Now The End Begins
The Ugly End Times Fruit Of Rick Warren And ‘The Purpose Driven Church’ Are In Full Bloom At Megacorporations Like Eleven22 And Lakepoint Church
Host And Founder Of ‘Now The End Begins’ Geoffrey Grider:
The Ugly End Times Fruit Of Rick Warren’s ‘The Purpose Driven Church’ Is In Full Bloom As Megachurch Expansion Turns Congregations Into Corporate Empires
If you weren’t aware that we are firmly in the Laodicean church age, take a good look at what now passes for success in American Christianity. Over the past twenty years, we have watched the corporatizing of the local church accelerate. The pastor becomes a celebrity, the congregation becomes an audience, the church becomes a campus, and the ministry becomes a brand capable of expansion into one market after another. Somewhere along the way, feeding the flock gets swallowed up by growing the organization. The machinery demands more buildings, more locations, more employees, and more money to keep it all moving. Eleven22 and Lakepoint Church need another half billion to keep the lights on. How is that possible? It’s possible because the Bible is right and here we are.
A major landmark on that road was Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Church, published in 1995, which offered pastors a reproducible, five-part strategy for ‘church growth’. Warren presented it as a way to build healthy churches, but it wasn’t. The movement he helped popularize taught American Christianity to place far too much confidence in systems, strategies, and measurable, marketable growth. Once numerical success becomes the credential, the biggest operation gets treated as the greatest work of God. That is a spiritually disastrous exchange. At that point, you are not planting a church, you are opening up a francise and starting a business. Rick Warren in his book led the charge to get rid of hymnals, put everything up on a flatscreen, and change the name of each franchise from ‘church’ to ‘campus’. Today, the Church at Eleven22 and Lakepointe Church are the standardbearers of the business model, um, I mean, movement he started. Jesus will absolutely spue this out of His mouth in that day.
So let’s look at two organizations whose operations who are rocking The Purpose Driven Church model to such a high degree, The Church of Eleven22, led by Joby Martin, and Lakepointe Church, led by Josh Howerton. Eleven22’s own 2025 report lists $91.1 million in annual support and revenue, $176.3 million in assets, $56.6 million in long-term debt, and $24.8 million in staffing expenses. Its capital spending for expansion totaled $16.2 million. Alongside its church operations are thrift stores, a retreat center, and a construction-management ministry. What?? Blueprint1122 advertises $200 million in projects under management. This is not only church ‘business’, it’s big business.
The Ugly End Times Fruit Of Rick Warren’s ‘The Purpose Driven Church’ Is In Full Bloom As Megachurch Expansion Turns Congregations Into Corporate Empires
If you weren’t aware that we are firmly in the Laodicean church age, take a good look at what now passes for success in American Christianity. Over the past twenty years, we have watched the corporatizing of the local church accelerate. The pastor becomes a celebrity, the congregation becomes an audience, the church becomes a campus, and the ministry becomes a brand capable of expansion into one market after another. Somewhere along the way, feeding the flock gets swallowed up by growing the organization. The machinery demands more buildings, more locations, more employees, and more money to keep it all moving. Eleven22 and Lakepoint Church need another half billion to keep the lights on. How is that possible? It’s possible because the Bible is right and here we are.
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:14-16 (KJV)
A major landmark on that road was Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Church, published in 1995, which offered pastors a reproducible, five-part strategy for ‘church growth’. Warren presented it as a way to build healthy churches, but it wasn’t. The movement he helped popularize taught American Christianity to place far too much confidence in systems, strategies, and measurable, marketable growth. Once numerical success becomes the credential, the biggest operation gets treated as the greatest work of God. That is a spiritually disastrous exchange. At that point, you are not planting a church, you are opening up a francise and starting a business. Rick Warren in his book led the charge to get rid of hymnals, put everything up on a flatscreen, and change the name of each franchise from ‘church’ to ‘campus’. Today, the Church at Eleven22 and Lakepointe Church are the standardbearers of the business model, um, I mean, movement he started. Jesus will absolutely spue this out of His mouth in that day.
So let’s look at two organizations whose operations who are rocking The Purpose Driven Church model to such a high degree, The Church of Eleven22, led by Joby Martin, and Lakepointe Church, led by Josh Howerton. Eleven22’s own 2025 report lists $91.1 million in annual support and revenue, $176.3 million in assets, $56.6 million in long-term debt, and $24.8 million in staffing expenses. Its capital spending for expansion totaled $16.2 million. Alongside its church operations are thrift stores, a retreat center, and a construction-management ministry. What?? Blueprint1122 advertises $200 million in projects under management. This is not only church ‘business’, it’s big business.
