Preacher Quotes

• Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.

  John Wesley

  Giving, Heaven, Desire

  John Wesley (1960). “The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley ...”

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• It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Spiritual, Giving

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• You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

  Max Lucado

  Forgiveness, God, Faith

  Twitter post from Jul 18, 2014

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• We go astray when we think that we can do spiritual work without spiritual power.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Spiritual, Religious

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• I believe that many professing Christians are cold and uncomfortable because they are doing nothing for their Lord; but if they actively served him, their blood would begin to circulate spiritually, and it would be well with them.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Spiritual, Religious

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon, Volume 55: Sermons 3125-3177”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• How utterly terrible is the current idea that Christians can serve God at their own convenience.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Christian, Religious

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• The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Law, Preaching The Gospel

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• We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Faith, God, Christian

  The Banner Magazine (p. 2), December 4, 1970.

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• All self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation.

  Henry Allen Ironside

  Christian, Jesus, Rocks

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• If God does not save men by truth, he certainly will not save them by lies. And if the old gospel is not competent to work a revival, then we will do without the revival.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Faith, God, Christian

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Fear, Anxiety, Doubt

  Charles R. Swindoll (2012). “Perfect Trust”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• ...You cannot live by sight and by faith, neither can you live by fear and by faith. It either has to be by faith or by fear, by faith or by sight. Which way are you living? Faith takes out the anxiety It takes out the fear. Faith leans heavy on the Lord. It knows that the Bible is so and can be trusted and that we can live by it and all of our needs will be supplied.

  Lester Roloff

  Christian, Sight, Anxiety

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• I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Losing Someone, Feeling Lost

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

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Inspirational, Life, Christian

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• Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life.

  Charles Spurgeon

  God, Faith, Christian

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1112, Barbour Publishing

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• The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer's heart is that which first has broken the preacher's heart, and the sermon which is likely to reach the heart of the hearer is the one which has come straight from the heart of the preacher.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Broken, Firsts

  Charles Spurgeon (1989). “The Soul Winner”, p.101, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Let's quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.

  Billy Sunday

  Inspiration, Religion, World

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1914). “Salesman's Prospectus for "Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message, with His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• Not surprisingly, the place we're most likely to experience testing is exactly where we struggle most to trust God.

  Bruce Wilkinson

  Trust, God, Faith

  Bruce Wilkinson (2009). “The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny”, p.120, Multnomah

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• Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Life, Light, Long

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• . . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Doe, Ministry

  Edward McKendree Bounds (2015). “Power Through Prayer”, p.8, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.

  Vance Havner

  Would Be, Crowds, Littles

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• God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Faith, Christian

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• The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

  Vance Havner

  Devil, Preparing, Sermons

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• A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.

  Martin Luther

  Fighting, Soldier, Shepherds

  Martin Luther (1818). “The familiar discourses of dr. Martin Luther, tr. by H. Bell”, p.241

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• Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness.

  Joel Osteen

  Life, Positive, Happiness

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