--- title: "8 Preach Faith Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 8 Preach Faith quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Preach Faith sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/charles-spurgeon-82_christ_you-cannot-preach-conviction-of-sin-unle_86418.jpg" --- > [You cannot preach conviction of sin unless you have suffered it. You cannot preach repentance unless you have practiced it. You cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/you-cannot-preach-conviction-of-sin-unless-you-have-suffered-it-you/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/charles-spurgeon-82_christ_you-cannot-preach-conviction-of-sin-unle_86418.jpg) > [Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/preach-faith-till-you-have-it-and-then-because-you-have-it-you-will/) [John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/john-wesley-1398_faith_preach-faith-till-you-have-it-and-then-b_88540.jpg) > [Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about; and those who preach faith and enable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/faith-means-making-a-virtue-out-of-not-thinking-it-s-nothing-to-brag/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/bill-maher-211_atheism_faith-means-making-a-virtue-out-of-not-t_582231.png) > [Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith, and enable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/faith-means-making-a-virtue-out-of-not-thinking-it-s-nothing-to-brag-2/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/bill-maher-211_atheism_faith-means-making-a-virtue-out-of-not-t_1591854.jpg) > [The Church seems to totter to its fall, almost all life extinct. On this occasion, any complaisance would be criminal which told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-church-seems-to-totter-to-its-fall-almost-all-life-extinct-on/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_christ_the-church-seems-to-totter-to-its-fall-a_1806682.png) > [When some say that good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-some-say-that-good-works-are-forbidden-when-we-preach-faith/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/martin-luther-106_faith_when-some-say-that-good-works-are-forbid_2673513.jpg) > [Therefore, when some say good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/therefore-when-some-say-good-works-are-forbidden-when-we-preach-faith/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/martin-luther-106_faith_therefore-when-some-say-good-works-are-f_2997113.jpg) > [“When some people say, as they do, that when we preach faith alone good works are forbidden, it is as if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-some-people-say-as-they-do-that-when-we-preach-faith-alone-good/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/martin-luther-106_faith_when-some-people-say-as-they-do-that-whe_3178320.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/preach-faith/#itemlist", "name": "Preach Faith Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You cannot preach conviction of sin unless you have suffered it. 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