Adrian Rogers Quotes

United States, Pastor
September 12, 1931 – November, 15, 2005.

Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979–1980 and 1986–1988). He was also a Southern Baptist pastor whose church services aired on television, and a conservative author. Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He entered Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. He graduated from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church (later known as The Village Baptist Church, now operating as Family Church Village) in West Palm Beach.

It doesn't matter if you please the whole world and don't please Jesus. But if you please Jesus, it doesn't matter whom you displease.

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- World
- Jesus
- Matter
If you have a Bible that’s falling apart, you’ll have a life that’s not.

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- Life
- Fall
- Bible

I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.

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You can't really live until you are no longer afraid to die.

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- Live
- Die
- Christian
The same Jesus Who turned water into wine can transform your home, your life, your family, and your future. He is still in the miracle-working business, and His business is the business of transformation.

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- Life
- Family
- Home
Pray and doubt; you’ll do without. Pray and believe; you will receive.

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- Believe
- Doubt
- Praying
Satan wants to cripple me and then blame me for limping.

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- Blame
- Satan
- Cripples
The reason that so many times we don't win the battle is that we never show up for the war!

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- Up
- War
- Reason

It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie.

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- Truth
- Lying
- Succeed
You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use.

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- God
- Small
- Christian
Faith comes out of the heart not the head.

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- Heart
- Faith
Salvation is not a plan; it's a Man.

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- Men
- Plans
- Salvation
Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.

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- Up
- Knowledge
- Wisdom
When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil.

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- Spirit
- Devil
- Clever

Paul spoke about the root of faith (Eph 2:8). James spoke about the fruit of faith (Jm 2:17-18).

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- Faith
- Roots
- Fruit
No matter what face he wears, Satan has one overmastering ambition, one burning desire-to dethrone the Almighty and to place himself upon the highest throne of the universe.

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- Desire
- Universe
- Ambition
Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.

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- God
- Faith
- Grace
The weakest ink is better than the best memory. Study with pen in hand.

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- Hand
- Study
- Memories
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

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- Work
- Persons
- Socialism
We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

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- Morning
- Jesus
- Rose

The Church is not a showboat; it's a battleship.

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- Church
When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.

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- Quality
- Bible
- Quantity
God does not flunk any of His children. He just re-enrolls them.

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- God
- Children
- Doe
Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

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- Heaven
- Sweet
- Victory