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• No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper, and deliver his sermon without asking anyone's permission. The contrary suggestion is abhorrent to our traditions.

  William O. Douglas

  Men, Abhorrent, Suggestions

  "Poulos v. New Hampshire, 345 U.S. 395". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. April 27, 1953.

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• 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, People

  Twitter post from Aug 04, 2016

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• Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Praying, Ends

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.15

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• The monk that invented gunpowder did as much to stop war as did all the sermons of his brethren.

  Austin O'Malley

  War, Gunpowder, Monk

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• I would say my being disheartened has more to do with American culture than anything else. We are becoming a very shallow culture. My goodness, the celebrity ethos has taken over completely. Turn on the television and you see that over and over. There's very little substance. And so, everything gets shorter. Everything is entertainment oriented. Our churches reflect that. A thirty-five minute sermon without a Power Point or video clips is rare these days. That's not true in other countries so much.

  Philip Yancey

  Country, Taken, Ethos

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• Henry Ward Beecher, so the story goes, was once asked by a young preacher how he could keep his congregation wide awake and attentive during his sermons. Beecher replied that he always had a man watch for sleepers, with instructions, as soon as he saw anyone start nodding or dozing, to hasten to the pulpit and wake up the preacher. Aren't you and I usually less sensible? Would we not be inclined to have the watcher wake up not ourselves but the fellows caught sleeping? In other words, aren't we disposed always to blame others?

  B. C. Forbes

  Sleep, Men, Watches

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• I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

  Harry S. Truman

  Country, Teacher, Retirement

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• A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

  Arnold Haultain

  Funny, Women, Being A Woman

  Arnold Haultain (2015). “Hints for Lovers: "The Secret Nature and Psychology of Love"”, p.37, eKitap Projesi

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• This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.

  Otto Schily

  Hate, Play, Roles

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• The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Civilization, World

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• A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Wine, Men, Glasses

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• It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour, ought to be made by us all, in contemplating every panoramic change in the long Vision we call life... "It is good for us to be here - it is good for us to be here", repeating itself eternally.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Faith, Inspiration, Long

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• A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Soul, Pithy, Graves

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• Upon this theology he rarely pondered. The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services; that the church kept the Worst Elements from being still worse; and that the pastor's sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which 'did a fellow good-- kept him in touch with Higher Things.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Past, Church, Elements

  Sinclair Lewis (2013). “Babbitt”, p.298, Lulu Press, Inc

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• No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.

  Phillips Brooks

  Christian, Men, Preaching

  Phillips Brooks “The Joy of Preaching”, Kregel Publications

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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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• A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Spiritual, Engineering, Riches

  Lionel Crocker, Harry Emerson Fosdick (1971). “Harry Emerson Fosdick's art of preaching: an anthology”, Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd

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• I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has carried his heart in his hand, like a palm-branch, waving all discords into peace-helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other more than many sermons

  George William Curtis

  Faith, Peace, Heart

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• Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Rap, Ghetto, Gangsta

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• Our evangelical culture tends to take the awesome reality of a transcendent god who is worthy to be feared and downsize Him so He could fit into our "buddy system." The way we talk about Him, the way we pray, and, more strikingly, the way we live shows that we have somehow lost our sense of being appropriately awestruck in the presence of a holy and all-powerful God. It's been a long time since we've heard a good sermon on the "fear of God." If God were to show up visibly, many of us think we'd run up to Him and high-five Him for the good things He has done.

  Joseph Stowell

  Christian, Running, Powerful

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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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• There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Art, Real, Feelings

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The Works of Robert G.Ingersoll. [Dresden Ed.]”

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• Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

  Martin Luther

  Education, Long, People

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• This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!  It’s that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Children, Hate, Heart

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• The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount.  I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Believe, Following Christ, People

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