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Pastor Rick Warren has responded to those who have criticized his methods regarding outreach to Muslims, which includes joining together with Muslims for the purpose of interfaith social projects. Warren’s response came in the form of an interview on Pastors.com, a site sponsored by Warren’s ministry. An editor’s note at the beginning of the article states that Warren is “often the target of unfair criticism and unfounded rumors.” Being among those who recently published my criticisms of Warren, I would like to touch on just a few portions of his response both to give Warren credit where he is due credit, and to request his accountability where he has been less than honest or forthright and where there has been found to be more than mere unfounded rumors.

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An article in the Orange County Register reports that Rick Warren, the man dubbed “America’s Pastor,” has launched a new program called “King’s Way,” the purpose of which is to promote peace and unity between Muslims and Christians. As part of their effort to promote their mutual goals, Warren’s pastoral staff and local Muslim leaders have co-authored a document outlining the points of agreement between Muslims and Christians. It affirms that both Muslims and Christians together believe in “one God” and share the “love of God” and “love of neighbor.” The document also include a mutual commitment to three goals: Making friends with one another, building peace and working on shared social service projects. The document quotes verses from the Bible and the Quran side-by-side as the authoritative basis to support its goals. According to Abraham Meulenberg, a Saddleback pastor, and Jihad Turk, director of religious affairs at a Los Angeles mosque, King’s Way represents opening “a path to end the 1,400 years of misunderstanding between Muslims and Christians.” But beyond this, according to Turk, both groups also agreed not to evangelize each other.

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Despite being well aware of just how much potential for evil the human heart holds, I still sometimes find myself scratching my head at times when I ponder just how much some folks allow hatred to overwhelm them. I suppose it was always there, but the Internet certainly provides an excellent opportunity for some folks to fully vent the rage and frustration they feel. I recently came across quite a substantial article written about me, claiming, among other things, that I am a Mossad-trained, Zionist secret agent whose mission is to infiltrate American evangelical churches to spread my evil Zionist agenda. The claim would be quite funny if the overall article, (and everything this individual writes) were not so utterly vile. I will not link to the article, as the site is simply not something I would like to support. But I think the following images and quotes from the article serve as a good reminder to us all as to the evil that we are up against simply for standing for what is right. I should begin by pointing out that I am not Jewish. As I have always joked, I am mostly Portuguese, with a Polish nose:

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As an addendum to one of my most recent articles, “Does Psalm 83 Describe the New Middle-East War?” the following post represents the base of support for the two maps included in the article. My first map highlights the invading nations of the Battle of Gog of Magog, wherein I place Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer and Togarmah all in Asia Minor or modern day Turkey. The second map pictures my identification of the lands controlled by Assyria during the reign of King David, and the ministry of Asaph. (Note: This post has been updated.)

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Just a few personal notes to update friends and supporters as to what is new and what is coming:

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With all of the recent talk concerning a potentially looming war between Israel, Iran and even the United States, I wanted to encourage all of my regular readers to diligently pray for war to be averted. As I have read through various articles and comments online over the past couple of weeks, there seems to be a significant thread of those who almost seem as though they desire war. This is not a proper Christian response in any way shape or form. As we diligently apply ourselves to praying for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel, let us also remember to pray for Iran. The people of Iran number roughly 75 million. Many are not aware that there are roughly 20,000 Jews in Iran as well as a growing Christian community. Among all of the former Muslim converts to Christianity globally, Iranians are the fastest growing group. The gospel is finding a rich soil to take root in many Iranian hearts. I am deeply concerned that today, many are “watching” and waiting, but few are truly praying. So perhaps to spur some genuine Christ-like compassion and intercession for the Iranians who would be caught in the middle of any regional war, click on the following link to 42 various photos of Iran and some of its people, for whom Jesus suffered and shed His blood.

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In the following program, Glenn Beck, General Jerry Boykin, Erick Stakelbeck, and Frank Gaffney discuss the Arab Spring and what they believe might be next. Discussion of Turkey’s role features prominently. Only a few years ago, the predictions that I made in my book Islamic Antichrist concerning the future of Turkey were often met with skepticism or outright disregard. Today, Turkey’s emerging role as the strong-horse of the Middle East and the leader of the coming Caliphate, as clearly predicted in the Bible, is beginning to be widely acknowledged. Among the many Scriptural arguments presented in my forthcoming book, Mideast Beast: The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist, (release date, September 4) I continue to demonstrate the prominent role of Turkey in Bible prophecy.

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In the world of questionable and sometimes downright silly Bible translations, one would think that it couldn’t get any worse. After all, we’ve seen the “In da beginnin’ Big Daddy created da heaven an’ da earth” Ebonics Bible, as well as the “Apostle’s Log” Star Trek English paraphrase Bible. In a more serious effort, the New Oxford Annotated Bible was created in part by pro-”gay” and feminist scholars in order to set forth a more “gay” revisionist interpretation of Scripture. But now there is a major controversy developing as the latest altered Bibles are being created by organizations that most would think of as being more conservative and reasonable. At the forefront of the controversy are the Wycliffe Bible Translators, the Summer Institute of Linguistics and Frontiers, all of which are producing Bible translations that remove or modify terms which they have deemed offensive to Muslims. That’s right: Muslim-friendly Bibles.

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