The Purpose Driven? Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven? Life, The) by Rick Warren
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Book Reviews of The Purpose Driven? Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven? Life, The)
Book Review: Offers nothing new
Summary: 1 Stars
Simplistic book which offers very little that is new or valuable. If you already believe in Christian principles, you already know this stuff. If you don't believe, the book will does nothing to provide any basis for why you should.
This seem like just another "get rich" scheme on the part of the author, regurgitating quotes and scriptures.
Book Review: A Biblical Pre-primer For New Christians
Summary: 3 Stars
If I had to give a new title to this book, I'd call it "Much Ado About Nothing" (but that title has already been taken by Mr. Shakespear). Actually, there's a lot of hoopla about this book that doesn't deserve that much attention. To be quite honest with you, this book doesn't represent the quality work of his other books. His book "Foundations" was a very clear, concise, and (more important) thorough book. It was a great book. Everything that's mentioned in this book is in the Bible (all translations), but there is a lot that is not included in this book that should be. This is more like a pre-primer for christians, but if this book brings people to a saving grace of God through Jesus Christ, then who am I to critisize it. If it brings people to Jesus, praise God.Book Review: Great study book for a group
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I used this book to do an almost year long study with our house church group a few years ago. We did a chapter a week and had discussions and worked through the Points to Ponder and Questions together. Probably time to revisit this book I think! Definitely one you can do over and over againBook Review: A very powerful resource
Summary: 5 Stars
I disagree with many reviews here. This book is not meant to be your bible or replace the bible. You cannot read this alone and expect to have all of the answers. If Rick Warren attempted to put every single point that is in the bible into this book, this book would have been overwhelming and very long
Rick touches on important points that many of us may miss while reading scripture. God made each of us for a purpose and I believe Ricks purpose was to solely touch on the points that he did in this book. It truly inspired me to look more beyond what my mind would read a scripture or passage to be.
We could read the bible and say Noah, Abraham, Paul or Joseph did these things, but that may be all we read it as. Simple as that. But God made certain people to understand these stories more in depth. While I am by no means stupid, my mind will not put together passages from the book of James and the book of Revelations and see a puzzle pieced together or see the relevance of 2 very different books, one from the old testament and one from the new, to be very much connected. Most of us cannot do that. But I know God created people specifically to do so.
That is what I believe Rick does here in this book. He gives it to us in laymans terms that any idiot cannot misunderstand. Do not let the very narrow minded reviews keep you from checking this book out yourself. It is very inspiring and will help get that fire burning under your behind. If you've felt yourself slipping away or backsliding a bit, then this book may be just what you need to get back on track with your relationship with Jesus.
ps. Shame on the people who would give this book a 1....or per a previous review that people would rate the Holy Bible a 1....You should be ashamed.
Book Review: The Purpose Driven Life
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book for everyone. It is not a book that you have to read quickly or in a short period of time. A chapter at a time is all it takes. I highly recommend this book!