Adrian Pierce Rogers (1931 – 2005) served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the 70’s and 80’s. In addition, he was a Southern Baptist pastor, a conservative author, and voice of the Love Worth Finding television and radio ministry, which is carried in more than 100 countries.
Many of his quotations below are short but provide much food for thought and meditation. I hope they touch your heart as they did mine.1
“Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.”
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is better to be hated for telling the truth than to be loved for telling a lie. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with a multitude.”
“Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.”
“Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.”
“I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.”
“You don’t make Him Lord. He’s Lord already. You just recognize it.”
“I may be a nut, but I’m fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.”
“As Christians, we are to be newsboys and not editors of the gospel.”
“If you have a Bible that’s falling apart, you’ll have a life that’s not.”
“You can save a lot of time waiting on God.”
“Sin is not just breaking God’s laws; it is breaking His heart.”
“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.”
“The gospel is simply glorious and gloriously simple.”
“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.”
“Forgiveness is not an emotion; it’s a choice.”
“Our great need is to discover that Jesus is all we need.”
“If your religion has not changed your life, you’d better change your religion.”
“Study the Bible to know about God. Obey the Bible to really know God.”
“God does business with those who mean business.”
“The Bible is not primarily a science book. It is not written to tell us how the heavens go; it is written to tell us how to go to heaven. But when it speaks on science, it is accurate.”
“Foolish people spend time and money poring over horoscopes and consulting so-called psychics trying to see the dark unknown. How much better to walk through life holding the hand of One who knows the way and cares for us!”
“PEACE is an Inner Contentment that is Not dependent on Your outward circumstances.”
“God prefers fruits of the spirit over religious nuts.”
“When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.”
“Our great need is to discover that Jesus is all we need.”
“God grades on the Cross not on the curve.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Adrian Rogers Quotes (Author of What Every Christian Ought to Know)
Top 160 Adrian Rogers Quotes (2025 Update) – QuoteFancy
Top 50 ADRIAN ROGERS quotes and sayings