The church does not determine what the Bible teaches. The Bible determines what the church must teach.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Preaching
Pulpit Trembling – John Knox
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
– John Knox –
Don’t Hide the Cross – Dwight L. Moody
A man who covers up the cross though he may be an intellectual man, and draw large crowds will have no ilk there, and his church will be but a gilded sepulcher.
– Dwight L. Moody –
What do you preach? – Charles Finney
Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.
– Charles Finney –
Preparing Messages or Preparing Ourselves? – Vance Havner
The devil doesn’t mind how many sermons we preach or prepare if it will keep us from preparing ourselves.
– Vance Havner –
Power of God – Eric Ludy
The power of God … as Christians, we are saved by it, we walk in it, and we demonstrate it as the convincing proof of our message.
– Eric Ludy –
Speaking Truth – John Trapp
Truth must be spoken however it is taken.
– John Trapp –
1601-1669
Two Kinds of Preachers – Steven Lawson
There are only two kinds of preachers. Those who preach the Bible. And those who need to resign.
– Steven Lawson –
Proclaiming the Gospel – Underground Church
Never give up in freedom what we would never give up in persecution.
– Underground Church –
from Insanity of God