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Rick Warren is a renowned pastor and author, born on January 28, 1954. He is known for his significant leadership and contributions to the global Christian community. Warren is the author of 'The Purpose-Driven Life,' which has become one of the best-selling books globally since its publication in 2002.

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Famous Rick Warren Quotes

“I think vision is highly overrated today. I think what really blesses a ministry is, if you want the power of God in your life, its humility and integrity. I'll take a person who's humble and has integrity over a person who has vision any day. A lot of people have vision just based on ego, but it's in that dependence upon God that we get His vision and develop more trust in Him.”

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“I believe Jesus Christ came for everybody. I don't think he came for Christians. The Bible says take this good news to the whole world.”

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“The world is always changed by people who don't listen to conventional wisdom. I think we often set our goals too small and try to accomplish them too quickly.”

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“I think a lot of times God takes away your feelings, so you have to depend on faith. And faith is kind of like a tide. It rolls in and rolls out.”

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“I think we live in a pluralistic society where we have to get along with each other and show common grace to each other.”

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“The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that's why I'm a pastor, not a politician. Because I think only - only God can change hearts. And only God can take the evil out. I don't think you can legislate the evil out of people.”

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“I think any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity. Me trying to understand God is like an ant trying to understand the Internet. I don't have the brain capacity.”

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“Obviously there have been historically many different theories of the atonement and I think each of them has a part. But I think fundamentally it is the substitutionary understanding that God - Jesus took our payment and you can't understand.”

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“So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.”

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“I don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.”

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“When I am playing with my grandchildren, that brings glory to God. So I don't think glory to God is simply serious. I do think that there is glory of God in laughter.”

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“My first reaction in pastoral care is not to explain. And again, I don't think the primary purpose of the Bible is to explain suffering. I never have, because the actual explanations are often inadequate. I think the primary purpose of Scripture is to say I am all you need in this suffering and I need comfort.”

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“I think everyone does selective reading. Everybody has a filter, and that is real easy for critics to see things from their perspectives, and I'm going, I didn't mean that at all. And believers do the same.”

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“There's two kinds of thinking. There is conjunctive thinking and there's disjunctive thinking. Disjunctive thinking says it has to be either/or. Now clearly, there are some either/or's - I either trust Christ or I don't. I'm either pregnant or I'm not. But a lot of thinking in Scripture, when it comes to theology is, in my opinion, conjunctive thinking. It's both/and. I believe that and I believe that.”

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“The number one problem in our society today is short-term thinking.”

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“The only thing that matters is here and the only thing that matters is now. And America's inability to delay gratification is because we do not have eternal thinking.”

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“To me, thinking with the mind of Christ means to be thinking in light of eternity, which is what Colossians is all about; and that our lives are hid with Christ in God and that eternity, we're going to spend far more time on the other side of death than this side.”

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“We're going to serve in eternity. We're not going to sit around on clouds; you know this whole idea of heaven is wearing white robes with angels and play a harp. To me, that would be hell. I can't think of anything more boring.”

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“I think one day Madonna's going to say Jesus is Lord, one day Muhammad is going to say Jesus is Lord, Hitler will say Jesus is Lord.”

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“Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the Father which is in heaven. Now if Jesus didn't know when he was coming back, it's crazy for me to try to think.”

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“I just think the Internet has made us ruder.”

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“Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.”

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“The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”

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“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.”

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Book:The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

“You may have done some really nifty things in life, but if you think they're going to get you into Heaven, forget it. The only way any of us are going to get in is by receiving God's gift of grace, which is available to every person.”

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“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.”

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Book:The Purpose Driven Life Dvd Study Guide: A Six-session Video-based Study for Groups Or Individuals

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“The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.”

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Book:What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life

Source: What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life

“Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. The core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, as Jesus did, instead of ourselves.”

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“Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.”

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“Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.”

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“A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.”

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“Most of the time, it's your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.”

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“Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.”

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“People need fewer 'ought-to' sermons, and more 'how-to' sermons. The deepest kind of teaching is that which makes a difference in people's day-to-day lives. Jesus spoke to the crowd with an interesting style. When God's Word is taught in an uninteresting way, people don't just think the pastor is boring, they think God is boring!”