Prophecy News Watch
Trump’s Words About Heaven Put A Question Before Every Christian
By PNW Staff: In a November 8 interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat, President Donald Trump was asked where he thinks he will go after death—and whether he could forgive political enemies. His answers have stirred strong reactions. Earlier this year, Trump also made a sweeping claim about his role in Israel’s survival, saying, “Without me, there would be no Israel.”
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Pride can take root in a president’s boast. It can also take root in ordinary believers who quietly credit themselves for their success, their family, their church, or even their faith. James writes, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble” (James 4:6). The question is not simply whether a politician gives God enough credit. It is whether we do.
“I’m A Religious Person, So In Theory I Go To Heaven”
Asked where he expects to go when he dies, Trump said, “I’m a religious person, so in theory I go to heaven.” He added that he hopes to go to heaven and does not want to go to hell.
That answer deserves a clear biblical response: being religious does not save us. Neither does attending church, supporting Christian causes, defending religious liberty, or doing good works. Those things may matter, but they cannot erase sin or reconcile us to God.
Paul writes that salvation is “by grace…through faith,” and “not of works” (Ephesians 2:8–9). Titus 3:5 says God saves us “not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy.” The Christian hope is not that our record is good enough. It is that Jesus Christ died for sinners and rose again, and that we receive salvation by trusting Him.
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Pride can take root in a president’s boast. It can also take root in ordinary believers who quietly credit themselves for their success, their family, their church, or even their faith. James writes, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble” (James 4:6). The question is not simply whether a politician gives God enough credit. It is whether we do.
Asked where he expects to go when he dies, Trump said, “I’m a religious person, so in theory I go to heaven.” He added that he hopes to go to heaven and does not want to go to hell.
That answer deserves a clear biblical response: being religious does not save us. Neither does attending church, supporting Christian causes, defending religious liberty, or doing good works. Those things may matter, but they cannot erase sin or reconcile us to God.
Paul writes that salvation is “by grace…through faith,” and “not of works” (Ephesians 2:8–9). Titus 3:5 says God saves us “not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy.” The Christian hope is not that our record is good enough. It is that Jesus Christ died for sinners and rose again, and that we receive salvation by trusting Him.
Harbinger’s Daily
Trump, Vance, And The Debate Over America’s Relationship With Israel
By Chris Katulka: During a 60 Minutes interview, President Donald Trump partially blamed Republicans’ poor performance in the 2026 midterm elections on what he called a “great dislike for Israel” among American voters, alongside, of course, opposition to the war with Iran and rising gasoline prices.
His remarks come amid declining American support for Israel, even as Vice President J.D. Vance also suggests Republicans may need to reconsider their “relationship” with the Jewish state to win future elections.
On Election Day, President Trump announced that the United States would end its nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of 2026. That announcement blindsided Israeli security and financial officials since the current agreement provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually through September 2028. Trump was quick to point out that Israel has been a very strong ally of the United States, and he added that the Jewish State supports the decision.
But the fact that he made this announcement on the morning of the midterm elections tells you just how controversial American military aid to Israel has become among both Republicans and Democrats.
Here’s my take.
As former advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu once observed, Israel has become “the world’s Jew.”
Can’t pay your bills? Blame Israel. Frustrated with the moral decline of our country? Blame Israel. Unhappy with the election results? Blame Israel. Not happy with the way your life is going? Just blame Israel.
His remarks come amid declining American support for Israel, even as Vice President J.D. Vance also suggests Republicans may need to reconsider their “relationship” with the Jewish state to win future elections.
On Election Day, President Trump announced that the United States would end its nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of 2026. That announcement blindsided Israeli security and financial officials since the current agreement provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually through September 2028. Trump was quick to point out that Israel has been a very strong ally of the United States, and he added that the Jewish State supports the decision.
But the fact that he made this announcement on the morning of the midterm elections tells you just how controversial American military aid to Israel has become among both Republicans and Democrats.
Here’s my take.
As former advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu once observed, Israel has become “the world’s Jew.”
Can’t pay your bills? Blame Israel. Frustrated with the moral decline of our country? Blame Israel. Unhappy with the election results? Blame Israel. Not happy with the way your life is going? Just blame Israel.
