Truth Matters / Douglass, Herbert Edgar / (PB/2006-2006/B/USED)

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Herb Douglass addresses the strengths and weaknesses of Rick Warren's best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life and the movement that has resulted from it.
The phenomenal success of the book The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren, has amazed Christians not only in America but around the world. Zondervan Publishing's president and CEO Bruce Ryskamp said it "is more than a bestseller, it's become a movement." Its author, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, calls it "a guide to a 40-day spiritual journey" (p.9).
Douglass readily acknowledges there is much of value in Warren's book and in no way questions Warren's motives or his sincerity:
"There is no reason to believe Warren is a wolf in sheep's clothing as some in the Protestant world have suggested. He has been the target of many who have condemned him for a host of reasons - many of which are groundless in my opinion."
Douglass's purpose in writing this book is threefold:
-To urge Adventists who have been blessed by Rick Warren's book to take a second look at the theological direction of the Purpose Driven life movement.
-To urge others who have seen some of the dangers in the Purpose Driven life movement to do more than take a negative stance, recognizing that many around the world have found spiritual nourishment in its program.
-To urge all to recognize basic error is defeated, not by heated arguments, but by quiet truth.
Whether or not you agree with all of Douglass's conclusions, you will find much food for thought in this important book.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Purpose Driven Life Phenomenon
2. What Many Find appealing in the Purpose Driven Ministry
3. What I Especially Like About Warren's Messages
4. What Is So Special About "Forty Days"?
5. Did Biblical Preachers Use Pragmatic Techniques?
6. Some Troubling Features
7. Faulty Use of Biblical Passages
8. Philosophical Contexts Cause Concern
9. Weaknesses of Assumptions
10. Comments Cause Concern
11. Use of New Age Leaders
12. Saddleback's Doctrinal Statement Compared With Adventist Beliefs
13. What Adventists Can Contribute - Part 1: The Great Controversy Theme
14. What Adventists Can Contribute - Part 2: The Everlasting Gospel
15. Adventists Have an End-Time Urgency
16. Counterfeits in the End Time - Part 1: Accommodation Leading to Spritualism
17. Counterfeits in the End Time - Part 2: New Spirituality
18. The Purpose and Mission of Seventh-Day Adventists
Appendix A: Warren's Various Bible Translations and Paraphrases
Appendix B: Relationship Between the Warren Ministry and the Christian Growth Movement (CGM)
Appendix C: Saddleback's Doctrinal Statements
Appendix D: Examples of Faulty Use of Biblical Texts
Appendix E: A Sampling of New Testament Texts That Spell Out the Purpose of the Everlasting Gospel
Index

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