Christian ministry Quote by Martin Luther

“Let’s think back for a moment to the boring sermon. Sometimes the sermon we hear is boring because it went on for too long…

— Timothy Keller

“The tragedy of this late hour is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to…

— Leonard Ravenhill

The tragedy is that we have too many dead men in the pulpits giving out too many dead sermons to too many dead people.

— Leonard Ravenhill

In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in…

— Charles Grandison Finney

That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which makes them…

— Anonymous

Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

— George Herbert

A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.

— John Ortberg

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

— Austin O'Malley

“A sermon, well delivered, is more uncommon even than prayers well read. A sermon, good in itself, is no rare thing. It is more…

— Jane Austen

“There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dulness. I need only suggest what kind of sermons…

— Henry David Thoreau

The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer's heart is that which first has broken the preacher's heart, and the sermon…

— Charles Spurgeon

There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. The…

— Jane Austen