Leo Hohmann’s Newsletter
Eric Trump-Backed Startup Company In Talks To Sell AI-powered Robot Soldiers To Israeli Military
By Leo Hohmann: As I have said before, Gaza is a major testing ground for the technocratic superstate that globalists are trying to ultimately merge into one big AI-powered digital prison.
The vast majority of humanity will voluntarily comply with the demands of their slave masters. Most will even welcome it. They are more comfortable living as a slave where machines and algorithms make most of their decisions for them, than they are living as a free human being.
The plan is for us to own nothing and place our trust in the system to provide for our needs. A monthly fee for this. A monthly fee for that. All is good. Chill out and order another Neflix over a few beers while heating up some lab-grown meat or insect-infused protein in the microwave oven.
But there will also be a remnant of resisters. How to deal with them could get tricky for the technocratic oligarchs who have our politicians on a string.
That’s where Gaza comes in.
I know very few Americans have paid any attention to what’s gone on there, but the Palestinians who haven’t been killed over the last three years have seen their neighborhoods razed, forcing them to live in tents. Now, even their tents are being eliminated by recent flood waters. Many will likely end up being sent to the West as refugees. Those who replace them on this land will be more compliant with the system. Bots living in human skin, ready to salute the new sheriff in town in something akin to a 15-minute city.
The vast majority of humanity will voluntarily comply with the demands of their slave masters. Most will even welcome it. They are more comfortable living as a slave where machines and algorithms make most of their decisions for them, than they are living as a free human being.
The plan is for us to own nothing and place our trust in the system to provide for our needs. A monthly fee for this. A monthly fee for that. All is good. Chill out and order another Neflix over a few beers while heating up some lab-grown meat or insect-infused protein in the microwave oven.
But there will also be a remnant of resisters. How to deal with them could get tricky for the technocratic oligarchs who have our politicians on a string.
That’s where Gaza comes in.
I know very few Americans have paid any attention to what’s gone on there, but the Palestinians who haven’t been killed over the last three years have seen their neighborhoods razed, forcing them to live in tents. Now, even their tents are being eliminated by recent flood waters. Many will likely end up being sent to the West as refugees. Those who replace them on this land will be more compliant with the system. Bots living in human skin, ready to salute the new sheriff in town in something akin to a 15-minute city.
Algemeiner Journal
Proposed New Jersey Bill Would Establish ‘Islamophobia’ Definition To Be Used In Criminal Prosecution
By Corey Walker: New Jersey Democrats are advancing a controversial proposal that would establish a state definition of Islamophobia for use in civil and criminal investigations, raising concerns among free-speech advocates that criticism of Islam and its doctrines could become evidence of discriminatory intent.
Assembly Bill A1146, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Joe Danielsen, would require public officials and law enforcement officers to consider a sweeping definition of Islamophobia when reviewing alleged violations of existing state laws and policies prohibiting discrimination.
Although the legislation does not independently criminalize criticism of Islam or create a new criminal offense, its critics argue that incorporating such a broad definition into government investigations could have significant consequences for religious debate, public discourse, and the enforcement of existing bias-related laws.
The proposal defines Islamophobia as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness” and provides 13 examples of conduct that could fall within that definition.
Assembly Bill A1146, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Joe Danielsen, would require public officials and law enforcement officers to consider a sweeping definition of Islamophobia when reviewing alleged violations of existing state laws and policies prohibiting discrimination.
Although the legislation does not independently criminalize criticism of Islam or create a new criminal offense, its critics argue that incorporating such a broad definition into government investigations could have significant consequences for religious debate, public discourse, and the enforcement of existing bias-related laws.
The proposal defines Islamophobia as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness” and provides 13 examples of conduct that could fall within that definition.
Behold Israel With Amir Tsarfati
Qatar’s Money, U.S. Politics
& The War Against Israel
& The War Against Israel
Synopsis: As Israel’s new Knesset is sworn in and opposition campaign narratives unravel, Qatar’s expanding geopolitical footprint raises urgent alarms over foreign influence across both Israeli and American elections. Meanwhile, Tehran unveils a vast underground "missile city" capable of striking Europe as Houthi rockets pound Saudi Arabia, and continental borders buckle under surging waves of illegal immigration. From AI-generated "Gazawood" propaganda and rising global antisemitism facing pushback from U.S. Attorneys General, to the perilous march of socialism in the West and intensifying persecution targeting over 220 million Christians worldwide, these accelerating global shifts reveal the high-stakes battles shaping our generation.
