The Purpose Driven Life Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Background== Warren was encouraged by [[Billy Graham]] in his 20s after he wrote his first book: ''Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods''. This greatly inspired Warren when he had "little confidence" in his writing ability: {{Quote |text=The Purpose Driven Life might have never been written if Billy Graham had not believed in me.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outreachmagazine.com/features/evangelism/26876-rick-warren-billy-graham-shaped-life-ministry.html|title=Rick Warren: How Billy Graham Shaped My Life and Ministry|date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206223740/https://outreachmagazine.com/features/evangelism/26876-rick-warren-billy-graham-shaped-life-ministry.html|archive-date=6 December 2019|access-date=6 December 2019|first=Rick|last=Warren|url-status=live|website=outreachmagizine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5169730/billy-graham-rick-warren/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222031009/https://time.com/5169730/billy-graham-rick-warren/|archive-date=22 February 2018|first=Elizabeth|last=Dias|access-date=20 December 2019|date=22 February 2018|url-status=live|title='Billy Was My Hero.' Pastor Rick Warren Remembers His Mentor Billy Graham|website=time.com}}</ref>}} The 2002 book ''Purpose Driven Life'' is a sequel to his 1995 book ''The Purpose Driven Church''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page