Rick Warren’s Purpose-Driven Life — is it about man or Christ? « Churchmouse Campanologist
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If you haven’t already read the two previous posts on Rick Warren’s Purpose-Driven Church, e.g. Saddleback Church, you may wish to do so prior to reading this entry.
Warren wants a new Reformation based on his methods for increasing church growth and human happiness. Some Christians believe this approach is closer to that of the much-criticised evangelist Charles Finney than that of the New Testament. Bob DeWaay of Critical Issues Commentary (CIC Ministry) has examined Warren’s approach to Christianity in great detail and finds it wanting in several areas.
First, those attending a Rick Warren Purpose-Driven Life study course would be well advised to leave their copy of the Bible at home. Warren asked one of DeWaay’s friends to leave the class for this very reason. After all, Warren had given the group copies of his own book to refer to during the course. DeWaay says (emphases in the original):
In the first three pages I saw why bringing a real Bible would disrupt a group studying Rick Warren. First, Warren cited many questionable Bible translations, often without verse reference. Apart from that, one had to locate the reference (information buried in the back of the book), find the reference in a real Bible, go back to the place where Warren used the passage to see if the quoted “translation” had any resemblance to the passage from an acceptable text, and then make a decision about whether the verse in question supported Warren’s claim. Of course, that would disrupt a Bible study. Forty days of purpose would soon be forty months...
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