Rick Warren Quotes

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.

Jesus gave his life on the cross for any who will believe. We're not redeemed by silver or gold. Jesus paid for it with his blood.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

There's no way to get around the fact that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and He is so good that He exchanged His place in Heaven to come suffer on a cross for humanity and rose to set us free from eternal life in Hell.

When love becomes what Christianity is all about, we can make no sense of Jesus's death and resurrection.

Christ died for me and you, and we embrace that or we don't.

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.

Christ died for the truth.

Love begets love; and thus the love of Christ displayed upon the cross woos and wins the sinner and binds him repenting to the cross, believing and adoring the matchless depths of a Saviour's love.

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.

I want to take my life and the time I have on this earth to try to tell others about Jesus, that Jesus Christ is God's son who took our sins to the Cross and shed His blood for our sins.

Christmas begins what Easter celebrates. The child in the cradle became the king on the cross. And because he did, there are no marks on my record. Just grace. His offer has no fine print. He didn't tell me, "Clean up before you come in." He offered, "Come in, and I'll clean you up." It's not my grip on him that matters but his grip on me. And his grip is sure. So is his presence in my life.

Forgiveness is the reason for the crucifixion, and the crucifixion is the reason for the Incarnation.

Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.

If you take away the cross as an atoning act, you take away Christianity.

God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.

It is not repentance per se that saves man. It is the blood of Jesus Christ that saves us.

I believe Jesus Christ is God. I believe He loves every single human being that has ever lived, no matter what they have done, even if they don't believe in Him.

Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!

Jesus made the final sacrifice for all, and we need not make it again.

According to the Burman system, there is no escape. According to the Christian system, there is. Jesus Christ has died in the place of sinners, has borne their sins; and now those who believe on Him, and become His disciples, are released from the punishment they deserve. At death, they are received into Heaven and are happy forever.

I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love. I want everyone to feel the joy of being Christian.

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.