Preaching Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The first-rate preacher is the man who makes a great subject appear plain.”

“My endeavour is to bring out of Scripture what is there, and not to thrust in what I think might be there.”

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

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

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

“Great praying is the end of preaching.”

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

“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.”