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Title: Making the Bible say what you want it to say...
Review: This is one book that does not live up to the hype, which has been difficult to escape. My church participated in the 40-day campaign, complete with videos and journals. While some people felt they discovered a purpose for their lives at the time, I was surprised at how fleeting the effect of this book was.The text of this book is very repetitive, and it appears as though Warren searches every conceivable translation of the Bible until he finds words that say what he wishes them to. Failing that, he paraphrases the Scripture. At one point, Warren asserts that he has CEOs at his church whose God-given purpose is to earn large sums of money (so they can write checks to charity, I suppose). The tone of this book is somewhat arrogant (it assumes that no reader is plugged in to God's will), and Warren isn't hesistant to market his other products within the book.
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