Rick Warren Quotes

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.

They do not walk in... the path of Christ.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

My wife and I - her more than me - are really strong Christians. Her whole life revolves around studying the Bible, Bible study, after-school Bible class she does for little kids on Wednesdays, teaches Sunday school.

Most Christians are educated way beyond the level of their obedience already! We don’t need to know more, we need to do more.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two are at opposite sides of the same coin.

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

I have a Bible study that my friends and I go to here in L.A. I go to church every Sunday. I've always been a believer. I love singing. I don't have the best voice - I just love getting my emotions out.

My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is.

It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.

It's impossible to be a good Christian. If you think it's easy to be a good Christian, then you're not really trying hard enough.

I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.

I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

If you would be a loyal American, then become a loyal Christian.

Make the study of the Torah your chief occupation; speak little, but accomplish much.