I also like some of Joel Osteen's work. I think he's now doing a book about one of my favorite sermons of… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Jesus was short on sermons, long on conversations; short on answers, long on questions; short on abstraction and propositions, long on stories… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Our great object of glorifying God is to be mainly achieved by the winning of souls Do not close a single sermon… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
On Sundays I give the sermons like my dad used to give. I utilize it as a revolutionary tool, as a thinking… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Leave Christ out? O my brethren, better leave the pulpit out altogether. If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ’s… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
... some people cannot bear the truth, no matter how tactfully it is told. No doubt the haughty, the tyrannical, the unmerciful,… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
If we do what Allah (God) has asked us to do - to unite on the basis of truth, to reform our… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
When you put biblical truth to the songs used in churches, you'll have the congregation leave singing the sermon. You'll have God's… — Laura Story Copy Share Image
[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am from time to time congratulating myself on my general want of success as a lecturer; apparent want of success, but… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A good sermon is going to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. It inspires you. It provokes you. It should make… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
A man got up [after one of Huxley's 'sermons'] and said 'they had never heard anything like that in Norwich before'. Never… — Adrian Desmond Copy Share Image
[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If I had only one more sermon to preach before I died, it would be about my Lord Jesus Christ. And I… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
For the first time I understood the dogma of eternal pain... For the first time my imagination grasped the height and depth… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: 'Preach the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Powers Hapgood had just come from court because there was some kind of dust-up on a picket line. The judge was so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One classical role of the pulpit in Protestantism has been to 'preach sermons' which imply indoctrination more than education. Within this from… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
I have many times essayed thoroughly to investigate the ten commandments, but at the very outset, "I am the Lord thy God,"… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people… — John Muir Copy Share Image
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
There is no necessity for going to the church and hearing the same story forever. Let the minister write what he wishes… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
One can understand nothing of Christ without the mystery of the Trinity, nothing of the Church without faith in the divinity and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
Knowledge about God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
It yields solid satisfaction to hear men testify of the truth of the Gospel. It is always peculiarly interesting to me to… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and the Sacrament [i.e., communion/Eucharist/Lord's supper], and incorporated it in the Word and preaching. To our eyes Baptism [capitalized in original] appears to be…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1fc/martin-luther-106_air_christ-s-mission-and-work-it-is-to-help_2225886.jpg)
![“It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came from. So the book [Max on Life] is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.” quote by Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/005/max-lucado-190_answers_it-was-a-matter-of-going-back-through-a_74219.jpg)
![“A man got up [after one of Huxley's 'sermons'] and said 'they had never heard anything like that in Norwich before'. Never 'did Science seem so vast and mere creeds so little'.” quote by Adrian Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/190/adrian-desmond-67189_creeds_a-man-got-up-after-one-of-huxley-s-sermo_615918.jpg)
![“[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still remains as the ultimate basis ... of the belief of free men of good will everywhere.” quote by Hal Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/508/hal-borland-9706_bases_the-christmas-story-is-as-simple-as-was_292036.jpg)
