tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post114504935594496567..comments2023-06-13T09:44:18.188-05:00Comments on Ramblings: The Purpose Driven Church, No. 1Tim Ricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01305530681191503858noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145243448986098322006-04-16T22:10:00.000-05:002006-04-16T22:10:00.000-05:00Thanks, abandoned in pasadena. It is good to know ...Thanks, abandoned in pasadena. It is good to know what others have enjoyed and appreciated.Tim Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305530681191503858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145227607097331742006-04-16T17:46:00.000-05:002006-04-16T17:46:00.000-05:00I've read the Purpose Driven Life and I'm sure thi...I've read the Purpose Driven Life and I'm sure this book is a very good book. I very much like the analogy using the waves.Sandy Hatcher-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011307599473627922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145139929244916212006-04-15T17:25:00.000-05:002006-04-15T17:25:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ben. I haven't read "The Purpose Driven Li...Thanks, Ben. I haven't read "The Purpose Driven Life"; but if it compares to "The Purpose Driven Church", I'm sure it gives food for thought. I've sometimes thought that if we in the church lived as Christ lived, we should either attract or repell people. It is hard to be neutral about Jesus if one takes his words seriously.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, ginnie, for your thoughts. I'm glad you found something of value in my sharing of Warren's thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, sage. You make a good point about growth for growth's sake being like a cancer. At the very least, it becomes rather empty.Tim Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305530681191503858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145112904558507392006-04-15T09:55:00.000-05:002006-04-15T09:55:00.000-05:00I've read the Purpose Driven Life, but not this on...I've read the Purpose Driven Life, but not this one. Purpose makes the growth appropriate, otherwise as someone somewhere said, "growth for growth's sake is the mentality of a cancer cell."sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145103384440574722006-04-15T07:16:00.000-05:002006-04-15T07:16:00.000-05:00Interesting that you wrote about this, Tim, becaus...Interesting that you wrote about this, Tim, because just the other day I was talking with someone about how we can't keep putting "new wine into old wineskins," which is often one of the church's problems. I liked Warren's wave/surfing analogy.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014050.post-1145068636095605422006-04-14T21:37:00.000-05:002006-04-14T21:37:00.000-05:00I like the though about the church growing... lot ...I like the though about the church growing... lot of truth in that.<BR/><BR/>My men's group just finished Rick Warren's purpose driven life. Good book... I am sure Purpose Driven Church is good as well.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05228910598296182482noreply@blogger.com