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As Bottenbley mentioned how Rick Warren's marketing
research came from Robert Schuller, he said there
was nothing wrong about it. While the Bible says
not to "walk in the counsil of the
ungodly" (Psalm 1:1), Bottenbley literally
said in this context: "Christians are too
arrogant".
It was like listening to a New Age rant against
"Christian fundamentalism".
"Christians shouldn't be so arrogant",
Bottenbley said, while refering to unchristian
roots of Rick Warren's marketing research. Was
this the same man that exposed the Toronto
Blessing, the same that is known to be a
"Bible believing" Christian?
Conspiracy theorists are known for their
emphasis on symbols and rituals as ultimate proof
of a Satanic conspiracy. Usually, they're not
brought forward as argumentation in favor of a
certain organization. But in the case of Rick
Warren, this was done.
Bottenbley spoke about the times he was at Rick
Warren's Saddleback Church. He was, in his own
words, "very impressed". In an attempt
to convince people about the very Christian nature
of Saddleback, he pointed out to a monument of
three crosses and a ritual in the church services
where people did something with a physical cross.
A strange argument...
Talking about conspiracy theories, the question
was asked if Hybels, Warren and Schuller are
Freemasons. Bottenbley answered that he
"felt" Hybels and Warren were not. And
he didn't speak about Schuller.
He did speak about another man, though. A man
called Ken Blanchard. Ken
Blanchard is a New Ager who runs a
"non-profit ministry" called "Lead
Like Jesus". And as he spoke on Ken
Blanchard, Bottenbley revealed that he was more
into a New Age kind of thinking then he would ever
care to admit.
Who is Ken Blanchard? Bottenbley called him one
of the "biggest names in Christian
Leadership". He denied that Blanchard is a
New Ager and said that his staff contacted Willow
Creek and Rick Warren directly when the word came
out on Ken Blanchard. According to Bottenbley,
Blanchard is "a christian for
years".
There has been a lot of controversy around Ken
Blanchard's close connection with Rick Warren. The
Dutch media reported on the controversy when
several Christians in the Netherlands sounded the
alarm on the man.
When Bottenbley defined the critique on
Blanchard, he revealed his own new Age inspired
philosophy. According to Bottenbley, Ken Blanchard
had written a foreword in a Buddhist book in which
he says that Christians can learn principals of
Jesus' Leadership by looking to the Buddhists. And
according to Bottenbley, Ken Blanchard was
absolutely right and don't you dare call that New
Age....
Bottenbley also mentioned how they had been in
contact with Willow Creek and Rick Warren about
the fact that Ken Blanchard was wearing a Ying
Yang sign. They had confirmed to him that indeed
Ken Blanchard did do such a thing, but that is was
just a sign of the fact that "Brother Ken
still has to learn a lot of things". But this
is the same man that is called "one of the
biggest names in Christian Leadership" by
Orlando Bottenbley...
Orlando Bottenbley himself is considered to be
one of the biggest names in Christian Ledership in
the Netherlands, and in Europe. His succesful
Bethel church project is widely covered in the
press. Together with Rick Warren and Ken
Blanchard, he starred at a Willow Creek "Leadership
Conference" where also Dutch Prime
minister Jan Peter Balkenende gave acte d'
presence.
There's no turning back, so it seems...
This became even more evidently as the evening
continued and congregation was given time to ask
questions. A lot of these "questions"
were expressions of approval
with Rick Warren. They were accepted with a smile
on the face of the pastor, who didn't really
answer any one the more critical questions.
When the question came up if the Church of
Jesus Christ has to work with the United Nations
for a Global Peace which will bring the return of
Jesus Christ, Bottenbley clearly said:
"no". But when Rick Warren's Global
Peace Plan was described to comment on the
question, Bottenbley simply re-stated Rick
Warren's philosophy.
This is particulary strange, because Rick
Warren's dominionist Theology that basically
states the Christian Church has to create a New
World Order to bring about the return of Jesus
Christ is in clear contradiction with Bottenbley's
own statements concerning the end times. Just
recently, he was even critisized in the newspapers
for saying that the end was near.
In this time, we see the Mystery of Iniquity
unfolding as the world gets ready for the New Age.
What seemed impossible ten years ago, is now
commonly accepted. An ikon of Fundamentalist
Christians in the Netherlands embracing a writer
who has declared war on that very same
Fundamentalist or Rootical or "Bible
Believing" Christians.
We just witnessed it.
It truly seems, there is no turning back.
Bottenbley stated, "We are well on
course".
On January 30th, 2006, Step Six was
activated.
We'll keep you informed.
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