Quote by Eugene L. Lowry

“A sermonic idea is a homiletical bind; a sermon is a narrative plot!”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

— Lord David Cecil

“A good sermon is one side of a passionate conversation. It has to be heard in that way. There are three parties to it,…

— Marilynne Robinson

“the primary purpose of sermon introductions is to produce imbalance for the sake of engagement.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye's…

— Edgar Guest

“Sometimes a sermon idea seemed to emerge on its own, possessed of its own power, and required a developmental process more akin to pruning…

— Eugene L. Lowry

“And so I shall prefer to speak of the continuity or the movement of a sermon, rather than of its outline.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“Take the Gospel parables: what are these stories, these narratives, if not powerful invitations to people to locate themselves within the situations of others,…

— Andrew Davison

“One living sermon is worth a hundred explanations.”

— Robert E. Coleman

“So it is that much homiletical advice tends to function in reverse—that is, it works reasonably well in evaluating a sermon already formed, but…

— Eugene L. Lowry

Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to…

— Phillips Brooks