“If I had only one sermon to preach it would
be a sermon against pride.” ~ G. K. Chesterton
“The test of a preacher is that his
congregation goes away saying, not ‘What a lovely sermon,’ but ‘I will do
something!’” ~ Francis de Sales
“Give me one hundred preachers who
fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be
clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the
kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.” ~ John Wesley
“If Jesus preached the same message
minister's preach today, He would have never been crucified.” ~ Leonard
Ravenhill
“The gospel we preach must not be
just something we hear from men or read from books or even conceived through
our meditation. Unless it is delivered to us by God, it can serve no spiritual
utility.” ~ Watchman Nee
“It is no use walking anywhere to
preach unless our walking is our preaching.” ~ Francis of Assisi
“I'd rather be able to pray than to
be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but
only how to pray.” ~ D.L. Moody
“We complain today that ministers do
not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do
not know how to hear?” ~ J.I. Packer
“What is the chief end of preaching?
I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God and His
presence.” ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“Only once did God choose a
completely sinless preacher.” ~ Alexander Whyte
“The preaching of Christ is the whip
that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of
which makes all hell shake.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
“The Bible does not say we should
aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the
boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.” ~ Jim
Cymbala
”The preacher is not a chef; he's a
waiter. God doesn't want you to make the meal; He just wants you to deliver it
to the table without messing it up. That's all.” ~ John MacArthur
“God has ordained that our preaching
become deeper and more winsome as we are broken, humbled, and made low and
desperately dependent on grace by the trials of our lives.” ~ John Piper
“If preachers decide to preach about
hope, let them preach out of what they themselves hope for.” ~ Frederick
Buechner
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