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
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.
Satan doesn't mind you using your strengths, so long as you do it for personal benefits.
...some people are going to have to die or leave.
When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs.... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.
If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist.
Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the 'work' that brought glory to God.