Preachers And Preaching Quotes

31 quotes by 28 authors

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples. — Adam Clarke
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to… — Jonathan Swift
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something." — Saint Francis de Sales
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… — John E. Hines
Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass people, Television preachers with bad hair and dimples, The God's… — Jimmy Buffett
A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to… — Martin Luther
He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain. — John Ray
Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of… — J. Irwin Miller
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping… — Mojo Nixon
So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the… — Alan Watts
To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers. — George Whitefield
To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change… — Michael Scott
The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of… — Sydney Smith
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it. — Richard Cecil
If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. — Billy Sunday
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say. — Richard Whately
Preachers denounce sin as if it was available to everyone. — Frank Dane
But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? — William Booth

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