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We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
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San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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You will be tempted by the need to feed yourself.
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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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Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.
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I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.
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God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
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We do not serve a distant and detached God who spouts encouraging cliches safely from the sideline. Instead, he enters into our suffering. Jesus did it in the Incarnation and his Spirit does it in us now. God will never leave us alone in our suffering.
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The most important is to prepare you for eternity.
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Self worth and net worth are not the same.
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Every church is flawed. Still, you'd better learn to love it since it's the only group Jesus said he's taking to Heaven.
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Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.
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A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.
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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.
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I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.
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Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.
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Love pays attention. Love listens to the fears and the doubts of others and treats them with respect. Love accepts others the way Jesus accepts you.
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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.
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The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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God's LOVE is Like an Ocean You can See its Beginning, but not its end.
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If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught.
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Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
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