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Quotes About Preach

Yet everywhere he looked, what should surely bring people together only seemed to drive them apart. The more they preached what the prophets had said from Moses down through Jesus, the less they seemed to hear those same prophets' words. How could the idea of divine unity result in such human disunity?
~ Lesley Hazleton
It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact.
~ Elie Wiesel
They get arrested, and God's angel turns them loose." Several voices joined in laughter. But Peter raised a hand for silence. "Brothers and sisters, it matters not. Perhaps the next time they arrest us we will not be delivered. Nevertheless, we must do as we are commanded. Pray that all of us will continue to have boldness to preach the Word.
~ Janette Oke
I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.
~ AJ Tracey
When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.
~ Paulo Coelho
Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister.
~ Herman Melville
Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
~ Unknown
I've been a vegan and a vegetarian for 15 years and I've always just quietly kept and values and my beliefs to myself. I didn't want to preach or be outspoken about all these things.
~ Oliver Sykes
The Colin Kaepernick Kneeling Trojan Horse has turned sports into the victimhood Olympics, the most powerful venue in popular culture to preach critical race excuse-making.
~ Jason Whitlock
As a Priest got a calling to preach, you also got a calling to do whatever you do, so do it with passion and only God can stop your calling.
~ Unarine Ramaru
It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Pastor Face Your Business" When people say this they mean that I must just stay behind the pulpit and preach
~ Sunday Adelaja
Scripture must be used to preach the gospel, encourage the believer, convict the sinner, and correct error that may arise. However, it is wrong for ministers and denominations to get in a "sword fight," especially in public, as it only causes the sinners to mock and become more hardened as they watch two Christians duke it out to see who can knock the other one down "for the glory of God.
~ Unknown
In any crowd there is a malcontent or two, and the Easter crowd is no exception. Someone invariably demands I speak out against the Easter Bunny. I am captivated by a great number of subjects, but have never worked up the enthusiasm to preach against rabbits, real or mythic. These are the same people who complain about Santa at Christmas and want me to take a swipe at Halloween.
~ Philip Gulley
I'm not talking what you preach-- there is no practicing here. I am talking living what you preach. And to do that, you gotta preach what you live. I know what I'm here for And I know what the Lord is here for. The gospel. I will live and die by the Gospel.
~ David Levithan
We have received word that it has already begun," Philip said. "While still with us in person, our Lord preached in a village called Sychar, and followers who have already settled there have told other Samaritans the good news of Jesus. Many are joining us. This is what I told them in Jerusalem. It is no longer a question of 'Do we allow this?' It has happened. I am traveling to Samaria in order to be a witness as our Lord instructed.
~ Davis Bunn
How could you speak of life and death with such a heart? How could you preach of heaven and hell in such a careless, sleepy manner? Do you believe what you say? Are you in earnest or in jest? How can you tell people that sin is such a thing, and that so much misery is upon them and before them and not be more affected with it? Shouldn't you weep over such a people, and shouldn't your tears interrupt your words?
~ Horatius Bonar
We need to learn from the past how to preach for deep heart conviction of sin, until people cry out in our churches also, "What must I do to be saved?
~ Unknown
For they speak of Christ, not that they may preach Christ, but that they may reject Christ; and they speak of the law, not that they may establish the law, but that they may proclaim things contrary to it.
~ Unknown
He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
~ Confucius
That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.
~ Logan Pearsall Smith
Pastors should preach truth from the pulpit. Teachers and parents should clearly point out when the president is lying and teach children what the truth is. We can all use social media to confront lies with facts. The truth will indeed set us free, but the unwillingness of the faith community to speak truth to power could push us toward political bondage.
~ Jim Wallis
Many trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality.
~ Jodi Picoult
We preach the gospel so that, in obedience to God's command and foreordination, those who are "appointed for eternal life" (Acts 13:48) will come to Christ, and not because they will be damned without us.
~ Unknown