Preaching 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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• When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Passion, Fighting, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely to give bread; He said, "I am the bread." He did not come merely to shed light; He said, "I am the light." He did not come merely to show the door; He said, "I am the door." He did not come merely to name a shepherd; He said, "I am the shepherd." He did not come merely to point the way; He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life."

  J. Sidlow Baxter

  Life, God, Faith

  "Baxter's Explore the Book". Book by J. Sidlow Baxter, p. 308, 1986.

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• I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Believe, Thinking, People

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1966). “Sermons on the Gospel of John”

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• The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Home, Servant Of God, Religion

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• All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Religion, Dull, Originality

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• To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Voice, People, Challenges

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• One filled with joy preaches without preaching.

  Mother Teresa

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

  Mother Teresa, Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1990). “Total Surrender”

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• What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Men, Thinking, Giving

  D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1972). “Preaching and Preachers”, p.97, Zondervan

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• The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

  John Owen

  Firsts, Flocks, Duty

  John Owen (1853). “The works ...”, p.74

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• Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Passion, Fire, Pathos

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2014). “The Two Wesleys: On John and Charles Wesley”, p.64, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• You can have knowledge, and you can be meticulous in your preparation; but without the unction of the Holy Spirit you will have no power, and your preaching will not be effective.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Preparation, Spirit, Holy

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2012). “Preaching and Preachers”, p.166, Hachette UK

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• The preaching that this world needs most is the sermons in shoes that are walking with Jesus Christ.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Christian, Jesus, Godly

  Dwight L Moody (1941). “Thoughts for the Quiet Hour”, p.19, Moody Publishers

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• I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.

  Richard Baxter

  Prayer, Men, Dying

  Richard Baxter (1846). “Making Light of Christ and Salvation: Too Oft the Issue of Gospel Invitations: A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live: The Last Work of a Believer ... of the Shedding Abroad of God's Love ...”, p.41

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• We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Play, Eternity

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• The three essentials for great preaching are: truth, clarity, and passion.

  G. Campbell Morgan

  Passion, Essentials, Three

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• The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Devil, Sound, Hell

  Spurgeon, Charles H. (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 12: Sermons 668 to 727”, p.165, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Practice, Honor, Church

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 145, 1895.

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• Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

  Arthur Wallis

  Beautiful, Expression, Diction

  Arthur Wallis (2010). “In the Day of Thy Power: The Spiritual Principles of Revival”, p.96, CLC Publications

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• The work of preaching is the highest and greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called.

  Martyn

  Calling, Glorious, Highest

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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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• Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house shall be called a house of music'? Of course not. The Bible does say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'. Preaching, music, the reading of the Word - these things are fine; I believe in and practice all of them. But they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling. the honest truth is that I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.

  Jim Cymbala

  Prayer, Real, Believe

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• The Spirit of God bears no witness to Christless sermons. Leave Jesus out of your preaching, and the Holy Spirit will never come upon you. Why should he? Has he not come on purpose that he may testify of Christ? Did not Jesus say, ‘He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you’? Yes, the subject was Christ, and nothing but Christ, and such is the teaching which the Spirit of God will own. Be it ours never to wander from this central point: may we determine to know nothing among men but Christ and his cross.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Teaching, Men

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• Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Discipline, Grace

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2001). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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