Inspirational Quotes on Preaching

“The more fully that the gospel is preached, in the grand old apostolic way, the more likely is it to accomplish the results which it did in the apostolic days.”

“Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.”

“Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.”

“Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.”

“Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.”

“(The Puritans believed in) the supreme importance of preaching. To the Puritans, the sermon was the liturgical climax of public worship. Nothing, they said, honours God more than the faithful declaration and obedient hearing of His truth. Preaching, under any circumstances, is an act of worship, and must be performed as such. Moreover, preaching is the prime means of grace to the church.”

“Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.”

“We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?”

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by old-fashioned preaching.”

“Preaching is fire in the pulpit that melts the ice in the pew.”

“Preaching is truth set on fire.”

“Preaching is sin's greatest adversary.”

“Preaching is the moral conscience of a nation.”

“Preaching is teaching with a tear in the eye.”

“Lord, help me to preach today as if it were the last sermon I would ever preach.”

“Many men affect to despise fear, and in preaching resent any appeal to it; but not to fear when there is occasion is as great a weakness as to fear unduly without reason. God implanted fear in the soul as truly as He implanted hope or courage.”

“Many a preacher misses the mark because, though he knows books, he does not know men.”

“You occasionally hear a preacher who can quote a text so that it becomes transfigured and shines in his argument like a gem. What gives this power? It comes when the mind can go down and down through the text till it reaches the great lake of light that lies beneath all the texts, and a jet from that fiery sea comes up and burns on the surface.”

“The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.”

“For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable message here: Jesus is not terribly impressed with religious commercialism”