Purpose Driven Life

[blue-duncan]

For all of you Rick Warren fans out there, did you happen to catch the interview with the Brian Nichols, ex-hostage Ashley Smith? She was reading "Purpose Driven Life" as part of her devotions and read part of chapter 33 to him and then asked him what he thought his purpose in life was. This was part of the discussion that convinced Nichols to give himself up. We should all have her boldness in the face of trials.

[siunevada]

Try again Zondervan is the publisher.

It came right up that time. My fingers must have suffered a sudden burst of dyslexia in all the excitement.

[Corin Stormhands]

My fingers must have suffered a sudden burst of dyslexia in all the excitement.

Well, thankfully you weren't the one in the apartment with Nichols. You might have tried to talk him down using a quote from Ricky Nelson.

;-)

[Corin Stormhands]

Don't be shy. What do you really think?

[HairOfTheDog]

Did I lose my temper?

~wipes brow~

[M. Thatcher]

So, Rick Warren, not Jesus, saved this woman's life! Astounding.

Best to stay silent and thought to be a jerk than start typing and remove all doubt.

[Corin Stormhands]

Did I lose my temper?

No, you haven't been here long enough.

[Between the Lines]

You are voice of reason and hope. Well said.

[M. Thatcher]

Yes, Zondervan is now a Harper Collins imprint - but this "Zondervan = satanic bible" is crackpot loony tunes stuff, straight out of the swamps.

As you can tell by this particular poster's inability to think.

see http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rseaborn/john_wiser_emails.html

[Between the Lines]

So, Rick Warren, not Jesus, saved this woman's life! Astounding.

"I believe God brought him to my door so he couldn't hurt anyone else," -Ashley Smith

[blue-duncan]

"God can even use a book on the New York Times best sellers list". You are right. If He can use an ass to speak truth to Balaam, He can use the New York Times (although that would be a step down), Rick Warren, you and me, in spite of our prejudices or circumstances. Keep your armor shinning bright and your head up, you never know when the Lord will bring a Brian Nichols to your door for a cup of water.

[Revelation 911]

There has been over 60,000 words removed from the NIV in comparison with the KJV.

y'all might want to rethink that - the KJV1611 originally included the Apocryphal texts

[xzins]

LOL!

Great line.

(There is a point at which "how salvation works" really does matter, but....great line anyway!:>)

[blue-duncan]

"(There is a point at which "how salvation works" really does matter, but....great line anyway!:>)" Now that line will surely extend this thread another 200 posts.

[Nita Nupress]

Thank you for those excerpts! I've never read that book although I know a lot of people have read it.

[Keyes2000mt]

I read Warren's book a few years back and it had some good tips in it. I may read through it again. It's been sitting on my shelf for quite a while.

[Knute]

How far does one take the separation from worldliness argument? My wife manages a primarily secular chain book store. Are her Bibles "tainted" for being a few feet away from a shelf of romance novels?

Is a Christian magazine printed on a Heidelberg press that last night was used for soft-core pornography less worthy of readership than one from a purer printer?

How about taking it out another "degree"?

Penthouse is printed on Weyerhauser Paper. Does that condemn any Christian publication that is published on paper from the same manufacturer? How about ink...

What part of "Autonymous Subsidiary" in the realm of American business is so hard to comprehend?

Is a person who goes to a local tavern to evangelize the lost less of a Follower of Jesus Christ than a person who chooses to avoid even the appearance of evil by being seen in such a location?

Points to Ponder...

[blue-duncan]

The book is amazing. During a physical therapy session a couple of weeks ago I was rereading "Christianity With Power" by Kraft and the therapist wanted to know what it was about. I told her and she asked me if I had ever heard of "Purpose Driven something". She said reading it had changed her friends life. I told her I would bring her a copy at the next session. I gave it to her and she read the introduction and the first couple of chapters during the therapy session. When I called the next day to schedule the next session, she said she was looking for a church and reading the book.

It is an amazing introduction to Christ and His church and from my experience makes readers hungry and thirsty for more.

[Larry Lucido]

It's the anti-fish! Don't be misled!

[joesbucks]

I think this evolves from some jealously in the evangelical movement. In my city, Salem owns a radio station that they use to run syndicated teaching shows as well as some locally produced shows. Their talk lineup like Medved and some others is not cleared on the station. I tuned in the other day and the host of the local afternoon show was gingerly tap dancing around the Rick Warren book and basically saying it was void of scripture and full of empty "feel good" stuff. The station and the local hosts are for the most part critical of the "prospertity ministries" such as Warren's and Joyce Meyer's among others.

I'll be the first to admit that there is more to the scriptures than some of these folks delve into, but as a primer for people to be exposed or a pick me up for those who have become disallusioned, these ministries are exposing more people to Christ than most of the hard headed "christians" out there mocking or worse the works of Warren and others.

[xzins]

If prosperity ministry is the same as prosperity theology, then "Purpose Driven Life" is not prosperity theology....not even close.

Also, it's full of scripture.