Application Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.

— Radhanath Swami

Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly executed, no…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person. Our task is the sharing of intense…

— Halford Luccock

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Negative preaching leads to positive living.

— Gabe Swagger

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness…

— Sydney Smith

Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.

— Elbert Hubbard

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.

— Martin Luther

“The glory of preaching is that God accomplishes his will through it, but we are always humbled and occasionally comforted by the knowledge that…

— Bryan Chapell

“Preaching is a living art form.”

— E. Lee Hancock

I'm writing with the assumption that most of you who are reading this book have concluded what I have: Preaching doesn't workpreaching, as we…

— Doug Pagitt