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The Failure Of The Megachurch

Tim Suttle | Posted 11.13.2011

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Tim Suttle

If the church is the body of Christ, then the mega-church is a body on steroids... For a church to become that abnormally large it has to make use of such artificial means that it actually ceases to be a healthy church model.

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Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren's Shocking Tweet

Posted 09.26.2011

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Southern California megachurch pastor Rick Warren tweeted, then deleted, a jab at those who want to increase the debt ceiling, reports Newport Beach P...

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Jaweed Kaleem

Crystal Cathedral, California's Famous Multimillion-Dollar Megachurch, Is Up For Sale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- Crystal Cathedral, one of the nation’s first modern megachurches and one that had come to define the movement’s opulent strain with it...

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Finding Purpose in Small Business Week

Nelson Davis | Posted 07.26.2011

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Nelson Davis

Your purpose not only helps define what you do, it also helps you separate the wheat from the chaff. Decide what really counts and do that as much as you can.

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Purpose Driven Life Author Rick Warren's Next Book Delayed Indefinitely

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a press release today, Zondervan, a HarperCollins company, announced the release of Rick Warren's book, "The Hope You Need: From the Lord's Prayer"...

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Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Asks For Urgent $900,000

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 ...

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Rick Warren's Church Sees Rounds Of Protests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Gay rights supporters marched outside the church of evangelical pastor Rick Warren, protesting his selection as an inaugur...

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Dear Rick: A Lesson on Race

Renita Weems | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Racism, Christianity, Religon and Politics, Saddleback Church, Racism in Politics, Rick Warren, MLK Day, Obama's Inauguration, Politics News
Renita Weems

Evidently, Rick Warren doesn't know that black preachers talk, that many of us are friends, and that a letter from him would generate buzz enough for us to share and compare notes.

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Rick Warren Lauds Obama Choice Of Openly-Gay Pastor For Inaugural Prayer

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pastor Rick Warren, demonstrating his recently discovered and ever-increasing political savvy, has issued a statement lauding President-elect Obama's ...

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Even Same-Sex Marriage Is a Basic Civil Right

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Menachem Rosensaft

Republicans who tolerate their party's platform calling for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage should be reminded of a similar constitutional amendment to prohibit interracial marriage.

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Transcendental Invocation: Surprise Me, Rick Warren!

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adele Stan

The sage Todd Gitlin urges us to voice our complaint and move on. But moving on doesn't move me. I want my transcendent moment. First, it seems, I'll have to transcend my damn self.

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This Christian Believes Pastor Warren Should Put a Sock In It

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Foval

Rick Warren, what you are doing by turning to attack your critics as "Christophobes," is manipulating the core message.

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Rocks and Hard Places for Gay Christians this Christmas

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Swenson

Originally appeared on RHRealityCheck.org - Information, commentary and community for reproductive health and rights. I pray. Everyday. Sometimes se...

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Gay Rights Activist On Hardball, Repeatedly Frustrates Warren Defender

pamshouseblend.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Hardball Monday night (hosted tonight by the insufferable Mike Barnicle, who believes all the LGBTs and allies who are mad at Rick Warren live in o...

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We Don't Need Rick Warren's Blessing, Or Anyone Else's

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deepak Chopra

Since God didn't vote for President, why should he get a seat on the inauguration platform? In the midst of controversy over picking Rick Warren to o...

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Is Rick Warren a Vampire?

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leah McElrath Renna

The best way to understand Warren's remark about supposedly loving "gays" is to look at his own church's policy statement about lesbian and gay people.

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A Response to Melissa Etheridge

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

I am willing to agree that Rev. Warren is a good guy who said some bad things. I, like you, do trust that communication and cooperation will lead to increased tolerance and progress. I can't forgive Obama, though.

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Obama's Rick Warren Pick Makes Perfectly Good Sense

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The 60 to 80 million Christian evangelicals are still too big, too important, and too politically strategic to ignore. Obama knows that and that's a big reason why Warren will pray at his inauguration.

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Obama Talks Faith, McCain Claims 'Values'

George McHendry, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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George McHendry, Jr.

If evangelicals found a leader in Bush, they have an impostor in McCain. McCain fails to talk about faith in a coherent way beyond the marquee issue of abortion and lip service to the mailable "Family Values."

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The Jewish Context of the Abortion Debate

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Menachem Rosensaft

The GOP stands firm in its opposition to abortion in any way, shape or form, for any reason whatsoever -- this pro-life position is in direct conflict with Jewish law.

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Does Obama speak "American"?

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

Obama is going to lose this election because he does not speak American. He speaks English like Brits or Harvard professors. Their language is often p...

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Jason Linkins

McCain's 'Gates Of Hell' Rhetoric 'Equal Parts Incoherent And False'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over at the Cato Institute's blog, Jim Harper argues that McCain's "I'll follow bin Laden to the Gates Of Hell" rhetoric at the Saddleback Forum gave ...

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From "Nuanced" to Principled: The Lessons of Pastor Rick, and Why and How Obama and the Democrats Should Make Abortion a Voting Issue

Drew Westen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Drew Westen

If Democrats continue to parry Republican war cries of "baby killer" or continue to couch the debate in terms of life vs. choice, they do indeed have something to worry about.

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Democrats Let McCain Off Hook on "Cone of Silence"

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Hayden

If McCain was indeed in an automobile, if he was not in a "cone of silence", how will we ever know whether he cheated, perhaps with the help of staff?

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Losing My Religion

Keli Goff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keli Goff

Maybe after years of watching the seemingly endless hypocrisy of those who claimed to be legislating in God's name, younger evangelicals are ready to take matters into their own hands.

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