Vindication

"After the Warrens’ son took his own life last spring, several evangelical superstars, including Driscoll and Beth Moore, took to the blogosphere with semi-vicious warnings to discernment folks not to touch Warren. In other words, the tragedy of his son’s death provided cover for Warren and his purpose-driven methods.

No one in leadership seemed to think there was anything wrong with Driscoll’s and Moore’s warnings to “critics.”

Look, friends certainly have the right to support friends. But the culture of celebrity pastor is proving to be a danger to the church in one important area: the agenda."

Most will tell you that the “agenda” is about the gospel. In reality, it is about advancing the personal agendas/vision-casting of the celebrity pastor...

One has only to listen to the hundreds or thousands of stories of long-time church members who have raised questions about purpose-driven methodologies – only to be shown the door – to know that something is very wrong with the top American evangelical leadership.

The leadership can push Muslim interfaith dialogue, a softening of views of critical social issues, tithing on steroids … and nobody challenges them.

When I say nobody challenges them, I mean that nobody publicly rebukes Warren or Driscoll or their friends when they marginalize and disparage people they don’t appear to like. The cult of celebrity preacher won’t allow it.

~Jim Fletcher,  WND.

Again, I'm vindicated.

Doctrines have consequences. And using everyone's sympathy and compassion with the death of one's son as a way to deflect all criticism, is sick, twisted, and demonic. It merely shows how deep the heresy and darkness and narcissism goes.

False teachers and their defenders hate early detection, as Spurgeon once said. 

So true.