Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control.
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as a nation have to have the debate. I don't know what the answers are. I just know that if the idea is to say talking about it makes you unpatriotic, I've got to call your bluff on that.
If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.
There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.
I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching.
God will honor the preaching that honors Christ, but abandon the pulpit that abandons Him.
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.
In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.
Preaching is truth set on fire.
Preaching is truth through personality.
I went to preaching again. The sermons were not different; I did not present any new truths, and yet hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed back where I was before that blessed experience if you should give me all the world - it would be as dust in the balance.
Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
Preaching affects men; prayer affects God. Preaching affects time; prayer affects eternity
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.
Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?
I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.
