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Rick Warren

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Albert Pujols' Homerun Drought Begins at Home

    So maybe it isn't a new team, unfamiliar American League pitching and/or since-fired batting coach Mickey Hatcher that are preventing Albert Pujols from hitting out of his $250 million Angels cap.Perhaps it's home cooking--or the lack thereof.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2012

    The OCeeker: Saddleback Church and the Believers Without Bibles

    If you ever want to learn about ancient Jewish customs, your best bet locally is an evangelical church. Evangelicals love them some Jews, especially the ones whom they refer to as "completed", the kind that have accepted Jesus into their hearts. Yeppers, Judaism is the one Jesus-rejecting relig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Orly Taitz v. Fox News Anchorbot Megyn Kelly

    ​Timing must be everything for Orly Taitz. The Aliso Viejo lawyer/dentist/real estate saleslady/Gabor sister/"Queen of the Birthers" started going medieval on Megyn Kelly in December, when the Fox News anchorbot dared host a panel discussion on Barack Obama's presidential eligibility without invit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    [UPDATE: Jason Russell Detained For Public Masturbation] KONY 2012: A Kenyan OC Weekly Intern Calls B.S. on the Film

    ​UPDATE, March 16, 5:15 pm.: It's being widely reported that Jason Rusell, co-founder of Invisible Childen and narrator of KONY 2012, was arrested yesterday morning in San Diego for masturbating in public.[Editor's Note: No, we're not making this up. Yes, this is the weirdest update to a film rev ... More >>

  • News

    March 15, 2012

    Bruce Gleason Wants Your God to Noexist

    Forget Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the rest. It's all about us, says Orange County's most famous atheist

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    What We Learned

    The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    [UPDATED with God Smack:] Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson Coming to the Angels

    ​UPDATE, DEC. 8, 2:50 P.M.: Step aside, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller and Bishop Tod Brown: the next great Orange County Christian soldier may very well be Albert Pujols. Christian author Scott Lamb, who co-wrote Pujols: More Than a Game, believes the slugger may do more than knock baseballs over t ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Dave Gibbons Is a Church Misfit

    Newsong was on its way to becoming Orange County's next big megachurch—then its pastor decided to pull back and go small

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [UPDATE: Crisis Averted!] Angels to Honor Captain of the Evil Empire Yankees, Derek Jeter--WTF?

    Jeter's shit-eating grin--and legacy--will be celebrated (or hopefully booed) on Sept. 9.​UPDATE, 2:30 P.M.,AUGUST 17, 2011: Thanks to commenter MayhemIntheHood, we've learned that the event is actually not happening. Crisis averted, indeed. Check out Halos Heaven for more details. ORIGINAL POST, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    6 Questions Pastor Rick Warren Should Ask Tony Blair

    ​Coming up next on The Saddleback Church Comedy Hour with Pastor Rick is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who stunned Americans with his poise, intelligence and speaking ability at podiums next to George W. Bush's--while at the same time being branded "Bush's poodle" by Brits.Rick Warren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Rick Warren Saddlebacks George W. Bush

    Courtesy of Saddleback Church​As released WikiLeaks proved George W. Bush lied, told half-truths and lived in a world far from reality--at least as chronicled in his recently released memoir, Decision Points--the former president was receiving a reportedly "rousing reception" at Sad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Crystal Cathedral Declares Bankruptcy--Why Robert Schuller Had it Coming

    ​The news is traveling across the wires right now that the Crystal Cathedral, that iconic Garden Grove congregation that started the modern-day megachurch movement, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The best coverage of this story has happened in the pages of the Orange County Register, specific ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2010

    Ex-Rated Criticism of Exodus International

    Michael Bussee and other activists denounce the upcoming conference of the 'ex-gay' ministry

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    OC's 40-Year-Old-Virgin Thinks America Is Totally Screwed

    A conservative Catholic in OC who can't get laid? Something else must be wrong with him

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    10 Reasons God Hates California

    ​Considering Sunday's 7.2 earthquake just south of California's border with Mexico, the 4.1 shaker six miles southwest of Malibu and assorted aftershocks felt up and down the state as this is banged out with fingers crossed, it's obvious God is peeved at something. Before Pat Robertston, Wiley Dra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Get Your Horny Teen Daughters Free Tickets to See Jonas Brothers Perform at Saddleback Easter Service

    Your teenage daughter likes Jesus, but loves the Jonas Brothers!As previously reported, the Jonas Brothers are performing at megachurch Saddleback's April 3-4 Easter service at Angel Stadium. The sibling act has made a career of, ah, elating, teenage girls and so it makes total sense that they would ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Orange County's Sexiest Cities

    [Sex Issue] Our guide to the steamiest-and not so steamy-municipalities

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    [Year In Review] OC Weekly's News Blog, Navel Gazing, Gazes Back at 2009

    [Sex Issue] Our guide to the steamiest-and not so steamy-municipalities

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Share Your Farrell's Memories

    John Gilhooley​Ah, Farrell's. If there's anything that is more entwined into the American experience, it would have to be McDonald's. It seems that if you were alive during its heyday in the '70s and '80s, chances are good you had a birthday or other significant life event celebrated here with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Why is Robert Schuller Still Giving Self-Help Talks?

