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    <body><![CDATA[I have to give this book FIVE stars. I bought a book, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren in about two years ago after my remarkable time in Costa Rica. This book is strongly recommended for a reader to find a partner. This book is very straightforward truth about God and life purpose. That is wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2413103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't even know where to begin with this book...  It has been suggested that the information provided within is &quot;Christian&quot; in its delivery...  Though, I would suggest to you that everything in this world that refers to itself as Christian is not necessarily so...<br/><br/>Simply becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34553985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book thinking it would offer something deep and real about the purpose of God and the purposes of peoples in the world. But it offered little more than a worn-out run-a-round of the phrase &quot;God has a purpose for you.&quot; I know why this book is so popular - it, like many others, o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28901644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While the philosophy and prompts for personal reflection were engaging, I didn't learn anything new from this book. Even organizing my thoughts through the exercises in the accompanying workbook and viewing these things from Rick Warren's perspective didn't really provide me with anything fresh to h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34920850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a way, I hated it, hated coming to this book, hated every moment of it. For years, pop-christian media repulsed me, still does. I can't abide the glossiness of it, the gimmicks, the platitudes. I had avoided virtually all contact with evangelical Christians in America since my teens and considere...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43656613">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Our life now here on earth is the warm-up act - the<br/>dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice what we will <br/>do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either we are in one<br/>now, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5665312">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[when i thought my LIFE has no perfect meaning... that i was going on with boring days of 24/7 !! &quot; PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE &quot; came into my LIFE with a KICK of knowing what is GOD'S purpose in my LIFE !! i came to know that iam not a mistake but of GOD'S CHOOSEN ONE !! HE choose me from the FARE...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4922427">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seeing Cassie's listing of this reminded me to add it to my books even though I never finished it.  I did read over 3/4th of it. <br/><br/>When I finished <em>Retreat in Daily Life</em> the St. Ignatian <em>Spiritual Exercises</em> I was looking for something to fill the gap and a few of the ladies who had been in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41658107">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Purpose Driven Life was recommended by my cousin. What on earth am I here for? The question is asked in this book. This book lets you know you're here for a reason and God has a purpose for your life. You're not a mistake or an accident. You're not here because of your parents error or because o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71821714">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A poor book on Christianity, yet I think Jesus Christ still manages to shine through at points in the book.  If you desire to learn about the Jesus Christ of the Bible there are far better books, please do not read this one.  It consists of much poor theology, old wives proverbs, and does not focus ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61297555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first began reading this book I really enjoyed it. I must mention that at the time I read this, I did not consider myself Christian. After reading the book, and a couple of other by Rick Warren, in addition to reading the bible straight through, I firmly believe that although what Warren writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44480782">more...</a>]]></body>
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