With their doctrine they build, and with their lives they destroy. Augustine of Hippo It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless we preach as we walk. Francis of Assisi We must study hard how to live well as how to preach well. Richard Baxter He preaches well that lives well. Phillips Brooks’ definition … Continue reading “PREACHING
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PREACHING AND LOVE
Whoever preaches with love preaches effectively. Francis of Sales To love to preach is one thing, to love those to whom we preach is quite another. Francis of Sales
PREACHING, SIMPLICITY OF
In the United States the vocabulary of an average person is 600 words, whereas that of the average preacher is 5,000 words. So the average person in the pew does not know what the man in the pulpit is saying. That’s why I fight to keep it simple. Billy Graham Martyn Lloyd-Jones recounts how he … Continue reading “PREACHING,
SIMPLICITY OF”
PREACHING, PURPOSE OF
Doctrine should be such as should make men in love with the lesson, and not with the teacher. Francis Bacon Every sermon should be an agony of soul, a passion to beget Christ in the souls of men. John Chrysostom People want to be comforted. They need consolation – really need it, and do not … Continue reading “PREACHING,
PURPOSE OF”
PREACHING, OPEN AIR
I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitefield set me an example on Sunday; having been all my life so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had … Continue reading “PREACHING,
OPEN AIR”
PREACHING, MANNER OF
The most reverent preacher that speaks as if he saw the face of God doth more affect my heart though with common words, than an irreverent man with the most exquisite preparations. Richard Baxter Whatever you do, let the people see that you are in good earnest. You cannot break men’s hearts by jesting with … Continue reading “PREACHING,
MANNER OF”
PREACHING
I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach. J.H. Jowett May God help me, if you cease to pray for me! Let me know the day, and I must cease to preach. C.H. Spurgeon Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very … Continue reading “PREACHING”
PREACHERS
He had nothing to say and said it endlessly. Author unknown Oh, if we did but study half as much to affect and amend our own hearts, as we do those of our hearers, it would not be with many of us as it is. Richard Baxter The test of a preacher is that his … Continue reading “PREACHERS”
PRAYING TO SAINTS
Of the Invocation of Saints. The invocation of saints is also one of the abuses of Antichrist conflicting with the chief article, and destroys the knowledge of Christ. Neither is it commanded nor counseled, nor has it any example [or testimony] in Scripture, and even though it were a precious thing, as it is not … Continue reading “PRAYING
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PRAYERS, WRITTEN
So many confess their weakness, in denying to confess it, who, refusing to be beholden to a set form of prayer, prefer to say nonsense, rather than nothing, in their extempore expressions. More modesty, and no less piety, it had been for such men to have prayed longer with set forms that they might pray … Continue reading “PRAYERS,
WRITTEN”