Do We Need a Data-Driven Church?
Celebrity pastor Rick Warren argues for doctrinal and disciplinal innovations based on polling data. Catholics would do well to be suspicious of following his lead.
Celebrity pastor Rick Warren argues for doctrinal and disciplinal innovations based on polling data. Catholics would do well to be suspicious of following his lead.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, called it “magnanimous.” I must admit, I certainly didn’t expect it. The gesture from president-elect Obama of tapping Evangelical pastor, Rick Warren, to deliver the inaugural prayer deserves recognition and congratulations from those, like myself, who have criticized his positions on abortion and other social issues. Obama … Read more
Here’s a truism: If you’re running for President, don’t answer a question by saying, “That’s above my pay grade.” After all, if you want to occupy the White House, there is no higher pay grade. You are the boss, and the buck stops with you. But Barack Obama used precisely that expression when asked by … Read more