MOUW TURNS AGAINST BETSY: "Betsy DeVos, Underperformer"

"Richard Mouw, a prominent Evangelical intellectual, met DeVos through church and was more than happy to write a recommendation to the Senate at her request, he says. "I thought she was a breath of fresh air." But after he's seen her in action these past six months, his enthusiasm has dissipated. "Oh, gosh," reflects Mouw, "I've been kind of disappointed in her positions" — especially on the disabled and the poor...."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/betsy-devos-secretary-of-education.html

JESUS HEALS!

"Richard Mouw and the Chinese church"

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ecperson/2017/07/21/richard-mouw-chinese-church/

JESUS HEALS!

IF RICH MOUW SAYS IT'S WONDERFUL ... "Oh, all those religious calendar features! But here’s a good bet for Good Friday " — GetReligion

It must really be

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2017/3/20/oh-those-religious-calendar-features-but-heres-a-good-bet-for-good-friday

Jesus Saves

Mouw mentioned "Identity Theology: Political Correctness with a Halo " Religion Dispatches

http://religiondispatches.org/identity-theology-political-correctness-with-a-halo/

Trust God

WHAT MORE DOES MOUW HAVE TO PROVE? "Richard Mouw joins Religion News Service as columnist" | Religion News Service

He's done it all but refuses to quit. Unfortunately I think he's got a liberal axe to grind to his final breath...

http://religionnews.com/2017/03/20/richard-mouw-joins-religion-news-service-as-columnist/

re THE LETTER SIGNED BY RICH MEOW 🐱 "U.S. pastors’ push for refugees called ‘height of absurdity’"

http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/02/u-s-pastors-push-for-refugees-called-height-of-absurdity/?cat_orig=world

The SELF-PROCLAIMED [elite] EVANGELICAL LEADERS [Mouw, Keller, et al] DON'T SPEAK for the EVANGELICALS "Evangelicals can no longer speak as one voice "| Religion News Service

Evangelicals welcome all people, but with normal prudence & discernment... Even though we are Christians ,we want to protect people around us from people with bad intentions... ; Mouw & liberals don't make sense & make Trump seem like the bad guy without just cause

"
The fact that so many mainstream evangelical leaders opposed Trump's order, while 76 percent of their followers supported it, is further evidence of the way politics — particularly the Trump candidacy — divided American evangelicalism. (It might also suggest that few evangelicals in the pew are following the biblical..."
http://religionnews.com/2017/02/21/evangelicals-can-no-longer-speak-as-one-voice/

RICH MEOW AT 1ST CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN "Civility timely theme of speaker's talk for Faith event"

Article doesn't say what city or state.

http://www.reporternews.com/story/life/faith/2017/02/24/civility-timely-theme-speakers-talk-faith-event/98217614/

[I fought back! ] SOME SEMINARIES TOO "Investigative Report: Colleges Are Now Giant Psychiatric Facilities »" Alex Jones' Infowars: There's

http://www.infowars.com/investigative-report-colleges-are-now-giant-psychiatric-facilities/

SAYS SIGNED BY MOUW TOO [no surprise, albeit Mouw is not an evangelical] "Why Tim Keller, Max Lucado, and Hundreds of Evangelical Leaders Oppose Trump... "| Christianity Today

Mouw is not a true evangelical... Nor represents us in any way as evangelists..

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/february-web-only/why-tim-keller-max-lucado-evangelicals-trump-refugee-ban.html

SOMEBODY LIKES MOUW [but Mouw is in a bind... ] "My Favorite Kuyperian"

Ironically , Richard Mouw who is a staunch so-called KUYPERIAN... Which includes Dominionism, is in a bind as he wants to be cool, & appeal to liberals , by being anti-Trump ,..but at the same time defend Betsy DeVos who is clearly a Calvinist KUYPERIAN, and who is on the same church board as mouw... is it will be interesting to see watch Mouw's gymnastics to get out of this bind

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2017/01/24/my-favorite-kuyperian/

MOUW & LABBERTON'S LIBERAL PLAYBOOK [apologize 4 evangelicals, play the papa figures] "Evangelical Fuller Seminary to Lead Plan to Foster Unity With Muslims, Address Islamophobia " Gospelherald.com

Lacks integrity & guts. But makes them appear benevolent & like the more wise, mature, shepherds. Meanwhile, the true evangelists r NOT afraid of Muslims nor gay's, but trying to bring them the truth, the good news, despite obfuscation by people such as Mouw et al

http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/69324/20170112/evangelical-global-church-plan-to-foster-unity-with-muslims-address-islamophobia.html

THEY CALL MY SEMINARY A 'POWERHOUSE ' "A partnership with Martin Scorsese gives this openly evangelical artist wider exposure "| Religion News Service

But is Richard Mouw throwing us evangelicals under the bus 🚌 for the sake of popularising himself?
Pray that Fuller doesn't acquiesce to the liberal agenda.

