Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature

appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Timothy6-13-14).Observe that Timothy was instructed to keep the doctrinehe had been taught in this epistle “without spot.” That refersto the details. The theme of first Timothy is church truth.Paul said, “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know howthou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which isthe church of the living God, the pillar and ground of thetruth” (1 Timothy 3:15). The epistle contains instruction onmatters such as prayer and the woman’s spiritual ministry (1Timothy 2), the qualifications of pastors and deacons (1Timothy 3), avoiding doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4), thecare of widows (1 Timothy 5), and the ordination anddiscipline of elders (1 Timothy 6). That type of doctrine isconsidered “peripheral” and “secondary” by evangelicalstoday, but Paul taught Timothy to have respect unto suchdoctrine and to keep it without spot.Promoting HereticsIn keeping with his unscriptural judge not philosophy,Warren uncritically quotes from a wide variety of theologicalheretics, especially Roman Catholics such as Mother Teresa,Henri Nouwen, Brother Lawrence (Carmelite monk), JohnMain (Benedictine monk who believes that Christ “is notlimited to Jesus of Nazareth, but remains among us in themonastic leaders, the sick, the guest, the poor”), MadameGuyon (a Roman Catholic who taught that prayer is not fromthe mind and does not involve thinking), and John of theCross (who believed the mountains and forests are God).Warren does not warn his readers that these are dangerousfalse teachers who held to a false gospel.Mother Teresa and Henri Nouwen, who are quoted at leastfour times in The Purpose Driven Life, believed that men can21