    ​While Rick Warren has influenced two continents, for better or worse, and Chuck Smith can enjoy the twilight of his life knowing Calvary Chapel is one of America's great Christian quasi-denominations, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller faces the prospect of ending up as Orange County's Aimee Semple McPh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Calvary Chapel to Crucify Darwin this Weekend!

    ​While Rick Warren goes around eating ice cream, the mothership Calvary Chapel campus will host a two-day conference starting Friday on the evils of Charles Darwin. Titled, appropriately enough, "Darwin was Wrong," a press release promises many lectures on the subject by scientists who "will prese ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Chatting With Bill Maher About Rick Warren And Orly Taitz

    From Religulous: Bill Maher on the left, Jesus on the right.​Comedian, talk show host and atheist evangelical Bill Maher will perform at the Grove of Anaheim on Sunday, Sept. 13. We got a chance to chat with him on the phone last week, mainly to ask him for his thoughts on all things Orange County ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Wiley Speaks! On Keith Olbermann Naming Him "World's Worst Person"

    Pastor Wiley DrakeWell, guessed who showed up in the ol' email inbox, responding to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann naming him the "World's Worst Person"? It's First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake, who drew the dubious distinction for saying he's prayed for the deaths&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Wiley Drake Gets the Keith Olbermann Stamp of Disapproval

    Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Pastor Wiley Drake of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park has been previously recognized for interfaith gestures, helping the less fortunate and sheltering the homeless on church property despite threats from lawsuits, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Harvest Dates Announced. Consider Yourself Warned. Sinner!

    Greg Laurie, working it.He may not have the press agent of your Rick Warren or healing touch of your Benny Hinn or out-of-control wig of your Jan Crouch, but Greg Laurie does attract a similarly large following, as will be evidenced at Angel Stadium Aug. 14-16 during the 20th anniversary Harvest Cru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. Responds to Weekly Query

    Over the weekend, Christian philanthropist extraordinaire and Weekly reader Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. responded to my post asking whether he'd buy a new property for Newport Beach's St. James Episcopal Church because they're currently homeless for casting their theological lot with a homo-hating Ugand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    'American Idol' 'Bikini Girl' From Not Too Far From Here

    The star of tonight's American Idol eighth (I know, only eight?) season premiere of American Idol is surely Katrina Darrell, already known the world over as "Bikini Girl." That clever nickname is derived from the fact that she wore a bikini to the audition, which seems to be the only reason she made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Why Isn't Wiley Drake Suing God Over Inauguration?

    We've previously told you about Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake suing to prevent Barack Obama from being inaugurated as president of the United States on Jan. 20 and, if that fails, suing to stop U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts from delivering the oath of office to Obama. For good measur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    Looking Back at 2008: The Ecstasy and the Irony

    This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasol ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    When Mariners Church Fired Choir Director Bob Gunn for Being Gay, It Sparked a Six-Year Legal Battle

    This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    The Mexican invades . . . Signal Hill?

    This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasol ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'

    This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Rev. Schuller Spins Orange Coast Magazine

    Like Rich, we're excited to see the "new" Orange Coast, and wish it the best even though it's now technically a competitor. I've yet to see the issue that Rich dissected but did catch the one before, one that already had hints of the literary journalism and well-written analysis readers can expect u ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Avian Feuds

    Ducks vs. Wings

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    Stint in OC inspired Obama to run?

    Last month's edition of The Atlantic profiles Barack Obama in several articles. One of them, "Teacher and Apprentice," a must-read piece on the Obama-Clinton relationship by Marc Ambinder, contains a couple of theories about what lit a fire under the man's ass and made him decide to seek presidency. ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 22, 2007

    You're On With Jesus

    Neil Saavedra brings God down to Earth

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Godsmack

    Orange County authors try to bring unity to people of different religious faiths. For this they will face the wrath of believers. Again.

  • Columns

    November 30, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Pots of Gold: At the end, theres the Rainbow

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    'Entertaining Lucifer'

    Critics say TBN is too nice to Muslims

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Jesus Kills

    The end of the world is coming, and some OC Christians cant wait

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Lake Forest

    The end of the world is coming, and some OC Christians cant wait

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    The end of the world is coming, and some OC Christians cant wait

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