Inspirational Quotes on Sermon

“I do not have to make the Gospel relevant; it is always relevant in any part of the world . . .[and] I must get the whole Gospel in [every] sermon.”

“The word repentance is sadly missing today from the average pulpit. It is a very unpopular word. The first sermon Jesus ever preached was “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” [Matthew 4:17 kjv].”

“Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good providence of God, live to see thy lust dead at thy feet.”

“The terrible sticky thing about truth is if it exists, it's coming for you.”

“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with us.”

“What I have learned from about twenty years of serious reading is this: It is sentences that change my life, not books. What changes my life is some new glimpse of truth, some powerful challenge, some resolution to a long-standing dilemma, and these usually come concentrated in a sentence or two. I do not remember 99% of what I read, but if the 1% of each book or article I do remember is a life-changing insight, then I don't begrudge the 99%. From "Quantitative Hopelessness and the Immeasurable Moment”

“And He will judge and will forgive all, the good and the evil, the wise and the meek . . . And when He has done with all of them, then He will summon us. ‘You too come forth,’ He will say, ‘Come forth ye drunkards, come forth, ye weak ones, come forth, ye children of shame!’ And we shall all come forth, without shame and shall stand before him. And He will say unto us, ‘Ye are swine, made in the Image of the Beast and with his mark; but come ye also!’ And the wise ones and those of understanding will say, ‘Oh Lord, why dost Thou receive these men?’ And He will say, ‘This is why I receive them, oh ye wise, this is why I receive them, oh ye of understanding, that not one of them believed himself to be worthy of this.’ And He will hold out His hands to us and we shall fall down before him . . . and we shall weep . . . and we shall understand all things! Then we shall understand everything! . . . and all will understand”

“Problema voastră cu Dumnezeu şi creştinismul nu ţine de intelect. Vă pot asigura de asta. Şi ateismul vostru nu e de antură intelectuală. Vă garantez asta. E de natură morală. Nu mă cert cu nimeni pe marginea existenţei lui Dumnezeu, sau a realităţii lui Isus Hristos, pentru că ştiţi nu numai că există un Dumnezeu, dar ştiţi suficient de multe despre Singurul Dumnezeu Adevărat ca să ştiţi că nu vreţi să ştiţi mai multe despre El, pentru că, a-L cunoaşte înseamnă să vi se ceară să va supuneti domniei Sale, şi asta e, de fapt, problema voastra.”

“A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.”

“They say to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderer.”