Preaching Quotes

373 Preaching quotes by 263 unique authors

It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens only, while taking… — Frei Betto
There were days when the Church could club men into obedience by preaching Hell to them, but that day has long passed. The world has… — John G. Lake
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn,… — John Ruskin
The Christian church does not need more popular preaching, but more unpopular preaching. — Walter Russell Bowie
I come from a very small, poor town just outside of the Chicago area and I know what it's like to dream and accomplish some… — Keke Palmer
I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh. — Jimmy Carr
I'm writing with the assumption that most of you who are reading this book have concluded what I have: Preaching doesn't workpreaching, as we know… — Doug Pagitt
With the myriad of new Bible translations on the market today, few stand out. The ESV is one of the few, and surpasses the others… — Daniel B. Wallace
It is not preaching any rules the world wants, but love and action. — Shoghi Effendi
So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence. — Herbert Marcuse
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed to bring black… — Malcolm X
Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their minds with tickling… — Richard Baxter
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders… — Nelson Mandela
One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his… — Thomas Aquinas
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon. — Phillips Brooks
With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching, — Darrin Patrick
This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and testifying. — Brandon Marshall
Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their… — Raymond Aron
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are… — Mark Twain
Again, men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if we… — John Gresham Machen
The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates… — William Gurnall
Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the… — Pope Francis

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