“You, LORD, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you” (32).This claim is supported by a reference to 1 Corinthians 2:7: “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory.” Sharing in God’s glory is surely not the same as ‘bringing out the best in us’. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest – what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us” (20). goes deep into the interior of his purposes. I mention one example, concerning God’s purposes:

If you check his use of the Bible, time and time again Warren uses texts to say something slightly different to what they were intended to say.

Hundreds of Bible texts are scattered throughout the book, but the use of these texts has been criticised by many. There is much which could be said about the use of the Bible in The Purpose Driven Life. A sentence to think about for a while and to talk about! A correct warning: “today many equate being emotionally moved by music as being moved by the Spirit, but these are not the same” (102). Two examples: “Understanding can wait, but obedience can’t (.) in fact, you will never understand some commands until you obey them first. To “Test”, and that will bring criticism with it, but I also want to hold fast to what is good in the book! “Test all things, hold fast what is good”, Paul tells us (1 Thess 5:21). In this article, I want to look at the way in which Warren describes Christian life in The Purpose Driven Life. Others have their objections to Warren’s Purpose driven movement. Many will have read it and have seen their faith encouraged by it: Rick Warren’s best seller The Purpose Driven Life.

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