Staying power Quote by Sarah Arthur

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

— Eugene L. Lowry

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

— Eugene L. Lowry

The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker.

— Bill Bright

“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

“One living sermon is worth a hundred explanations.”

— Robert E. Coleman

“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

“May the knowledge of the Gospel, the power of salvation transform our lives to walk in the light.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Longhorn sermon: two points with a whole lot of bull in between.”

— T.F. Tenney

“The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“A preacher’s job is preaching. So how come he gets to work on the day of rest?”

— Jarod Kintz

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together…

— George Burns

“To recall an image of John Calvin, the preacher is someone the church sends to the Bible week by week to dig up part…

— Cornelius Plantinga Jr