Bible Quote by Thomas G. Long

“Preachers are heralds, who in representing their King proclaim a message with such clarity and integrity that those who hear will hopefully be transformed…

— Julius J. Kim

“But often the preaching is just motivational speaking, waterless clouds blown by the wind that offer inspiration without information (Jude 12). Sermons aren’t built…

— Grant Retief

Too often preachers want to deal with people simply at the level of publicly accessible reason. We participate with them in their own epistemology.…

— Mark Dever

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

— Eugene L. Lowry

“As a preacher myself, let me be blunt here. Preaching itself can easily become just a subtle form of entertainment. When I stand at…

— Jim Cymbala

“Pastors and Bible teachers go about their work in communal settings, where they listen to as well as deliver sermons, hear as well as…

— Peter J. Leithart

“If preachers would speak only to men's fancies or understandings, and not meddle too smartly with their hearts, and lives, and carnal interests, the…

— George Virtue

“Good preachers...are effective teachers, good thinkers, with rhetorical skills, a good voice, a good memory, and the ability to recognize when to stop. They…

— Robert Kolb

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your…

— Dr. Seuss

“The gospel is unintelligible to most people today, especially in the West, because their own particular stories are remote from the story of creation,…

— Anonymous

“Preachers who pride themselves on never giving a public invitation to be saved, never calling for a response of any kind, reveal not greater…

— James MacDonald

“Contrary to the cavalier attitude many pastors and religious educators take on this point, the Bible’s narrative ingredients do matter for how we understand…

— Sarah Arthur