Rick Warren disciples: Where are you?

WorldNetDaily ^ | November 21, 2006 | Joseph Farah

[TommyDale]

I think the silence from the Warren followers speaks volumes.

[Rightly Biased]

They hang out here they'll be along in a bit with their Purpose Driven dribble.

[Mr. Brightside]

Just because a lot of people have purchased ONE book of his, does not mean they are "followers."

We have "the Purpose Driven Life." And we also have "The Jabez Prayer."

But we are not followers of that author either.

[2banana]

Not defending anyone here - just a sad data point. In the entire middle east of islamic countries - syria treats their christians better than any other islamic country.

[OldFriend]

Purpose Driven Global Warming

[100-Fold_Return]

btt

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

Purpose driven hypocrisy?

[kjam22]

Have a cup of starbucks coffee..... get in a good community group and you'll be okay.... :)

[GourmetDan]

"We have "the Purpose Driven Life." And we also have "The Jabez Prayer."

I didn't buy or read either one.

It shows how far Christianity has fallen.

That 'christians' would even read such crap, much less purchase it.

[Mr. Brightside]

Jabez was a good book.

[PGalt]

Interesting.

[Quix]

I figure they consider the source, the attitudes . . . the diatribes . . . the fierce biases involved . . .

and realize they have better things to do in terms of being about The Lord's business otherwise and elsewhere.

[ShandaLear]

Just another Christian fad.

[metmom]

Doesn't journalism school teach paragraphs anymore? Gee, this guys writing rivals my kids when they were in grade school, not only in grammar and mechanics but in content.

He's trying to bait people and it's pretty obvious. The old *If you don't say anything it means you agree* tactic, which anyone with more intelligence that the author has (and that doesn't appear to be a very difficult accomplishment) wouldn't fall for.

[showme_the_Glory]

Judge not........

[Quix]

When a Christian fad leaves millions with a beginning and a deepening and an enriched, lasting, more intimate relationship with God Almighty; their Lord Jesus Christ; led by His Spirit . . . as is abundantly true of Rick's ministry

let the fad continue.

Of course, if posters want to do better than Rick, I'd be happy to compare their results with his.

[Paloma_55]

My wife bought the book and we read it together while driving to work. She reads, I drive. Having read it together, I found it to be inspirational and an unusual book in that I believe one can read it FOUR times easily with a different angle each time.

Once to consider your purpose as an individual.
Once to consider your purpose within your marriage.
Once to consider your purpose within your family.
Once to consider your purpose within the church/nation/world.

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Now, since we have read it once, I should mention that I have not done anything sinful or even wrong. Its amazing. I read a book, and I am now perfect.

Rick Warren, having written the book, must have been perfect much longer than me.

This is one thing about being a Christian, we are perfect.

It is hard to imagine why anyone would criticize a Christian or call them a hypocrite...after all, we are perfect aren't we?

Its not possible for Joseph Farah to understand why a perfect person like Warren would make a mistake...but then Farah must not have fully read and understood the book..or perhaps, its because he is Jewish?

But wait, Jesus was Jewish and HE understood.

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[safisoft]

Funny how the establishment, ultra-secular press never want to talk to R.C. Sproul, D. James Kennedy or J.I. Packer, isn't it?

But then if they did, they would still get a taste of anti-Semitic theology. I admire the conservative positions that these men have taken over the years, but Kennedy and Sproul were signatories to a screed against the state of Israel in 2002, and their theological arguments for that letter were based upon 1,900 years of anti-Semitic history, and in this regard, errant theology.

Supercessionism, or "Replacement Theology" is the baseline for Christian anti-Semitism; which any reader of the ante-Nicean fathers could quickly identify for what it is.

The problem with reformed theology is they stopped 200 years short in their attempts to go back to orthodoxy. They find themselves forever resting on the theologians of the 3rd and 4th Centuries. When the theology of men like N.T. Wright replaces that of men like Kennedy and Sproul, then you will find compatibility between the theology of believers of the 1st Century and that of reformed theology today. Until then, "orthodox" is in the eyes of the beholder, and not an objective word.

[twonie]

I bought the books; I put them in with the wet garbage not long ago. I don't know how many people are going to come out and defend a preacher whose costume of choice is a Hawaiian shirt and who paraphrases the Bible in his books. I am not talking about someone paraphrasing while talking because he cannot remember the exact words off the top of his head - he paraphrases in print in order to fit the Bible in with his current thinking.