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Passion + Purpose Podcast

Why God’s Faithfulness is the Fuel for Longevity with Rick Warren Pt. 1

Passion + Purpose Podcast

Louie Giglio

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4.8546 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

“Pain is the price we pay for usability.”- Rick Warren To kick off season two of the Passion and Purpose Podcast, Pastor Rick Warren joins Pastor Louie Giglio to recount God’s faithfulness in some of the highest and lowest moments in his life. Pastor Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church and best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Church, and many other books. Together, they have a conversation around a wide array of topics, such as the call to ministry, visibility, humility, and deep grief. This conversation is so strong it had to be split into two episodes. Listen to part one now!

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0:00.0

Hey friends, welcome to Season 2 of the Passion and Purpose Podcasts, hosted by myself, Louis Giglio.

0:17.0

We have some incredible guests joining us this season, and I cannot wait to kick

0:21.5

off the season with someone that I look up to very much, Pastor Rick Warren. As you know,

0:28.1

I'm assuming most of you know Rick Warren, he's the founding pastor of Saddleback Church

0:32.2

and the best-selling author of the Purpose Driven Life, the Purpose Driven Church, and many

0:37.1

other incredible

0:38.0

books. He's contributed greatly to the global church and has left an incredible legacy in ministry.

0:45.2

And we discuss topics across the board, from getting called into ministry to seeing God work

0:50.2

through the valleys of deep grief. This episode, in fact, had so much rich content that

0:55.7

we split it into two parts. So make sure that you catch the full conversation by also listening

1:01.3

to Part 2. So let's dive in to my conversation with Pastor Rick Warren.

1:09.1

Couldn't be more happy to have on the Passion and Purpose podcast today, someone that has put the

1:14.0

oomph in the word purpose. I think maybe the biggest champion of the word purpose over the last

1:20.6

40 years in the world. A founding pastor, along with his wife Kay, of one of the most influential churches in the history of the church, and a voice to people all over the world, whether they're presidents or whether it's a guy who works at the automotive shop in Lake Forest, California.

1:38.7

Rick Warren is on the podcast today. So glad to have you on board.

1:44.0

Hey, Louie, and hey, everybody who's listening, and thanks for having me on.

1:47.2

It's an honor to be here with you.

1:49.6

You have just transitioned, Rick, after 43 years of a church that you and K planted in California.

1:57.1

And I'm just interested. I mean, that's got to be a crazy time for you to come into this moment of, hey, I need to hand off the baton.

2:05.1

You have officially handed off the baton. What kind of state of mind are you in right now?

2:11.3

Well, a couple things. First, it wasn't really that hard because I've offered my resignation to Jesus Christ every Saturday night and every Sunday

2:20.3

morning driving to church every week weekend for 43 years. I have, Louis, a kind of a game day prayer.

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