Words matter. These are the best Rick Warren Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Living in the light of eternity changes your priorities.
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you’re reacting, not acting. I’d rather shape the culture.
I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it’s the government’s role to provide everything.
Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
The church must always show compassion, always.
When life doesn’t make sense, we can still have peace.
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.
The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can’t fulfill it if I’m out of shape.
I’m not a policymaker, I’m not a pundit. In fact, I don’t have any interest in it. It’s not on my agenda.
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn’t delineate between legal and illegal.
History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion – always.
During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God’s responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed.
So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
Now God has never shouted out to me. I’ve never heard God speak audibly. He doesn’t have to.
God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us.
The Scriptures are the truth from God.
What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
The Bible tells us that there are some things worth fighting for. In fact, the Bible says there’s some things worth dying for.
You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, ‘This is what I’m intended to do.’
Being reminded about the incredible power of God’s love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.
The first thing that we need to say is that God is grieving, too. Uh, a lot of people try to make it sound like ‘well everything that happens is God’s will.’ That’s nonsense. God allows everything, but God does not choose everything.
Well, in the first place, military service, they don’t call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
Most people don’t realize, I really have no faith in politics. I’m not a politician. If I thought you could change human hearts by laws, I would, but I don’t.
