Forget about Rick Warren and read your BIBLE.Warren is a pinko at best.
A book worth reading:
http://inthenameofpurpose.org/inthename.pdf
A review of Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life [Excerpted]
Spiritual therapy for the Christian new in faith, but difficult for the informed believer to have patience with.
Help yourself to the milk. ....the advice he gives -- which amounts to "God has a purpose for you" -- is the sort of thing your average Israelite in the Ancient Near East would have taken for granted. Is it not a sad commentary that we need to be reminded of this simple and basic truth 40 different ways by Warren's text?
More here: http://www.tektonics.org/books/warrenr01.html
And here: Self Center http://www.tektonics.org/qt/selfesteem.html
Didn't know that Mr. Warren was a member of the latex worshiping crowd.
Read later.
Excellent! The Holy Spirit is convicting people to come to Christ through Warren's ministry and books.
"Purpose Driven Pastor Rick Warren ... Warren's name and best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, ... It's very fulfilling to see the Purpose Driven paradigm, the Purpose Driven strategy being used in all kinds of situations ... who had read The Purpose Driven Life ... the police force is using The Purpose Driven Life... gone over 40 Days of Purpose ... through the Purpose Driven Life."
Sheesh, talk about unashamed product hucksterism!!!
("Snake Oil Pastor Rick Warren ... Warren's name and best-selling book, The Snake Oil Driven Life, ... It's very fulfilling to see the Snake Oil paradigm, the Snake Oil strategy being used in all kinds of situations ... who had read The Snake Oil Driven Life ... the police force is using The Snake Oil Driven Life... gone over 40 Days of Snake Oil ... through the Snake Oil Driven Life.")
I admire Rick Warren, but I think this is a real mistake. The fact is that Rick Warren will not be allowed to say what must be said, and that is to challenge the view of the state as god in North Korea. In the minds of millions of North Koreans, the state is the final ethical arbiter. To truly preach Christ, you must knock down this worldview that sets itself up against a knowledge of God (2 Cor. 10:5.) WIll North Korea allow this? I doubt it.
Will Rick be allowed to meet with real North Korean Christians, Christians that are not "licensed" by the state? Since it's illegal there, I seriously doubt it.
Billy Graham got in some trouble about 25 years ago after he preached in the Soviet Union. What these great men of God should do is explain to the host country what they will say if invited, get the invitation refused, and trust that the word of Christ will be spread in North Korea regardless. (In this case, probably from China.)
Yet if Rick Warren understands this much, he knows the answer to the fundamental question of our time.
Go figure... Rick Warren is from North America. How come his great influence for the Lord isn't bearing fruit?
He'll do his best to water down the message in those other areas too.