Some Christian Websites call Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life Unbiblical

One of my students referred me to this website for the American Family Association (www.afa.net). Apparently, there are some people who have a real problem with Rick Warren, who if you don't know it, is the pastor of one of the largest churches in the nation and the author of The Purpose Driven Life which is still flying off bookshelves, selling more than a million copies a month. Apparently, the AFA has a real problem with people learning that God loves them and has a plan for their life.

The following is an excerpt from David Hunt, a theologian who has spent a large amount of time railing against Warren:

According to Hunt, Warren's book includes no mention of Christ being crucified and resurrected for sinful men. Instead, he says, it enables people to "pick their venue" when they go to church -- choosing "what kind of music they want, what kind of worship they want, and so forth," and a place where they feel comfortable -- "even though they haven't really come to Christ" or repented of their sins.

"So this is what people want," Hunt laments, "and I think it's a prelude to the false religion that will be headed up by the anti-Christ actually. I think a lot of these people will be left behind at the Rapture."

!!!!?????!!!!

Imagine, non-Christians, going to a church where they feel like they can personally identify with the music, or choosing a place where the pastor speaks words that are meaningful or relevant!. And all these people non-Christians! What will our churches come to when non-saved, irreligious people stop by!

Rick Warren decided not to comment on David Hunt, or his organization's The Berean Call's criticism. Wise man. In Warren's shoes, I don't know if I would have shown such restraint.

I guess Warren and his dynamic church is teaching everyone that you really can't please everybody, so why not just work at trying to please the only one whose opinion really matters.

And that person is not David Hunt or the AFA.