Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature

go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for theeto enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast intohell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Wheretheir worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And ifthine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee toenter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than havingtwo eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm diethnot, and the fire is not quenched” (Jesus Christ, Mark9:43-48).There is no a hint of this kind of preaching in RickWarren’s woefully inadequate ministry.If ever there were an hour in which the people of this worldneed to hear Hell and judgment and the fear of God preachedfiery hot and powerfully plain it is this present unbelieving,mocking, blasphemous, pleasure mad, self-loving, selfcontent,self-righteous age, but the popular preachers won’ttouch it. It is too negative. Too damaging to self-esteem. Toodogmatic and intolerant. Too likely to offend and cut into thesize of my audience.Every Strange Bible VersionIn The Purpose Driven Life, Warren uses 15 different Bibleversions, including two Roman Catholic ones (The NewAmerican Bible and the New Jerusalem Bible). His favoritesare the “dynamic equivalency” versions such as the LivingBible, the New Living Bible, Today’s English Version, theContemporary English Version, and The Message. The latterseems to be his most favorite.As a result, it is often impossible to know exactly whatScripture he is quoting because it is so strangely paraphrasedand wildly inaccurate.13