The Tainted Fruit of Purpose Driven

Are There Two Christianities? by Mike Ratliff of Possessing The Treasure

The great divide between what is genuine Christianity and what claims to be, but isn’t, is becoming more and more clear, it seems, everyday. We have seen the type of “Christian” that the Purpose Driven Church paradigm produces in the sorry situation in which a PDC apologist, Richard Abanes, attempted to get a Christian blog taken off line by threatening the blogger’s ISP with a legal action implying that a certain post contained objectionable, slanderous, or libelous material against him. I am convinced that this is only the beginning. This incident was the result of a “debate” in which the blogger, Ken Silva, refused to back down against the insistence by Abanes that any attempt to show the unbiblical nature of the seeker-sensitive, church growth, or Purpose Driven paradigms was inherently devious and wrong.

Behold The Fruit of The PD Paradigm

Daniel Chew, author of Driven Away by Purpose: An Analysis of the Purpose Driven Life and Related Issues shares the following regarding his Richard Abanes experiences…

Richard Abanes, onetime member of Saddleback Church and defender of the Purpose Driven paradigm, is no stranger to controversy, and I have clashed swords with him before. Abanes’ recent action, however, sets a new record low even for him. Objecting to Pastor Ken’s assessment as a pastor about his somewhat less-than-polite and not-very-humble dismissal of Pastor Ken’s objection to the Purpose-Driven paradigm, Abanes resorted to threatening legal action against the IP server of Apprising Ministries, alleging defamation and libel.

Editor's note: As the ol' saying goes..."Rotten fruit...check the root." See what's at the root of the Purpose Driven Movement in this article, Wicked Roots of Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life