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15 Outstanding Quotes To Recharge Your Preaching
By SermonCentral on Feb 27, 2023
These are some of our favorites--why not share some of yours?
"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher." ~ George Whitefield
“I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.” ~ John Knox
"Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen—not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God." ~ John Hines
"When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it is done badly, my failure goes beyond the utterly human." ~ John Ortberg
"People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard
“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
"The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin." ~ Martin Luther
"Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion." ~ Charles Spurgeon
“Leave Christ out? O my brethren, better leave the pulpit out altogether. If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ’s name in it, it ought to be his last, certainly the last that any Christian ought to go to hear him preach.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
“The reason most preaching is ignored today is that it deserves to be." ~ Alistair Begg
"If there is no controversy in your ministry, there is probably very little content in your preaching." ~ Al Mohler
“I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.” ~ Francois Fenelon
"Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates "in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." ~ Arthur Wallis
"I would say that a 'dull preacher' is a contradiction in terms; if he is dull he is not a preacher. He may stand in a pulpit and talk, but he is certainly not a preacher." ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“He preaches well that lives well.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
These are some of our favorites—why not share some of yours?
