Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature

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On page 70, Warren quotes Hebrews 11:7 from TheMessage.“By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. Hewas warned about something he couldn’t see, and actedon what he was told ... As a result, Noah became intimatewith God.”In the dependable King James Bible, this verse says:“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seenas yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving ofhis house; by the which he condemned the world, andbecame heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”We can see that The Message adds to and takes away fromthe Word of God in an amazing manner. It adds the bit aboutNoah building a ship in the middle of dry land. It omits thefact that Noah moved with fear. It changes “became heir ofthe righteousness which is by faith” to “became intimate withGod.”On page 20 of The Purpose Driven Life, Warren quotes 1Corinthians 2:7 from The Message:“God’s wisdom ... goes deep into the interior of hispurposes ... It’s not the latest message, but more like theoldest--what God determined as the way to bring out hisbest in us.”In the King James Bible, this says:“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even thehidden wisdom, which God ordained before the worldunto our glory.”It is obvious that The Message is not a translation in anysense of the word; it is a presumption. It is not God’sthoughts but man’s. It is almost childish, not because it issimple but because it is ridiculous.Warren claims to have quoted more than 1,000 Scripturesin The Purpose Driven Life, but most of the quotations are14
similar to the previous examples and have no right to becalled Scripture.When I visited a service at Saddleback Church in 2003, Iobserved that only a few people were carrying Bibles into theauditorium. The reason became clear when I saw themultiplicity of versions that were used in the preaching. Itwould be impossible to follow along in one’s Bible. Theresult is that the people do not bring their own Bibles and donot therefore carefully test the preaching. How could they,when any biblical statement they would attempt to examinehas dozens of contradictory variations in various versions?Slighting Scriptural BaptismThe Purpose Driven Life has a page and a half dealing withbaptism, but there is not a word about the mode, which is oneof the most important aspects. Warren leaves the reader withthe impression that pouring, sprinkling, or immersion isequally acceptable. Obviously, it would offend many readersif he were to present a truly Scriptural position on baptism asa burial in water, but what else would a true Bible believerand a true Baptist do?God Loves All Kinds of MusicIn chapter 8 of The Purpose Driven Life, Warren becomesa prophet, saying:“God loves all kinds of music because he invented it all--fast and slow, loud and soft, old and new. You probablydon’t like it all, but God does! ... Christians oftendisagree over the style of music used in worship,passionately defending their preferred style as the mostbiblical or God-honoring. But there is no biblicalstyle! ... God likes variety and enjoys it all. There is nosuch thing as ‘Christian’ music; there are only Christian15
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Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bahai,
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clamour for a confederacy which wou
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eferred to as God in the Scriptures
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Bono complains that the churches ha
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salvation is by grace, for instance
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An Analysis of the “Purpose Drive
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church growth. While the contempora
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