Rick Warren confronted a raft of backlash on X in response to a submit through which he referred to the 2 thieves who have been crucified on both aspect of Jesus, and declared, “In case you’re on the lookout for the #realJesus, not a caricature disfigured by partisan motivations, you’ll discover him within the center, not on both aspect.”
Warren, the writer of the favored e-book “The Objective Pushed Life,” based Saddleback Church together with his spouse Kay in 1980, based on pastorrick.com.
His Feb. 11 submit has earned 1000’s of replies and greater than 3 million views.
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Pastor Rick Warren attends a ceremony honoring actress/producer Roma Downey with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame on Aug. 11, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif. (Tommaso Boddi/WireImage)
Seth Dillon, the CEO of the satire website the Babylon Bee, sarcastically quipped, “Yeah, as a result of if there’s one factor Jesus was recognized for, it was his need to fulfill within the center and compromise on the problems that matter most.”
“That is presumably the worst Biblical interpretation I’ve ever seen, and that’s actually saying one thing,” conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey declared. “Jesus shouldn’t be ‘within the center’ on the homicide of youngsters, gender deception, the definition of marriage, or the rest, for that matter. In reality, I appear to recollect Him having a specific disdain for the lukewarm.”
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Pastor Rick Warren and presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Sick., be part of palms throughout the Civil Discussion board on the Presidency on the Saddleback Church Aug. 16, 2008 in Lake Forest, Calif. (David McNew/Getty Photographs)
“What occurs when the authorial intent of a biblical textual content is discarded? The textual content turns into a wax nostril, bent based on our personal intent. Living proof,” Brad Klassen, a professor at The Grasp’s Seminary, wrote concerning Warren’s submit.
David Limbaugh, the brother of the late conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh, tweeted, “Meaningless mush,” including, “with all due respect.”
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President George W. Bush (R) talks with Dr. Rick Warren, founding father of the Saddleback Church, earlier than receiving the Worldwide Medal of PEACE throughout the Saddleback Civil Discussion board on World Well being on the Newseum Dec. 1, 2008 in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Photographs)
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In his most up-to-date tweet previous to the one which got here beneath a lot scrutiny, Warren had written, “Jesus: “Whoever #serves me should #FOLLOW me.” Jn 12:26,” including, “Appears apparent, proper? However whereas serving Jesus in ministry, we will cease #following Him! As an alternative, we begin following politicians, podcasters, or peers-and our imaginative and prescient, values & priorities come from social media, not Jesus. #dangerous”
