Rick Warren

Question: Is sin who you are or just how you behave; is weeping over one's sins an essential step to salvation, or does it just come later?

April 1, 2006

Question: I'm a member of a would-be megachurch that follows Rick Warren 's ideas in order to become the largest church in my town. The pastor quotes The Message and the NLT . Vineyard songs are our "old hymns." The issue, of course, is whether we are becoming apostate by...Read more

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