Controversial megachurch pastor Rick Warren revealed via Twitter on Thursday that his 27-year-old son Matthew committed suicide with an unregistered weapon that he had purchased online. According to the Daily Mail, Warren, who has been tweeting regular updates about his grieving process, said that he forgives whoever sold his son…
The youngest son of megachurch pastor Rick Warren committed suicide on Saturday after an extended struggle with depression and mental illness, CBS News. Warren’s California-based church, Saddleback Valley Community Church, said in a statement that 27-year-old Matthew Warren killed himself after experiencing “a momentary wave of despair at his home.”…
Megachurch pastor Rick Warren on Tuesday night said that same sex relationships would still be sinful even if they were natural. “It wouldn’t bother me if there was a ‘gay gene’ found,” he told CNN host Piers Morgan. “Here’s what we know about life,” Warren continued. “I have all kinds…
Evangelical Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren says that Christians have a disagreement with Mormonism because it “denies” certain fundamental Christian beliefs. In an Easter Sunday interview on ABC, Jake Tapper noted that Mitt Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was almost certain to be…
“I believe the King James version is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant and infallible word of God.” – Pastor Marc Grizzard, Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C. Our Western NC bible beaters know how to do it right, baby… Video from KBMT: Raw Story gives you the insight into these…
I largely agree with Frank Rich’s POV in his NYT op-ed, “The Bigots’ Last Hurrah.” The professional homophobes are on the retreat, licking their wounds after a series of court decisions (IA), legislative successes (VT), and meltdowns (Rick Warren, National Org. for Marriage). Far from terrifying anyone, “Gathering Storm” has…
Early this morning I received word on one of the listservs I’m on that Rick Warren bailed on his appearance on This Week: George Stephanopoulos just announced that Rick Warren cancelled his appearance on the show moments before it was scheduled – his staff citing “exhaustion” as the cause. And…
Oh the joy of getting busted lying on international TV and having to do serious damage control. My post on Tuesday, “Rick Warren lies about his homobigotry on Larry King Live,” was picked up by Huff Post and created a buzz for pointing out that on the man who delivered…
The other day I posted about Rick Warren’s elephant-sized lie on Larry King that he never endorsed Prop 8. Well on the fundie side of the fence, his appearance, where he said that the Iowa ruling wasn’t on his agenda, has sent Bryan Fischer of the Idaho affiliate of the…
Rick Warren has an odd traveling habit: HH: You have stayed above scandal. Thank you for that, because so many Christian pastors, you know what happens when this happens, and we could name 30 of them, the damage they do. RW: Yeah, I keep a list. HH: You keep a…