only one a pastor needs to quote is Jesus Christ.

I would agree. People requote some of the most stupid things on FB that are half truths. I am always asking. Did you really think about the cute little brainless quote that is actually not correct.