No I did not mispell the above title. Everyone is going "ga ga" over this book. I am not impressed by it. The are some serious gaps in the book and you would be much better finding the original ideas in the Bible. We talked about this on the program and for once Marty and I agreed on something. We both have some serious concerns about this popular book. If you want to some in depth reading about Rick Warren and his book I suggest you go here.
If you have read the book, give me your thoughts. If not, I suggest you read the Bible instead!
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Personally I think 'The Purpose Driven Life' is "skim" in the arena of biblical
milk.That said, in it's defense if you were to back up a little before pg.58,
you would see he did attempt to develop a background to that 'simple' prayer.
But, like they say; if you dig deep enough you can always find a booger.
You were talking about A Purpose Driven Life today, and I was thinking that all of these Christian books are taking away from our time to read scripture.
I almost didn't even dare to think that I could be right, though. I began to argue with myself, thinking, "What do you know? Learned people are writing these books. Surely there is help in this material."
I don't have the amount of time that I'd like to have to read God's Word. I don't want to take away from what time I do have to read something a man or woman wrote -- no matter how good the intent.
The fact that this book and 40 days of purpose campaigns have swept the country is a result of churches drifting away from doctrine and replacing it with pragmatism-"If it works-then do it." We need to get back to the five solas and the importance of sound theology.
To start with, I am a Roman Catholic. I have /not/ read The Purpose
Driven Life. BUT! I think I can help you out on what a Catholic
position would be towards the book.
I consider myself to have a fair knowledge of Church policies, but I do
not consider myself an expert on the Church's policies. I would think
that the Church would not recommend the use of this book for any
reason. Catholics have their share of supplementary reading material,
but most of this is merely informational. This is not to say that the
Church would reject the book because it is Protestant in nature or may
contain Protestant theology, merely that to use such material in a way
that could subvert the importance of the Scriptures is simply not
permitted; not by the Church and certainly not by Christ.
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