Rick Warren
Rick Warren
Richard Duane "Rick" Warrenis an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, California, that is the eighth-largest church in the United States. He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1954
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Jesus meets every one of our deepest needs. And what we need to do is accept his gift of a pastor-given, purposeful living home in heaven.
There aren't enough professionals to solve the world's problems. There will never be enough doctors to solve the health problems of the world. There will never be enough teachers to solve the education problems of the world - illiteracy. There will never be enough missionaries to care and comfort and share the Good News. It has to be done by normal, ordinary people.
I'm naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
Some people want tolerance to mean now that all ideas are equally valid. That's nonsense. There are some things that are right and there are some things that are wrong.
I am opposed to the redefinition of marriage.
I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything.
I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.
Life is a school and problems are the curriculum.
You need to doubt your doubts & believe your beliefs.
Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.
Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.
I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?
When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters, and the church becomes our spiritual family. The family of God includes all believers in the past, the present, and the future.
A person without conviction is a weak, jellyfish type of individual who mindlessly follows the crowd.