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"In a word, what you say comes to this: that you do not think it matters a scrap what anyone believes anywhere, so long as the world is at peace. . . . Observe now, my good Erasmus, where that cautious, peaceloving theology leads us!"
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Rick
Warren's
Purpose Driven Theology
"Ironically, Warren begins The Purpose-Driven Life (TPDL) with great promise, by saying, “It’s not about you.” However, he spends the rest of the book explaining that it is up to you to earn rewards from God. This is typical of what the reader will find in TPDL. In one section Warren rightly affirms,
"God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it. God…planned the days of your life in advance, choosing the exact time of your birth and death…. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for his purpose…. God was thinking of you even before he made the world…. there is a God who made you for a reason, and your life has profound meaning."
But in another section he writes, “God will give you what you need if you will just make the choice to live for him.”
So, which is it? Is the starting point and source of my life God, or my choice to live for God?" (Wilken)
Rick Warren is one of the most popular and famous preachers in the United States. His books are best-sellers and he has influenced many churches and pastors with his Purpose Driven theology.
Many people on the Wittenberg Trail may be coming from churches heavily influenced by Warren's theology. These articles focus on Purpose Driven theology and how it is different from Lutheran theology.
Purpose-Driven or
Forgiveness-Given?
The Fad-Driven
Church
Reflections on The Purpose Driven Life in
Light of the Doctrine of Vocation
Lutheran Critique: The Purpose Driven
Life by Rick Warren
The Purpose-Driven Life - A Lutheran’s
Perspective
Strategy for church growth splits
congregants
A Review of The Purpose Driven
Life
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