Even though we saw the signs, we are stunned to observe what is unfolding. After reading the following first hand account, we now realize that the water beneath the purpose driven bridge has become clearly muddier and far more toxic than any of us imagined. The pied piper is quickly leading his sick and thirsty sheep to take a drink at the Saddleback swamp, right beneath the Agenda 21 Global Village sign.
A Visit to Rick Warren’s Health Seminar – The Unfolding of a Global New Age Plan
“Saturday Jan. 15th, 2011 will go down in the history books as the day Saddleback Church was sold a bill of goods. The masses had come out in droves for answers to their weight loss difficulties & health problems, but unbeknownst to them, they were being given a prescription for restructuring society & population control . . . ‘Saddleback community’ would be an example of “sustainable living” and would set the course to “change this world” … and the crowd went wild!”
by JenPek
Used with permission
Ponderings from PatmosI first arrived to Saddleback’s campus only to be told that “all parking lots were full.” I drove across the street to see if there were any spots available in the business lots, and they were full too. I ended up parking in a housing tract and walked a mile or two back to Saddleback’s campus. As I arrived, I overheard a parking lot attendant say they estimated about 6,000 people had come to the seminar.
I was a little late, so I was grateful to my nephew who went online and began to relay what was being said in the opening comments, as I didn’t want to miss what was to be the foundation of the talks that day. I was a little taken aback when my nephew told me the first speaker, Dr. Amen, made reference to the Egyptian pyramids and how they were built upon an “idea,” and if man could build something like that all those thousands of years ago, what could he do today if he put his mind to it? I found that to be somewhat disturbing, as the pyramids, no matter how impressive they were, represent the ancient pagan religions which got their start in Babylon when Nimrod gathered men (the community) together to commit idolatry by building a tower to honor themselves as gods (Gen. Ch. 11). [1] And yet here it was, the analogy that was chosen to illustrate this new “idea” Saddleback would launch their 52 week program with. No matter what Dr. Amen’s intent was, I believe the analogy was appropriate, and the subtle message is telling…”MAN CAN DO ANYTHING HE PUTS HIS MIND TO.” Sound familiar? (Read Gen. 3:4-5). [2]
More here:
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=5636
The time has come to draw a line in the mud. Will you follow the New Age Purpose Driven plan, or Jesus Christ?
{For those who have ears to hear…Jeremiah 23}
Related:
WHY ARE AMERICANS IGNORANT OF ‘AGENDA 21’?
Joyce Morrison
http://www.newswithviews.com/Morrison/joyce36.htm
Rick Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. Plan & the UN Millennium Goals
http://www.crossroad.to/charts/millennium-goals-peace.htm
NOTE: Watch the Daniel Plan kick-off event here:
http://www.saddleback.com/thedanielplan/webcast011511/
I do not belong to Rick’s church nor do I attend church. However, I did spend the entire morning listening to what he, Dr. Oz, Dr. Amen, and Dr. Hyman had to say.
Reguardless of what you may think of Rick or his church, he is one of the few people who is taking a stand and trying to make a constructive difference in the health of his congregation and anyone else who will listen. Most Americans are too fat, too lazy, and lack the motivation to take a postive role in their personal health. He is offering a program to help people make it happen and he is an authentic example having lost 50 pounds and 10 inches off his waist.
I started exercising 3 months ago and can see and feel the difference. Can you say the same? It is easy to criticize others but hard to be an example that others can look up to.
Thomas
Good for you, Thomas, but you seem to have missed the main point of our concern.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8
Not only that, but by using these ‘experts’ Rick Warren is opening the door for his followers to be introduced to their practices, some of which are New Age or based in Eastern religion, not Christianity. A true shepherd lays his life down to protect the sheep and does not open the door of the sheepfold to let the ‘wolves’ in.