Brother, what's the difference between the Westminster Catechism's conception of the "purpose" of man, and the purposes that the PDL says we were created for?
1. You were planned for God's pleasure 2. You were formed for a family 3. You were created to become like Christ 4. You were were shaped for serving God 5. You were shaped for a misson (of evangelism)It almost seems to me as if the Westminster's Catechism's opening question is based of the same nucleus that the Purpose-Driven Life is - and the same basis that Piper's Desiring God (his magnum opus) draws from.
For the vast majority of people, Wassen is very readable. The same cannot be said concerning most of Piper's writings.
One should not readily discount as too simple the readable in favor of the more difficult. Being harder to read and understand is no virtue in and of itself.
I almost think that if Christs sermon on the Mout was printed for the first time, some of the posters here would claim that it was 'seeker friendly' and not true to the 'true faith'. The Sermon on the Mount is laid out is very simple and easy to understand words.
Now, there you go again! Trying to be reasonable and Biblical.
You should know that's heresy on such a thread!
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RW equates this, or says that this is the "worship" - that is NOT worship. Worship is exalting God, displaying His character in all we do or say...RW's definition is man-centered, not God centered.
That is just one of the reasons that I have rejected his book. BTW - Our chapel went through the "40 days of [man-devised] Purpose." This is one of the most misleading books I have ever been involved in. I haven't got the time or the space to recount all of my objections to the "Purpose Driven Life"