Over the weekend we learned that Pastor Rick Warren got his $900,000 bailout from his flock; and then some. It must be wonderful to ask for, and receive, unlimited funding to do with as you please without any oversight or control. I am reminded of Tammy Faye Bakker and her tearful pleas for money...
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Tags: Crystal Palace, Jim Bakker, PTL Ministry, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Tammy Faye Bakker
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I would have thought the confirmation of Justice Sotomayor would have warranted inclusion, but per the editors of the Associated Press, here are the top news stories of 2009.
Here are 2009’s top 10 stories as voted by the U.S. editors and news directors:
-1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $787 billion federal stimulus package, much of...
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Tags: AD 72, Andy Quatch, birthers, Chesley Sullenberger, Ft. Hood, Michael Jackson, Mike Carona, Mike Duvall, Nancy Pelosi, Octomon, President Obama, Rick Warren, Special Election, state budget crisis, Ted Kennedy, Truman Dinner
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That’s right! Warren does not want his followers to donate $1 million by midnight tonight — he only wants $900,000. Whew!
Warren himself probably can’t afford to donate, since he supposedly takes no salary as preacher-in-chief at Saddleback Church. (What he gets instead is a six-figure “housing expense,” which is not subject to income tax!...
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"I personally believe that the number one thing we need to do is get America back to work. I think before health care or anything else, we need to get people back to work. My biggest fear is that there'll be too much on the agenda and that things will get bogged down."
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Tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan troop levels, Chuck DeVore, foreign policy, Gay Marriage, Health Care, Meet the Press, orphan care, poverty relief, President Barack Obama, Prop 8, Rick Warren
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The Bible is supposed ot be the definitive word of God, but it’s not good enough for the people that brought you Conservipedia who have launched an effort to edit the Bible to purge it of Liberal Bias. Here’s the detail on the project itself.
From the BeliefNet post:
As of 2009, there is no fully...
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Tags: Bible, conservatives, Conserverati, Rick Warren
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After spending a couple of hours pouring through my emails, I found this nugget from Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church. Readers here know I usually attend the Irvine service, and I keep waiting for Pastor Rick to say something truly outrageous in his sermons — and that hasn’t happened yet; Pastor Warren usually...
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Just in from the Orange County Register Warren calls on Muslims and Christians to work together to combat prejudice:
WASHINGTON — Speaking to a crowd of nearly 8,000 Muslims at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Washington D.C., Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren called on Muslims and Christians to form an interfaith coalition...
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Tags: Christians, Chuck DeVore, Islamic Society of North America, Jonathan Constantine, Muslims, OCBlog, prejudice, Red County, Rick Warren, Saddleback Chruch, xenophobia
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