Books Quote by James Stalker Download Open image “Many a preacher misses the mark because, though he knows books, he does not know men.” — James Stalker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Christian Leadership
People who only listen to preachers have a tendency to put them on a pedestal, but those who live with preachers recognize that they… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Anyone who resists the notion of women preachers is functioning as a tool of the devil. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least. — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
“Because God didn't write the Bible. Men did, probably uneducated ones.” — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
“If preachers would speak only to men's fancies or understandings, and not meddle too smartly with their hearts, and lives, and carnal interests, the… — George Virtue Copy Share Image
If you hear a man rail at the Bible, you can usually conclude that he never reads it. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The expository preacher is not one who 'shares his studies' with others, he is an ambassador and a messenger authoritatively delivering the Word of… — Iain H. Murray Copy Share Image
“A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.” — D.R. Silva Copy Share Image
The essential question is not, however, how love began, but whether it is growing. — James Stalker Copy Share Image
Augustine says that we may, out of our dead sins, make stepping stones to rise to the heights of perfection. What did he mean… — James Stalker Copy Share Image
There is a beauty bestowed in some degree on all God's saints who pray much which is of the same nature and is the… — James Stalker Copy Share Image
How poor a guide enthusiasm is when it is not informed with the mind and spirit of God. — James Stalker Copy Share Image
When we are engaged in His work we are very close to Christ. We are expending our anxiety and affections on the same objects… — James Stalker Copy Share Image
Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn… — James Stalker Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image