Rick Roarin'

"your enemy as a roaring lion, walketh about, 

seeking whom he may devour "

1 Peter 5 2-9

"Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock." 

"Over the years, as I worked with hundreds of leaders in various projects, I’ve developed a list of what I call “Laws of Leadership” – principles that real leaders operate by. Here are six of them: "

Rick Warren

Six Laws of Leadership by Rick Warren, 11/8/2011

"And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.  Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. "

"Be willing to let people leave the church. And I told you earlier the fact is that people are gonna leave the church no matter what you do. But when you define the vision, you're choosing who leaves. You say, "But Rick, yes, they're the pillars of the church." Now, you know what pillars are. Pillars are people who hold things up ... And in your church, you may have to have some blessed subtractions before you have any real additions." - Rick Warren

"Building a Purpose-Driven Church" seminar at Saddleback Church, January, 1998.

"Blessed subtractions?" 

"Real additions?"..

You do not want "pillars" around, do you?

Galatians 2:9;  Rev. 3:12; 

"Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. " 

"Most pastors do not understand the power of preaching. But even more important than that is they don't understand the purpose of preaching. I probably have the largest library of books on preaching in America. I've read over 500 books on preaching. Maybe some seminary might come close to that, but I am sure that no pastor comes close to 500 books on preaching. And as I've read them, the vast majority do not really understand...."

Rick Warren, 

 Purpose-Driven Preaching: An interview with Rick Warren, Pastors.com

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

"As Christian leaders, we need to be above reproach...That’s why I established these Saddleback staff standards for maintaining moral integrity:...."     Rick Warren  

(NOTE: Rick own "thou shall not's"  and "thou shalls" follow in a long list... Apparently Rick is a better lawgiver that God.)   The Saddleback Staff Standards of Moral Integrity by Rick Warren, 2003

 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 

“Any church that fails to fulfill the five purposes Jesus established for his people is not really a church!”  Rick Warren

What a Purpose Driven Church Is Not by Rick Warren , 2005

""The secret of reaching unbelievers is learning to think like an unbeliever. But the problem is the longer you're a Christian, the less you think like an unbeliever. And if you're a seminary-trained pastor, you're even more removed from unbelievers. You think like a pastor, not a pagan. So you have to intentionally learn to think like an unbeliever again." Rick Warrren

Becoming a Purpose Driven Church Part 1, pastors.com and CBN.com

“You’ve heard me say many times that the greatest thing you can do with your life is tell somebody about Jesus … if you help somebody secure their eternal destiny, that they spend the rest of their life in Heaven not Hell …your life counts, your life matters because nothing matters more than helping get a person and their eternal destiny settled. They will be forever eternally grateful… And I’ve always said that that was the greatest thing you can do with your life; I was wrong. ” Rick Warren

Sunday Sermon at Saddleback Church, 11/2003 

 Rick Warren announces Global Peace Plan

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, 

"Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private." -Rick Warren

Rick Warren Tweet 4-22-14

"You’re going to stand before God one day and He’s going to evaluate your faithfulness. He’s going to look at eight different aspects of your life to judge your faithfulness and you should be highly interested developing these areas of your life and leadership."-Rick Warren

Rick Warren, 7 ways God Will Evaluate Your Faithfulness, 

....knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."