BREATH PRAYERS and Rick Warren

by Larry DeBruyn  Are “breath prayers” a method by which we can become best friends with God? To direct people on a spiritual journey for 40 days, Rick Warren wrote The Purpose Driven Life. The bestselling book has impacted millions of persons. Some of Pastor Warren’s purpose involves his recommendations for “Becoming Best Friends with … [Read more…]

Rick Warren Responds to Wall Street Journal Article

Today, Get Religion posted an article titled “Purpose-Driven Response.” The writer stated that Rick Warren has written a response to the Wall Street Journal article, which recently came out talking about what happens to those who resist Purpose Driven. In today’s Get Religion article, Warren stated that the WSJ article was filled with errors and … [Read more…]

Rick Warren’s Weekly Newsletter – Another Week of Contemplative/Emerging Promotions

As we have reported in the past, Rick Warren’s weekly e-newsletter promotes both contemplative spirituality and the emerging church. Rarely a week passes when there isn’t a quote, an endorsement or/and a promotion for contemplatives and emerging church leaders. This week is no exception. Below is a list of those favorably mentioned in this week’s … [Read more…]

Wall Street Journal on Purpose Driven Resisters Tells Just Part of the Story

Today’s Wall Street Journal article, “Veneration Gap – A Popular Strategy For Church Growth Splits Congregants,” written by WSJ reporter Suzanne Sataline, was based on interviews that Ms. Sataline had with many people, including an editor at Lighthouse Trails and several of the researchers we know. The interviews extended over many weeks and equaled hours … [Read more…]

Rick Warren Distorts the Instructions of Jesus to Fit His Global Peace Plan

On August 17th, acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist, Charlie Rose, interviewed Rick Warren. You may listen to this broadcast by clicking here. (You will have to let this file load.) In the interview, Rose and Warren discuss the Purpose Driven Life paradigm and its relation to Christianity in North America and around the world. Here … [Read more…]

Fox News: “Can Rick Warren Save the World?”

Every week I receive a copy of Rick Warren’s e-newsletter that goes out to pastors and other church and ministry leaders around the world. And every week, I watch as this newsletter endorses, promotes, and exalts the names of people, books and organizations whose spirituality opposes biblical Christianity. In essence, this newsletter is like a … [Read more…]

The World Has Become “Purpose-Driven”

In an interview between Rick Warren and a Philippine newspaper (published today, July 30th, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer), Warren said: “For the stability of a nation, you must have strong healthy government, strong healthy businesses, and strong healthy churches. A three-legged stool will have stability. So I’m going from country to country teaching business … [Read more…]