"In 2010, Crossway Books became the first major evangelical publisher to release an edition of the four Christian Gospels with abstract illustrations, done by Fujimura. In 2015, he was named director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, a buzzing hub of the powerhouse Fuller Theological Seminary...."

http://religionnews.com/2017/01/05/a-partnership-with-martin-scorsese-gives-this-evangelical-artist-a-wider-exposure/

EVANGELISTS R NOW THE "BIG BAD WOLVES" according to meek & mild Mouw types "Is Evangelicalism Now Just Right-Wing Politics in Religious Garb? -" Unsystematic Theology

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unsystematictheology/2016/12/evangelicalism-now-just-right-wing-politics-religious-garb/

LIBERALS DONT LIKE KUYPERIAN SPHERE SOVEREIGNTY [ironically Mouw professes to be a KUYPERIAN, albeit anti-soul] "Liberals Attack Betsy DeVos as a Religious Extremist"

"To say this is a stretch would be an understatement. Among Christians, "advancing God's kingdom" is a euphemism for helping the poor, serving the afflicted, and in general bringing some degree of God's love, mercy, and justice to a hurting world. When Betsy DeVos championed education reform in this way, she wasn't pushing for an established religion, she was telling Christians that school choice will help the poor and satisfy Jesus Christ's command that we should love one another.
Stewart's New York Times ..."

https://pjmedia.com/faith/2016/12/29/leftists-team-up-to-paint-trump-education-pick-betsy-devos-as-religious-extremist/

SO BRAVE " Richard Mouw: Despite Trumpism, I’m not quitting evangelicalism" | Religion News Service

http://religionnews.com/2016/12/13/richard-mouw-despite-trumpism-im-not-quitting-evangelicalism/

ALL 4 POLITICAL SHOW to FRAME TRUMP as the BIG BAD WHITE GUY. SHAME ON MOUW, LABBERTON et al "Pasadena Seminary Students, Faculty Want School to Become Undocumented Immigrant Sanctuary "| Pasadena Califor...

http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-seminary-students-faculty-want-school-to-become-undocumented-immigrant-sanctuary/#.WDr8rjNw0t8

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[more than meets the eye] FULLER IS HIDING UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS /STAFF? "Fuller Theological Seminary students want a sanctuary campus" | Religion News Service

Something going on with Mouw & fuller that most of us don't understand

http://religionnews.com/2016/11/23/fuller-theological-seminary-students-want-a-sanctuary-campus/

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[it's alarming] MOUW'S GOT HIS HANDS IN EVERY POT on the STOVE "Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education pick, is a billionaire with deep ties to the Christian Reformed community "- The Washington Post

Mouw is influencing so much in theological circles, and now he's back at Fuller too .. Hope for a true change of guard is gone... He looks like he's gearing up for another lengthy liberal-defending era, could easily be a few more decades of Mouw-ville

"DeVos has been member and an elder at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids , which was formerly led by popular author Rob Bell. Former president of Fuller Seminary Rich Mouw said he served on a committee with her to replace Bell , and he said DeVos is heavily influenced by Abraham Kuyper , a Dutch writer and Calvinist theologian...."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/23/betsy-devos-trumps-education-pick-is-a-billionaire-philanthropist-with-deep-ties-to-the-reformed-christian-community/

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BETSY IS ACTUALLY A PRINCE WHO MARRIED A DEVOS. SHE WENT TO CALVIN "Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education pick, is a billionaire with deep ties to the Christian Reformed community " The Washington Post

Alarmingly, her foundation donated to the Clinton foundation. And they quote Mouw [which now raises red flags for me]

" Her family foundation
has donated between $10, 000-$25, 000 to the Clinton Foundation , according to an analysis by
...
. DeVos, 58, graduated from Calvin College, a Christian Reformed Church school that is named after the famed Protestant reformer John Calvin , where the DeVos name is well - known..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/23/betsy-devos-trumps-education-pick-is-a-billionaire-philanthropist-with-deep-ties-to-the-reformed-christian-community/

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[Mouw can run & hide,not me] I AM AN EV-ANGEL [ EVANGELIST] & PROUD OF IT "Are Pastors Discarding the ‘Evangelical’ Label? We Surveyed Hundreds " | CT Pastors

http://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2016/november-web-exclusives/are-evangelical-pastors-discarding-evangelical-label.html

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NOW WE KNOW that RICHARD MOUW is a FLAMING LIBERAL " Trump Presidency Victory: Response From Christian Leaders" | Gospelherald.com

I think he has hid it or suppressed it for so long, or at least made sure not to advertise it, that people never knew for sure. & given he started out teaching at Calvin College & affiliated with the CRC (both conservative in general) I assumed he was conservative as well.  But this comment makes it quite clear he's not, but quite the opposite: 

