Message #52455

[Psalm 51:17]

This is just my opinion on this...

The reason why I think that once in a blue moon they will "expose" one of their so-called "influentials" like Driscoll is so that the establishment can make an "example" of them, and in turns they can make themselves look good like they exposed a wolf, and give themselves a pat on the back.

Seriously - does anyone really think Rick Warren exercises the least bit of honesty and integrity?(aside from his false doctrines, that is) Does anyone really think he writes his own books, amidst his very busy travel schedules and trying to upkeep one of the largest churches in America? Does anyone really think he keeps an honest accountability will all the MILLIONS of dollars he's handling at his church?(which has north of $90m budget)

Or how about Billy/Franklin Graham? Bill Hybels? Brian McLaren? Rob Bell?

And as for all of the books these people supposedly write - I'm not trying to belittle anyone, but as the years have gone by, the American public have by and large read less and less(as they expose themselves to visual media as there's more accessibleness to them via tv, PCs, iphones, etc) - for example, I highly doubt Warren's and Graham's books are read much(as they probably use the same tactics of buying out their own books in chunks to make it look good on these best-seller lists).

IOW - if someone in the establishment starts to become an embarassment, they will at least to some extent be outed - and subsequently while they end up getting all the attention, it ultimately ends up being a smokescreen b/c the the wolves in the fold like Warren, Hybels, and Graham will continue to push their agendas.