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
It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so he could create this galaxy just so he could create Earth so he could create human beings so he could create a family.
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.
We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.
Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love.
You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.
I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.
There's not a person on earth that God doesn't love, but God wants us to learn to love him back.
The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers.
I'm not looking for peace on earth through a political solution. I'm a pastor. The Bible talks about three kinds of peace. There is peace with God. There's the peace of God. And there's peace with each other.
At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.
God didnt put you on earth just to read about what others do. He made you TO DO some things others will want to read about!
At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.
You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.
Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!