Arrogance Quote by Sam Harris

One can become as intellectually arrogant about spirituality as about empirical science.

— Shirley MacLaine

A sermon is a valuable thing now and so impressive when you do hear a good one - and there is a lot of…

— Marilynne Robinson

“Preaching has very largely become a profession. Instead of real Christian sermons we are given secondhand expositions of psychology. The preachers say they that…

— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

In preaching you cannot produce at the same time the impression that you are clever and that Christ is wonderful.

— James Denney

Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Second, be very careful to think about your audience’s premises. Don’t assume, for example, that everyone listening trusts the Bible. So when you make…

— Timothy Keller

People need fewer 'ought-to' sermons, and more 'how-to' sermons. The deepest kind of teaching is that which makes a difference in people's day-to-day lives.…

— Rick Warren

“The great difficulty is to get modern audiences to realize that you are preaching Christianity solely and simply because you happen to think it…

— C. S. Lewis

Every discouraging sermon is a wicked sermon... There could hardly be a more un-Christian way of living than to go about in such a…

— William Barclay

“The real moments that changed the world are when church members miss the meaning of a whole sermon, and take no accountability for the…

— Shannon L. Alder

The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached.

— Thomas Paine

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.

— Wellington Mara