"Richard J. Mouw who is President emeritus and professor of faith and public life, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, shared, "Given my political preferences, my feelings right now border on despair. But I also know that people whom I admire—even love—voted for Mr. Trump. How do we talk together now about the deeper issues without mutual accusations? What hopes and fears accompanied us into the voting booths? How do we love each other in continuing to work together in the service of the only true and righteous King?"

http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/68021/20161117/trump-presidency-victory-response-christian-leaders.htm

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[it's still sinking in how far left Mouw is, & I never realized] MOUW FELT DESPAIR AFTER TRUMP ELECTED? "Trump Presidency Victory: Response From Christian Leaders " Gospelherald.com

Wow. This speaks volumes. He doesn't feel good that we will have conservative Supreme Court justices? A president who will defend unborn life? He would have been happier with Hillary? Seriously? How could liberal Mouw pretend to be a conservative at CALVIN for so many years? He just needed a job?

"
Richard J. Mouw who is President emeritus and professor of faith and public life, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, shared, "Given my political preferences, my feelings right now border on despair. But I also know that people whom I admire—even love—voted for Mr. Trump. How do we talk together now about the deeper ..."
http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/68021/20161117/trump-presidency-victory-response-christian-leaders.htm

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[u can't say anything is sinful in liberal Mouw world, or ur hateful] MOUW & LABBERTON FEEL INCLINED TO DIS-ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES From US "HATEFUL" EVANGELICALS

Used to be that if u corrected your child, even if painful sometimes, it was loving. But in liberal world, correcting others is now hateful

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/prestigious.seminary.leaders.condemn.hateful.words.and.actions.of.evangelicals.during.presidential.campaign/100754.htm

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Y DO PEOPLE ADORE RICHARD MOUW LIKE A NEWBORN 👶 BABY? "Post-Election Evangelical: Prestigious Seminary Leaders..." Gospelherald...

It's a phenomen I don't understand.. I've seen grown men & women gush over Mouw like he's an adorable newborn baby. And therefore critical evaluation of what he actually teaches is thrown out the window. It's a bit frightening, to say the least.

http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/68002/20161116/post-election-evangelical-prestigious-seminary-leaders-grieve-and-condemn-racism-fear-and-hatred-expressed-in-lords-name.htm

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Re Rich Meow " Speaker to explore how Catholics, Evangelicals can work together"

https://www.stmarytx.edu/2016/catholic-intellectual-tradition-mouw/

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WELCOME

WELCOME,..some of u already know who Richard Mouw is...in general..u have heard he was the president of fuller seminary...a former phhilosophy professor at calvin college,...did a few things at the free university in amsterdam, etc.   well, thats all good, but I know Mouw a little better from seeing him in action in Grand Rapids (when he was teaching at calvin,and also a member of our church with his family) and then later when he was teaching at Fuller (while also president)...and he writes articles,publishes books,tried especially to reach out to mormons,and now apparently catholics,and most recently i saw him speak at the missiology lectures at fuller. 

Last year he spoke at calvin's january series,and now apparently he's back teaching a class at fuller,after retiring from the presidency,and a stint teaching at pepperdine. He just keeps POPPING UP when u thought he might be getting tired, and ready for some R&R, and a comfortable retirement.

 What makes him tick? That's my question..my quest to find out. One thing that surprised me when I came to fuller from calvin seminary ...i assumed he was a traditional Christian, but then found out he allegedly is a "physicalist", and doesn't actually believe in soul (similar to one of his colleagues,nancey murphy, with whom I am at odds ). Mouw doesnt advertise his position on soul. He relies on people assuming he's a traditional guy , traditional CHristian, that is. 

I had to dig deep to discover this, accidentally for that matter, and its buried so deep I still say "allegedly"...and i will post links to that evidence here in the near future.

but for now I decided I needed to keep a blog about Mouw because he shouldn't be taken for granted by traditional Christians. We need to keep him accountable. Not to say he's living a bad life or anything scandalous . But do we REALLY know what he truly believes down deep, beyond all the "psycho babble" or "philosophy babble" as it may be. 

If he's not really a true blue traditional Christian, per Reformed doctrine, it's a bit concerning to me. At least he should say it, not try to keep it below the radar . If he's teaching our young people ,most of whom come to seminary as trusting young Christians , we have a right to know what our teachers truly believe. 

And yet he won't answer to me. He's old school and if I were to get point blank with him he would call me a "punk" or "too big for my britches" (he might even act scared & call police,even though I can assure you I am not a danger to anybody) despite the fact that I have a lot of education (BA/BA/M.DIV),even if not a lofty doctorate like him. 

And yet a doctorate is not proof of what one truly believes. One is from the head, the other is from the heart. 

Anyways, because he has been so close to my tradition for so long I want to believe the best about him, and hope I am able to confirm the best, not the suspicions otherwise. 

So for the time being, lacking lots of evidence one way or the other, I will simply keep him on the radar and see what happens. For some reason he doesn't want to ride off into the sunset. He still has "something to prove". What will he prove? We'll find out. I hope.