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.”
“Discipline says, ‘I need to.’ Duty says, ‘I ought to.’ Devotion says, ‘I want to.'”
“Satan can’t keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.”
“If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!”
“Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.”
“Have you ever wondered what a church full of Pharisees would be like? 1. They would all attend every service 2. They would all tithe 3. They would all work in the church 4. They would all go to hell.”
“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.”
“When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn’t necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you’ll be able to bear it.”
“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.”
“To be almost saved is to be totally lost.”
“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.”
“Never give the devil a ride! He will always want to drive!”
“If you make your decisions based on comfort, before long you will be uncomfortable.”
“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.”
“Don’t let a little sin in; all hell will break loose.”
“Scriptural hope is not wishful thinking. It’s rock-solid assurance!”
“I feel sorry for people who do not have a Bible to lean on.”
1 All of these quotes are from the following website:
TOP 25 QUOTES BY ADRIAN ROGERS (of 184) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)