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Church|Wed, Nov. 26 2008 02:00 PM EST

Rick Warren, Reader's Digest Create Multi-Platform Network

By Michelle A. Vu|Christian Post Reporter

On a whole, the Purpose Driven Connection platforms will all be “purpose driven,” designed to reinforce the five purposes Jesus identified in the Great Commandment and Great Commission: Knowing Christ, Relating to His family, Growing in Christ, Serving Christ, and Sharing Christ.

The Great Commandments corresponds to the five biblical purposes of worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry and missions as discussed in Warren’s books The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church.

“We are excited about this new partnership and its unprecedented potential for exponential impact, especially in the 68 countries where local churches have launched the PEACE plan,” Warren said.

Reader’s Digest Association’s Alyce Alston, president of RDA’s Home & Garden and Health & Wellness affinities, calls the project with Saddleback one of the company’s “most important and far-reaching ventures ever – spanning the globe with several of our core communication capabilities.”

“Together we are creating an authentic category-busting multimedia suite that will help millions of people in their daily lives - including those who already follow the purpose driven principles, as well as seekers everywhere looking for greater fulfillment," Alston said.

Since The Purpose Driven Life was released in 2002, it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and has been read by 19 percent of Americans.

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  • believer »
    Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:37 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 1

    CP, I too am not comfortable with many of the seeker sensitive concepts, especially the watering down of the Gospel to keep from offending seekers. Plus I too saw where he stretched Bible verses to fit his point, but unfortunately too many preachers do that and the sad thing is often times their point is valid but they feel the need to justify it with scripture and when they can't find any they go to stretching rather than simply saying that even though I don't have a specific scripture to support this I have come to believe it is a valid point none the less. I felt the same way with several of the points made in the Purpose Driven Life, that they were valid but there was no specific scripture to support them and yet at the same time there was no specific scripture to invalidate the point either. Plus, I believe as Pastors and preachers we must always keep the words of Paul in mind when he said that the preaching of the Gospel will be an offense to some and I have come to believe that in our day the preaching of the Gospel has become an offense to not just some but many.

  • believer »
    Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:45 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 0

    CP and Kone, I do agree that I'm not very comfortable with some of the things I have seen and heard from Rick Warren but I have also noticed even the SBC which I am a part of has somewhat distanced themselves from him as well. But at the same time I saw many new believers truly grow and mature as a result of doing the Purpose Driven Life and I've seen some churches truly come to life as a result of doing the Purpose Driven Community. Do I agree with everything they had to say no, but I truly believe that God has effectively used both in the life of the individual believer and the ministry of the local church. But as I said recently I have become very concerned by what I'm seeing and hearing from Warren.

  • KoneWone2 »
    Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:43 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 1

    I think the Church needs to do some serious rethinking about Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven gospel.

    Will the gospel he presented in The Ladies Home Journal and elsewhere be the same gospel he presents in Readers Digest?

    The Gospel According to Warren
    http://www.svchapel.org/Resources/articles/read_articles.asp?ID=112

    Will Rick Warren preach the same message this Christmas as he did last year?

    A Mediocre Merry Christmas Message
    http://letusreason.org/Current95.htm

    Does Rick Warren twist and distort God's holy word in his latest book as he has clearly done elsewhere, especially in "The Purpose Driven Life" book and does this latest book of his obscure the full biblical Gospel and all it entails?

    The Purpose of Christmas
    http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/the-purpose-of-christmas.php

    Who Is Rick Warren's "Lord"?
    Nov 24, 1008
    Warren's "next big thing" just announced:
    He is partnering with Reader's Digest to launch quarterly digest and DVD for the "Purpose Driven Connection."
    http://www.moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/rick_warrens_lord.htm

    Has Rick Warren redefined Christianity?

    Redefining Christianity Radio Broadcasts
    http://cicministry.org/radio_series.php?series=redefining

    If all of this is true and I for one believe it is, every Christian should be proclaiming a loud warning, shouting even, from the roof tops. How many millions of people have being and are being deceived by Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven Movement? Should this cause all of us to tremble before the holy and awesome God?

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