CRN.Info and Analysis

Ingrid writes:

Herescope is reporting on the changes to the ReThink Conference Website. What they have uncovered points yet again to the efforts these people are making to mask their real agenda and the New Spirituality they are promoting. Don’t miss this one and the earlier posts they have on the ReThink Conference at the Crystal Cathedral.

Are you kidding me? If there’s anyone who should never complain about redacted website content its Ingrid. Here we have someone who is on version 3.0 of her website because she “quit” two previous times (the first time, I might add, resulted in the creation of CRN.com as a result of forwarding her traffic directly to it after she came under heavy criticism across the blogsphere). This is someone who, anytime she found herself obviously and objectively on the wrong side of the truth would just disappear the offending post. No apology, no retraction, just a magically disappearing post.

What a ridiculous joke of a methodology. Once again we see that for the watchdoggies its not about what you say, or how you say it, its whether or not you agree with them.

Ken’s response to CRN.info criticism

“Dear Lord, I refuse henceforth to compete with any of Thy servants. They have congregations larger than mine. So be it. I rejoice in their success. They have greater gifts. Very well. That is not in their power nor in mine. I am humbly grateful for their greater gifts and my smaller ones. I only pray that I may use to Thy glory such modest gifts as I possess. I will not compare myself with any, nor try to build up my self-esteem by noting where I may excel one or another in Thy holy work.

I herewith make a blanket disavowal of all intrinsic worth. I am but an unprofitable servant. I gladly go to the foot of the class and own myself the least of Thy people. If I err in my self judgment and actually underestimate myself I do not want to know it. I purpose to pray for others and to rejoice in their prosperity as if it were my own. And indeed it is my own if it is Thine own, for what is Thine is mine, and while one plants and another waters it is Thou alone that giveth the increase.”

Let’s hope this is the truth.  If it was, CRN would basically need to be shut down or change course completely.   Imagine, no more comparisons, talking about how quality your people are than others, and no more missives judging everyone by the standard of the reformation.  It would all be replaced with prayers for others, rejoicing when that 50,000 member church reaches another for Christ and recognizing that no one in immune from error or judgment.  Wow.  The church could actually be the church.   They were Tozer’s words, but I really do hope Ken meant then.