Christian Quote by Vance Havner

A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.

— Honore de Balzac

“the prophet’s calling, though laudable, is laughable. More, the prophet’s intensity makes him look ridiculous. Is there any person more pathetic than the prophet…

— Marc H. Ellis

Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that…

— Anonymous

Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel

— Charles Spurgeon

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

— Martin Luther

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than…

— John Calvin

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

— Anonymous

“A preacher may proclaim the grace of God with glorious orthodoxy, but if his life contradicts his doctrine he will disgrace the gospel of…

— Ryan Fullerton

Preachers must always fight the temptation to preach anything but Christ and Him crucified.

— R. C. Sproul

Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.

— Vance Havner

“Many a modern preacher is far less concerned with preaching Christ and Him crucified than he is with his popularity with his congregation. A…

— Fulton J. Sheen