Quotes About Preaching

Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.

The sermon which does not lead to Christ, or of which Jesus Christ is not the top and the bottom, is a sort of sermon that will make the devils in hell laugh, but make the angels of God weep.

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

That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over.

If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.

I take it very seriously when I take the pulpit. That I'm representing God.

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.

The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.

The Holy Book of the living God suffers more from its exponents today than from its opponents.

It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens only, while taking possession of the earth for itself.

The preaching of Jesus Christ and him crucified on account of sinners is Gods desired way of being God.

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

It may be that Satan has little cause to fear most preaching. Yet past experiences sting him to rally all his infernal army to fight against God's people praying.

I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.

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.

Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.

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

The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her.

We are not responsible to God for the soul that are saved, but we are responsible for the Gospel that is preached, and for the way in which we preach it

Ya'll don't hear what I'm preaching. I'm preaching so good I'm about to 'Amen' myself! Oh!...Oh God! I'm preaching good! Hallelujah!

Even like as St. Paul was converted, just so are all others converted; for we all resist God, but the Holy Ghost draws the will of mankind, when he pleases, through preaching.

The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation to the people.

Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.