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Pastor says 'God will punish Rick Warren'
Pastor says 'God will punish Rick Warren'
Wiley Drake criticizes Warren, calls Obama 'evil illegal alien.'
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Rick Warren loves gays, and more
Rick Warren loves gays, and more
boston.com — Rick Warren (right), the evangelical preacher chosen by Barack Obama to deliver the inaugural invocation, has posted a three-part video to his church's website responding to the furor that has erupted over his selection. In the video, Warren ... (more) Rick Warren loves gays, and more
Rick Warren is an insulting choice - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com — To understand how angry and disappointed many Democrats are that Barack Obama has invited evangelical preacher Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural, imagine if a President-elect John McCain had offered this unique honor to the Rev. Al ... (more) Rick Warren is an insulting choice - Los Angeles Times
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God Is Going to Punish Wiley Drake [Dan Collins]
protein wisdomIt’s on: Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying “God will punish” Warren for agreeing to give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next month. “I pray He is kind to you in this punishment that is coming,” Drake wrote in a widely-released e-mail. In it, the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park … [visit site to read more]

Rick Warren Derangement Syndrome Now Infecting Birth Certificate Troofers
JammieWearingFool — ... was entirely predictable. After all, some people are never happy unless they're consumed with rage. Now, however, we've got some Southern Baptist crackpot having a hissy fit and making ridiculous statements . Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying "God will punish" Warren for agreeing to give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next month. "I pray He is kind to you in this punishment that is coming," Drake wrote in a widely-released e-mail. In it, the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena ...

Warren Derangement Syndrome, Take 2
PoliGazette — ... because Barack Obama selected well-known pastor Rick Warren to give his inaugural invocation.  But they’re not the only ones howling at the moon - Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake took a swipe at Warren this week, saying that God is going to punish the author of The Purpose Driven Life, among other books, for speaking at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. ...

Rick Warren: It's Not Anti-Gay to Oppose Gay Marriage
Gateway Pundit — ... In related news... Pastor Wiley Drake says God will punish Rick Warren for supporting "this evil illegal alien" Barack Obama.

Baptist Pastor/Nirther: 'God Will Punish' Rick Warren
Little Green Footballs — ... He’s a nirth certifikit Truther and a Southern Baptist pastor, and he says God is going to punish Rick Warren. ...

Christmas, Doubt and Downturns
The Anchoress — ... theirs; joy in a story of stars and angelsong and new life, and most of all — hope: that what has gone wrong may be made right; that frightening realities can be borne and incalculable debts paid down, that darkness may be pierced and shelter may be found. Now an Official Holiday: Christmas Without Fear - In Iraq (H/T) Christmas and the heavens Jesus: Made Me a Better Jew! Christianity faces challenges from within as well as without.

No don't say a prayer for me now, save it til the morning after
SteveAudio — ... Another Orange Co. minister has spoken out against Rick Warren's Invocation at the upcoming Obama inauguration, but not in the way you hoped: ...

This Week in God
Political Animal — ... crisis in a "professional manner," and he feels compelled to acknowledge the "serious goofs" Bush has made in office: "The Katrina matter was terrible. The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible. The [handling] of the economy right now has been terrible.... I believe I would look at about a C-minus right now if I were grading him." No word on what grade Robertson would give himself for having defended Bush for the last eight years. * And radical Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake lashed out at Pastor Rick Warren this week, insisting that "God will punish" Warren for appearing ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — ... Bible tells me, uh, something else...WTF, the Pope smokes?...Dear Galileo...Lying for faith...Now How Much Would you Pay?...Bible Class Bombs...The doll that screams Jihad...Obama listening to liberal faith groups...Baptist editor wants state funds to win converts...Vatican claims contraception harms environment... Jefferson’s Jan. 1 letter to the Danbury Baptists...God hates shrimp...'God will punish Rick Warren' ...

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