It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
– George Whitefield –
Evangelism
Whole Work for the Whole Church – AT Pierson
Witnessing is the whole work of the whole church for the whole age.
– AT Pierson –
We Need Conviction – Vance Havner
There is a lot of soft, sentimental talk about Him today that brings no conviction. When Isaiah saw the Lord, he did not feel comfortable! Neither did Habakkuk nor Daniel nor Paul nor John. We want a picture of Him today that does not disturb us, that smiles at sin, and winks at iniquity. I remember a man who told me he wanted to hear no hell-fire sermons but rather about the meek and lowly Jesus. Yet the poor man did not seem to realize that the meek and lowly Jesus said more about hell than is reported from the lips of anyone else in the Bible! We need a true and complete vision of God in His holiness and Christ in His glory that will bring us to repentance.
– Vance Havner –
The Gospel Always Brings Life – Jackie Pullinger
The gospel always brings life to the receiver and death to the giver. If the gospel brought death to Jesus Christ why would we think that in preaching the gospel it would be any less for us?
– Jackie Pullinger –
Missionary Work on Our Knees – JO Fraser
Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.
– JO Fraser –
An Available Message – Vance Havner
It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.
– Vance Havner –
The Gift of Pentecost – Samuel Chadwick
I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were recorded. Pentecost registered three thousand souls. It is by fire that a holy passion is kindled in the soul whereby we live the life of God. The soul’s safety is in its heat. Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, make for a Church without power Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters.
– Samuel Chadwick –
Why the Church Exists – CS Lewis
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.
– CS Lewis –
Can We Go Too Fast In Saving Souls – William Booth
Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell.
– William Booth –