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Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:19:14 -0700
From:         DRAKE@ASUCHM.LA.ASU.EDU
Subject:      Re: Warnke and the "Contemporary Christian" scene
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>Well, I don't know about these articles published by Cornerstone magazine or
>their accuracy in reporting.

               I understand that, which is why I would suggest that you
         read them.  If you cant get them, I can send them to you.  But
         It is huge! so be forwarned.

>I do know that the time I went to see Mike Warnke here in SLC he didn't ask
>for any money or charge admission to the concert.  He didn't push any tapes
>or books that he might have a stake in, for that matter he didn't push any
>books.  He preached a very powerful message and many people responded to the
>prompting of the Holy Spirit that night.  So, whatever is being said about
>him now doesn't seem to match up to my experience with him.

               A lot of people came to christ through many of the "big"
         christians who have fallen in recent years.  Does that mean
         that we should support them when it has been demonstrated that
         they are fraudulent and don't change?!  God forbid that we support a
         christian who sins (backslidenwise, major immorality type
         of sin) in order to bring others to Christ!

               If you look at what he says carefully, you would begin to
         have some problems with him.  Things just don't make sense.
         Though I was a big supporter of him, and tried to get everyone
         I know to go see him when he was here last, I still had
         questions about his stories.

>But - my main question is this - has anyone out there contacted Mike or his
>ministry and asked them about this stuff?  Has anyone tried to get their side
>of the story?  If not, why not?  Are we interested in the "truth" or just in
>what someone else reports that someone told them was the "truth"?

               Cornerstone did.  He refused to talk to them.  When they
         tried again, he said he would only talk to them through his
         attorney.

               It is not just what Cornerstone says.  They got hold of
         his past pastor(I think), his first fiancee, one of his first agents,
         his best friends in college, and his fammily and high school
         friends, and people who worked for Mike and Rose in Kentuckey.
         They level some serious charges, and it seems that so far he
         refuses to speak to them.

               Also, his testimony, as given in his records and books,
         does not make chronological sense.  (They got out the calander
         and the almanac even, to pin down dates.)



>"Lord, protect us from the mindless love that deceives and the loveless
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>truth that kills." - Albert Outler
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

               Your sig. quote seems very appropriate.

>- Steven R. Klepzig (sklepzi@ssb1.saff.utah.edu)

         Mark Drake
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