The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
A forty-day Christian devotional on purpose: worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry and mission. It is explicitly evangelical, structured for daily reading, and has sold tens of millions of copies. For believers it is a disciplined course; for others it is a window into how a large part of the world thinks about meaning.
Read it if…
you are a Christian looking for a structured daily reflection on purpose.
Skip it if…
you are not; the content assumes the faith throughout.
Three things you will actually use
- Read one chapter a day; do not binge.
- Answer the question at the end of each chapter in writing.
- Discuss it with others; it is built for groups.
Do this first
Read day one and write your answer to its single question before moving on.
Our verdict
A devotional, not a self-help book; excellent for its intended reader.
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