Let’s play a game, shall we? Here’s how it works. I will quote to you the first three paragraphs of a popular book. You have to guess which book it is from. In part two, I will quote from a blog. You have to guess what the ‘admin’ is talking about. Here goes.

It’s not about you.

The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point–ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose. The Bible says, “It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyones life is in his power.”

That sounds to me like a fairly orthodox position to hold. I could probably find Scriptural support for every clause if I needed to. In fact, some of this might be a wee-bit too orthodox. Nevertheless, it will preach, it is Christian, it is Biblical, and it comes from the mouth of one ordained to preach the Gospel of Christ.

OK. On to part two.

Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren is working on his next book – the follow-up to the bestselling Purpose Driven Life, which launched the Southern California preacher into national prominence.

“I’m in book writing mode right now,” Warren reported in a broadcast to his church members Thursday. “I’ve gone back into hibernation to write the follow up to Purpose Driven Life now, eight years later. It’s going to be called The Hope of the World, and my plan is to release that on Easter Sunday – our 30th anniversary – next year.”

Warren had announced during the 2009 Purpose Driven Network Summit in May that he was going to take some time off soon to work on his next book, which will be about the Church and its role in today’s times.

On Thursday, the evangelical leader asked church members to pray for him as he’s writing. “[P]ray … that God’s Spirit will guide me in writing this next book just as He did with Purpose Driven Life so that it can change hundreds, thousands, and even more than of lives all around the world,” he said.

What God would that be; based upon all the Scripture-twisting and false doctrine within PDL, it isn’t likely it was the God of the Bible Who “guided” Warren. [This ends the second quote. It is not part of the CP article, but is a commentary by 'admin' on the CP article.--Jerry]

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All I have ever heard from some in the priesthood is that the Gospel of many preachers in this world, in the ‘modern’ church, is too self-centered, too me focused, too anything but the one true orthodox faith once delivered by the three John’s (Calvin, MacArthur, Piper).

So here we have a preacher who begins his book about what life, according to Scripture, means with a clear statement that we are too self-centered, too me-focused, too anything but God focused and the best ‘admin’ can conclude is that he’s wrong? He hasn’t even published the book yet, and he’s already not listening to the ‘God of the Bible’? Here’s a man who, according to the CP article:

All net proceeds of The Purpose of Christmas have gone to benefit Warren’s PEACE Plan – a global initiative created to mobilize millions of Christians in the fight against the five global “giants” of spiritual emptiness, self-centered leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease and illiteracy/education.

And all the ‘admin’ can say is that this is ’sad’, that the author is ‘not listening to the God of the Bible’?

Here’s a man who, according to the CP article says:

“[P]ray … that God’s Spirit will guide me in writing this next book just as He did with Purpose Driven Life so that it can change hundreds, thousands, and even more than of lives all around the world,” he said.

And he’s not listening to the guidance of the God of the Bible?

I have nothing else to say. The levels of hatred, the uncanny inability to think or reason, or come up with a valid criticism, is staggering to say the least.

He hasn’t even published so much as a sample chapter and he’s already a heretic?

Are you kidding me? Surely you, ‘admin’, jest because you surely have no case here. There must be some other motive for you to write what you wrote ‘admin.’

Surely.

Tags: PDL, Rick Warren