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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.

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.

A lot of people tend to think that if the masses like it, then it must be bad. Those who run down popular ministries often claim that they don't teach the "meat" and that they only serve "milk". Hey it only took a couple of drops of that "milk" to but the brakes to this killing spree.

I tend to think that if those who are most critical of Warren were in this woman's shoes yesterday and had attempted to feed this guy some of their "meat" that there'd be at least one more victim of this guy's killing spree.

Praise the Lord for Milk.