Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author.[1][2][3] He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since 2022, he serves as executive director of the Finishing the Task mission coalition. Rick Warren was born in San Jose, California, to Jimmy, a Baptist minister, and Dot Warren, a high-school librarian, and was raised in Ukiah, California. Warren earned a Bachelor of Arts from California Baptist University, followed by a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1979, and later a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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Have you ever felt completely unprepared for the struggles God allowed in your life? Pastor Rick Warren reminds us that even the ...
29 de mar. de 2026
48min 23s

Have you ever felt completely unprepared for the struggles God allowed in your life? Pastor Rick Warren reminds us that even the ...
29 de mar. de 2026
48min 23s

Jesus is the only one on the planet who finished every task he had to fulfill on Earth. In this Good Friday message, Pastor Rick ...
26 de mar. de 2026
27min 11s

Are you facing challenges that feel too big to handle? Pastor Rick shares how God uses tests in your life not to make you suffer, ...
22 de mar. de 2026
43min 14s

Do you know why you're here? If Pastor Rick could only teach you one thing, it would be the answer to that question. You were ...
19 de mar. de 2026
27min 8s

Have you ever wondered how God can bring healing to the deepest pain in your life? In this powerful message, Pastor Rick ...
15 de mar. de 2026
21min 15s

Do you know why you're here? If Pastor Rick could only teach you one thing, it would be the answer to that question. You were ...
12 de mar. de 2026
27min 11s
If your faith starts to feel a little stale or you just don't feel as close to God as you used to, how do you get your joy in the Lord back? In this message, Pastor Rick identifies four common causes for why people stop walking with God by looking at the story of Peter, who denied Jesus and was ultimately restored to God, so that you too can start your restoration.
25 de mar. de 2026
22min 32s
Genuine forgiveness is never easy. So many people are walking around with deep wounds because they've never forgiven or been forgiven, and the bitterness has become a heavy load to carry. In this message, Pastor Rick wants you to understand what forgiveness really is and why you need to give and receive grace so that you can release your bitterness and be filled with God's love.
24 de mar. de 2026
24min 57s
There are a lot of misconceptions about forgiveness today that keep us from giving forgiveness as freely as we have received it from God. Pastor Rick walks through some of those misconceptions in this message and helps you understand what forgiveness is by first understanding what it is not.
23 de mar. de 2026
27min 24s
Are you tired of people telling you to "chill out"âbecause that just doesn't seem possible? Today, it's hard to find someone who is not stressed out and wishing for more time in the day. Pastor Rick wants to help you relax in God's grace by sharing in this message five steps to letting go of stress and learning "the unforced rhythms of grace" (Matthew 11:29 MSG).
20 de mar. de 2026
19min 35s
Life often feels like a marathon, and that makes sense because the Bible describes life as a race. In your race, there are going to be many pitfalls that are going to make you feel like giving up. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at three ways life will try to trip you up and how, with God's sustaining grace, you can finish your race well.
18 de mar. de 2026
21min 56s
Sustaining grace is the power to keep on going when you feel like giving upâand that's something we all feel like doing sometimes! Life is full of challenges. Pastor Rick encourages you in this message with the truth that, no matter what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace to help you.
17 de mar. de 2026
19min 5s