Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
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Purpose Driven Life
Have any of you ever read that book or any other books by Rick Warren? I've heard a lot about it, from different people in the last while, in fact while some of my very good friends strongly reccomended that I read it, my pastor, and a preacher's magazine my dad gets, said it wasn't good.
So, I was wondering, if any of you here can help me out.
So, I was wondering, if any of you here can help me out.
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I didn't like it at all. I felt like Mr. Warren would say a lot just to get his point across. It's been a while since I've read it, so I can't give exact examples. I felt he used any Bible verse he could find in any version simply to get his point across. I haven't looked for myself, but I've heard from trusted sources that he used a few verses slightly out of context for his points. I felt the language was very, very condescending. And I felt for a few of his points, he didn't elaborate far enough. I felt that, were a new Christian to read it, they could take it to mean things it shouldn't mean. I didn't even finish the book, it made me so mad.
Mandy
What MissAiofan said reminded me of something. The over-commercialization and oportunistic-ness of the "Purpose-Driven" movement lowered my respect for the book. After a certain point, I just felt that it was to make money, rather than for a God-honoring purpose.
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What MissAiofan said reminded me of something. The over-commercialization and oportunistic-ness of the "Purpose-Driven" movement lowered my respect for the book. After a certain point, I just felt that it was to make money, rather than for a God-honoring purpose.
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You have hit the nail right on the proverbial head. While he did make a few good points, the way in which he went about making them was totally unexceptable (wow, I can't spell today). He took verses entirely out of context, and used what ever version suited his purposes best for a particular example. Unfortunately, the leadership at my church is rather obsessed with it.Mandy Straussberg wrote:I didn't like it at all. I felt like Mr. Warren would say a lot just to get his point across. It's been a while since I've read it, so I can't give exact examples. I felt he used any Bible verse he could find in any version simply to get his point across. I haven't looked for myself, but I've heard from trusted sources that he used a few verses slightly out of context for his points.
Frank speaks words of wisdom. We need to read the Bible more than man written works.Frank wrote:I must confess that my church was obsessed with it too... I didn't think that it was the greatest book...really vague and stuff. It's interesting how we put soo much stock into this book written by a man. We should all work harder on reading the Bible.
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Rick Warren.
Well, I know that he doesn't believe in absolutes. He's in to whatever you "feel" is right, go for it.
Well, I know that he doesn't believe in absolutes. He's in to whatever you "feel" is right, go for it.
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While I haven't read the book, what I have seen from it has left me unimpressed. It's currently on my shelf (it was a gift) and haven't read it yet.
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Go here for some reads on it, and why it's controversial.
Indeed. It bothers me that many churches have done this "40 Days of Purpose" program. Unless the Bible is their main text, the study is irrelevant.Miss AIOfan11 wrote:Frank speaks words of wisdom. We need to read the Bible more than man written works.Frank wrote:I must confess that my church was obsessed with it too... I didn't think that it was the greatest book...really vague and stuff. It's interesting how we put soo much stock into this book written by a man. We should all work harder on reading the Bible.
Unfortunately this 'feel good' movement is popular in Christianity today (which is why I don't like Joel Osteen, but that's a whole 'nother discussion).COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:Rick Warren.
Well, I know that he doesn't believe in absolutes. He's in to whatever you "feel" is right, go for it.
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Go here for some reads on it, and why it's controversial.
Jonathon, I agree. The feel good movement is definetly big in out society, and it shouldn't be. This is has nothing to do with PDL, but I am going to go ahead and talk about it. We need to do what the Bible tells us, and what God tells us. Our society is getting farther and farther away from relying on the Bible, and following it.
Wow...that is depressing!
Wow...that is depressing!
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Liking it or not isn't really the issue; it's the content which is controversial.Snaggly Maggly wrote:Thats a good idea, EC. You never know, you might like it!Evil Chick wrote:Thank you guys so much for your insight on the matter. I think that I might just get the book and read it, to form my own opinion on the matter, but I will definitely be cautious.
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Our family has it, although I have only read the first two chapters or so. It already seems very "dumbed down" to me... like surrounding the truth of the Bible with fluffy, cotton candy-ish content(can't think of analogies at the moment, my apologies) and making a whole book out of that. I already feel like even the first two chapters would be drastically shortened if all the extraneous stuff was taken out. I don't know- I just feel like reading the Bible itself and relying on God would be a much better way to discover God's purpose for my life and be reminded of how to live.
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well the paster gave a copy to each family in the church and we were spossed to read like a chapter a night at the dinner table...but it ended up taking us like a year to finish the stupid book cause we would read a lot less then one chapter... and the paster was way ahead of us anyway.... the funny thing is I cant remmber one thing about the sermens or the book exept that the writer would constantly use the phrase "Ought not" and it drove me crazy!Snaggly Maggly wrote:Is it a boring book? Did the pastor preach the book or just read it? Did you all think it was a good book, just boring?Mr mellow wrote:same. I was about to die of boredomMDB17 wrote:my church did the Purpuse driven life
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