Able Quote by Martin Luther

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

— Martin Luther

A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem is how…

— Vance Havner

“The preacher must have, "bonds of a servant with the spirit of a king, a king in high, royal, independent bearing, with the simplicity…

— E.M. Bounds

The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delicate, laborious, and thorough work must be with himself.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

“Good preachers...are effective teachers, good thinkers, with rhetorical skills, a good voice, a good memory, and the ability to recognize when to stop. They…

— Robert Kolb

“The preacher must be surrendered to God in the holiest devotion. He is not a professional man, his ministry is not a profession; it…

— E. M. Bounds

A preacher must have some intelligence to charm the people by his florid style, by his exhilarating system of morality, by the repetition of…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Preachers are heralds, who in representing their King proclaim a message with such clarity and integrity that those who hear will hopefully be transformed…

— Julius J. Kim

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

— Timothy Radcliffe

“But rarely do you hear a church described, first and foremost, by the character, power, and content of its preaching. This is because few…

— Eric J. Alexander

“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

Being a pastor means you're a truth teller. That means you're truth teller when it comes to the Bible. That means you protect your…

— John MacArthur