Preacher Quotes - Page 21

• It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Christian, Men, Needs

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• In our prayers, we talk to God, in our Bible study, God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Christian, Letting Go, Prayer

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• Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even church workers - yes, and, alas, even prophets, priests and preachers - will find themselves lost when they expected to be saved, condemned when they expected approval, cast out of Heaven when they expected to be received into eternal bliss. That is the explicit meaning of the words of our Lord... (see: Matt 7:21-23.]

  John R. Rice

  Christian, People, Heaven

  John R. Rice (1939). “Religious But Lost”, p.5, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the greatest general that ever commanded an army; I would rather win souls than be the greatest poet, or novelist, or literary man who ever walked the earth. My one ambition in life is to win as many as possible.

  R. A. Torrey

  Christian, Kings, Ambition

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• It is a sad and shocking fact that many religious people are in Hell.

  John R. Rice

  Christian, Religious, People

  John R. Rice (1939). “Religious But Lost”, p.18, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• In like manner, everyone who has received from God the power of distinguishing and yet follows an unskillful pastor and receives a false opinion for the truth shall be punished ... Be not deceived: if any man follows him who separates from the truth, he shall not inherit the kingdom of God; and if any man does not stand aloof from the preacher of falsehood he shall be condemned to Hell.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Men, Doe, Kingdoms

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• Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech.

  Paul Robeson

  Summer, Song, Sweet

  Paul Robeson (1998). “Here I Stand”, p.15, Beacon Press

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• Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.

  Kabir

  Hammers, Bears, Admire

  "Bijak". Sakhi, 168. Translation by Yashwant K. Malaiya based on that of Puran Sahib,

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• I think Jim got screwed. I think Jim Bakker would have been a great preacher. Jim Bakker was very good at what he did.

  Jessica Hahn

  Thinking, Very Good, Has Beens

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• Because we are continually growing in the Lord, preachers and lay people alike must be open to the Lord's correction.

  Benny Hinn

  People, Growing, Lord

  Benny Hinn (2001). “He Touched Me: An Autobiography”, p.97, Thomas Nelson

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• I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new words, explosive, direct, simple words. I have prayed for new miracles. Explaining old miracles will not do. If God is to be known as the God who does wonders in heaven and earth, then God must produce for this generation. Lord, fill preachers and preaching with Thy power. How long dare we go on without tears, without moral passions, hatred and love? Not long, I pray, Lord Jesus, not long.

  Jim Elliot

  Jesus, Passion, Men

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• Jesus our Lord is Prophet, Priest, and King. The concept is not new, yet many preachers never preach it, and many congregations never hear it.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Jesus, Kings, Lord

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• If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.

  George Muller

  Christian, Scripture, Spirit

  George Muller (2005). “Release The Power Of Prayer”, p.62, Whitaker House

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• Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.

  J. I. Packer

  Prayer, Unique, Reality

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• Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.

  Alexander Whyte

  Preaching

  Alexander Whyte (2011). “Bible Characters - Vol. 1-6: The Complete Edition”, p.417, Primedia E-launch LLC

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• The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.

  J. I. Packer

  Crosses, Whole

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• The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Party, Sunday

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• the Press has no band of critics who go the round of the churches and chapels, and are on the watch for a slip or defect in the preacher, to make a 'feature' in their article: the clergy are, practically, the most irresponsible of all talkers.

  George Eliot

  Church, Watches, Band

  George Eliot (2016). “The Essays of George Eliot: Top Novelist Focus”, p.42, 谷月社

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• 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

  Men, May, Waste

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• A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

  Martin Luther

  Teaching, Should Have, Skills

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• The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Uplifting, Art, Bored

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

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• Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
  If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
  God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
  To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
  The worst speak something good. If all want sense,
  God takes a text, and preaches patience.

  George Herbert

  Judging, Treasure, Want

  'The Church Porch' (1633) st. 72

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• So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves.

  John Brown

  Bible, Heart, Expression

  John Brown (1797). “The posthumous works of the late Rev. Mr. John Brown, minister of the Gospel at Haddington: with short memoirs, and a summary of what he uttered in his last illness”, p.20

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• Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.

  Edith Hamilton

  Poetry, Together, Pulpit

  Edith Hamilton (1957). “The Roman Way to Western Civilization”

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• Disciple making also involves teaching people to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Now some might say, "Isn't that what preachers are supposed to do?" And in one sense, the answer to this question is yes. God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally. At the same time, he has commanded every follower of Jesus to teach his Word relationally.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Teaching, People

  David Platt (2013). “What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?”, p.46, Tyndale House

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