Amir Tsarfati is an Israeli Christian from Galilee. A former Deputy Governor of Jericho and IDF officer (hostage negotiator). He is a Bible teacher and a much sought after speaker world-wide. He is an Israeli tour guide, a well-known author, and the Founder and President of ‘Behold Israel,’ a Christian ministry with a world-wide outreach.
Hope For Our Times
The World Is Moving Toward Something... And the Bible Tells Us What
Synopsis: On this episode of The Truth, Pastor Tom Hughes is joined by Pastor James Pannafino, author of Perspective and Prophecy, to discuss why Bible prophecy is increasingly neglected, misunderstood, and even mocked within the modern church. They examine how centuries of theological traditions, allegorical interpretations of Scripture, and replacement theology have influenced the way Christians understand God's prophetic promises.
James shares his powerful personal testimony of how studying Bible prophecy led him out of New Age beliefs and into a relationship with Jesus Christ, demonstrating why fulfilled prophecy is such a powerful testimony to the truth of God's Word. They also explore major end-times events, including the Rapture of the Church, the coming Tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist, the Second Coming of Jesus, and His future Millennial Kingdom. Is the Church neglecting one of the most powerful tools God has given us to understand His Word and prepare for Christ's return? Discover why Bible prophecy isn't about sensationalism or predicting dates, but about revealing Jesus Christ, strengthening our faith, and reminding believers that God is in control of the future.
James shares his powerful personal testimony of how studying Bible prophecy led him out of New Age beliefs and into a relationship with Jesus Christ, demonstrating why fulfilled prophecy is such a powerful testimony to the truth of God's Word. They also explore major end-times events, including the Rapture of the Church, the coming Tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist, the Second Coming of Jesus, and His future Millennial Kingdom. Is the Church neglecting one of the most powerful tools God has given us to understand His Word and prepare for Christ's return? Discover why Bible prophecy isn't about sensationalism or predicting dates, but about revealing Jesus Christ, strengthening our faith, and reminding believers that God is in control of the future.
JNS TV
The South African People Have Finally Had Enough Of Their Govt.’s Israel Obsession!
Synopsis: Is South Africa's campaign against Israel really about human rights or is it part of a much larger effort to undermine the West?
South African legal scholar and anti-apartheid researcher Dr. Anthea Jeffery exposes what she argues is the political agenda behind her government's accusations of apartheid and genocide against Israel. Drawing on her new book, "Corrupt Comparison: South Africa-Israel and the Hijacking of History", Jeffery explains why she believes comparisons between Israel and apartheid-era South Africa are fundamentally misleading and why the consequences could extend far beyond the Jewish state.
Jeffery also examines the African National Congress's longstanding relationships with Russia, China and Iran, the growing use of international courts to pressure Western democracies and the economic damage caused by South Africa's race-based policies and government corruption. As the ANC faces declining public support, Jeffery argues that a political transformation in South Africa could help challenge the international campaign against Israel. Is Israel merely the first target in a much broader ideological battle against Western democracy and can the West push back before international law becomes a political weapon?
South African legal scholar and anti-apartheid researcher Dr. Anthea Jeffery exposes what she argues is the political agenda behind her government's accusations of apartheid and genocide against Israel. Drawing on her new book, "Corrupt Comparison: South Africa-Israel and the Hijacking of History", Jeffery explains why she believes comparisons between Israel and apartheid-era South Africa are fundamentally misleading and why the consequences could extend far beyond the Jewish state.
Jeffery also examines the African National Congress's longstanding relationships with Russia, China and Iran, the growing use of international courts to pressure Western democracies and the economic damage caused by South Africa's race-based policies and government corruption. As the ANC faces declining public support, Jeffery argues that a political transformation in South Africa could help challenge the international campaign against Israel. Is Israel merely the first target in a much broader ideological battle against Western democracy and can the West push back before international law becomes a political weapon?
The Paul McGuire Report
Complex Reality Isn’t Accidental!
Synopsis: Join Internationally Recognized Prophecy Expert, Minister, Speaker and Author, Paul McGuire as he analyzes current events through the lens of Bible Prophecy.
Wild Bill For America
In Voter Fraud We Trust
Synopsis: The Democrats have cheated again.