A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.
– William Gurnall –
Ministry
God Equips Us to Obey – Elizabeth Elliot
God never issues instructions He is not prepared to equip us to obey.
– Elizabeth Elliot –
Chosen by God – Dwight L. Moody
David was the last one we would have chosen to fight the giant, but he was chosen of God.
– Dwight L. Moody –
You’ve Got to Have it First – Dwight L. Moody
You’ve got to have fire to set fire with. You’ve got to have life to propagate life with.
– Dwight L. Moody –
Preaching Reality – Thomas Betterton
Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary.
– Thomas Betterton –
Preaching Dullness – PT Forsyth
The cure for dullness in the pulpit is not brilliance but reality.
– PT Forsyth –
Talking About Mighty Deeds – AW Tozer
Where there have been mighty deeds, there need be no multitude of words to tell of them. Many words are required only where the deeds have been too feeble to speak for themselves.
– AW Tozer –
No Substitute for Action – David Livingstone
Sympathy is no substitute for action.
– David Livingstone –
Don’t Lose Jesus – Vance Havner
It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God’s name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
– Vance Havner –