Preaching Quotes

“That is the best sermon which is most full of Christ.”

“If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.”

“Preaching is to kindle a fire, not to fill a bucket.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.”

“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.”

“The chief business of every Christian on earth is to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.”

“The novelty of a truth, and the possibility of its being abused, are no valid objections to its being preached.”

“The task of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.”

“When you have a prophetic preacher, you have to be very careful to take the sermon and not the soundbites.”

“Preach Christ, and in Christ, and for Christ.”

“Preaching is the declaration of a message from God.”

“I have a great jealousy on this head: never to speak my own words, but the words of God.”

“My object is to show the whole counsel of God.”

“It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.”

“The preaching of the Word of God is the Word of God.”

“I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.”

“Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatening of God against the obstinate rebels.”

“A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”

“The sleepy preacher is a universal skeleton in the closet of the church.”

“A sermon, like a blossom, should be short-lived. It should die in the act of giving birth to a thought.”