Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren is certainly all over the media these days. Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post tells us in her recent article that Warren, “says Christianity needs 2nd Reformation.” She also points out that Warren stated:

“People are so worried churches are going to be about conversion,” he said, “but everyone has a motive. Everyone has a world view. Christianity is a world view. … I don’t care why you do good as long as you do good.” (Online source)

Apprising Ministries is thankful Warren isn’t God, and according to the Bible, he isn’t even speaking for God either. You see, this is the fundamental problem with postevangelicals like Rick Warren and leaders in the emerging church like Rob Bell and Brian McLaren.

Despite their air of superior erudition the fact is that they are very much lacking in proper Biblical theology, which then causes them to be man-centered (semi-pelagian) in their approach to their fellow man. And as a result their spiritual blindness just continues to grow. That’s why they widely miss the following from the Word of our Lord.

Men and women, God has already clearly said of unregenerate and totally depraved mankind, “All have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one”…and those who are in the flesh cannot please God (Romans 3:12; 8:8, NASB). Why it’s even in those cherished “red letters” where Christ says to His own disciples— “you, then, thoughyou are evil” (Matthew 7:11).

The choice before you is this: Are you going to listen to your Creator, or are you going to listen to these men who — Professing to be wise, they [are becoming] fools (Romans 1:22, NASB)? Because this is not a drill…

See also:

RICK WARREN: THE NEW CHARLES FINNEY

YOUR EVIL “TRUE SELF”

A DIFFERENT GOSPEL IN THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE NEW POSTEVANGELICALISM?

IN WHAT SENSE IS DEPRAVITY TOTAL?