Fiction Quote by Max Lucado

“Why not conceive every sermon as narrative—whether or not a parable or other story is involved?”

— Eugene L. Lowry

I would rather preach one sermon than write a thousand books.

— Vavasor Powell

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

— Eugene L. Lowry

The sermon is now the true poppy of literature.

— David Swing

“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

I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.

— Niecy Nash

Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is the best…

— Isaac Mayer Wise

I don't think I could write a novel that wasn't theological.

— Marilynne Robinson

Biblical movies need not sermonize, just be honest to the foundational story. As powerful as the message is for people of faith, it's really…

— David Harsanyi

“I came to believe that my job was not to receive and critique a sermon but to dig into it, to seize its power,…

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

I've noticed that most authors who are pastors or speakers write books whose message is derived from a sermon series they did at their…

— Matthew West