“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“The good man never wrote or read a sermon, but talked to his people as one who would meet what was in… — MacDonald George Copy Share Image
it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I had to wonder if the Lord above had flashed a heavenly spotlight over my head and whispered, "Preach this sermon just… — Janice Thompson Copy Share Image
“Just preaching "you are blessed" to a congregation is like giving them a big fertile land. They need the seeds to plant… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“we eventually have to ask ourselves what did Jesus intend and when do we need to turn the other cheek? If our… — Brian Zahnd Copy Share Image
“Jesus is the perfect name! He who put away his fame! And persecuted in shame! That you will never be the same!… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“As I read out the text, through a half-opened window near me, two large withered oak-leaves silently floated into the little church… — Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd Copy Share Image
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She would only point out the salvation that was latent in his own soul, and in the soul of every man. Only… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
A sermon often does a man most good when it makes him most angry. Those people who walk down the aisles and… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Go into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
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The sermon which I write inquisitive of truth is good a year after, but that which is written because a sermon must… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not find a… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
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A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
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“The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
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I was eight years old when I joined the Church, I preached my first sermon when I was fourteen, and yet I… — Griffith John Copy Share Image
Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
A sermon is a valuable thing now and so impressive when you do hear a good one - and there is a… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“one day went upon the platform and was ready to deliver a sermon when he heard a swallow singing. "Listen," said he,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The Sermon on the Mount...went straight to my heart. I compared it with the Gita. My young mind tried to unify the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It is a very terrible sermon, this Sermon on the Mount. Be very careful as you read it, and especially when you… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We are always looking for justice; the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
![“one day went upon the platform and was ready to deliver a sermon when he heard a swallow singing. "Listen," said he, "that small bird preaches the essential doctrine and proclaims the eternal truth." Then he went back to his room, giving no sermon.[FN#135]” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/kaiten-nukariya-793_truth_one-day-went-upon-the-platform-and-was-r_2053194.jpg)
