I would say that a “dull preacher” is a contradiction in terms; if he is dull he is not a preacher. He may stand in a pulpit and talk, but he is certainly not a preacher.
– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones –
Communication
Inner Hypocrisy Through Speech – Oswald Chambers
Our modern speech is a great aid to inner hypocrisy, and it becomes a snare because it is easy to talk piously and live iniquitously.
– Oswald Chambers –
Let Jesus Be a Well Known Savior
Father, never allow me to become a well-known speaker. Let Jesus become a well-known Savior!
– Anonymous –
Fire in Sermons – Vance Havner
Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
– Vance Havner –
That’s Good Preaching – Leonard Ravenhill
Finney preached, and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! That’s good preaching.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Our Guilty Silence – John Stott
Our Guilty Silence suggests that one of the main reasons for our silence is because we lack either a thorough knowledge of the Gospel or a conviction about its truth or both. There can be no evangelism without an evangelist, no mission without a message.
– John Stott –
from Our Guilty Silence
Take Heed of Drowsiness – Thomas Watson
Take heed of drowsiness in hearing.
– Thomas Watson –
The Seven Trumpets of Revelation – Charles Spurgeon
A man says to me, “Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?” No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
– Charles Spurgeon –
We Are Called to Proclaim the Simple Gospel – Charles Spurgeon
We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel. Man’s fall, his need of a new birth, forgiveness through atonement, and salvation as the result of faith, these are our battle-ax and weapons of war.
– Charles Spurgeon –