The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer’s heart is that which first has broken the preacher’s heart, and the sermon which is likely to reach the heart of the hearer is the one which has come straight from the heart of the preacher. -Charles Spurgeon
“I know of no surer way of a people’s perishing than by being led by one who does not speak out straight and honestly denounce evil. If the minister halts between two opinions, do you wonder that the congregation is undecided? If the preacher trims and twists to please all parties, can you expect his …
To preach the word . . . and not to follow it with constant and fervent prayer for its success, is to disbelieve its use, neglect its end, and to cast away the seed of the gospel at random. John Owen, The True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government, Works, Vol 16.
“All Christian preaching springs from the truth that God has spoken in word and deed, and that He has chosen human vessels to bear witness to Himself and His gospel. We speak because we cannot be silent. We speak because God has spoken.” -R. Albert Mohler, Jr., He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World (Chicago, …
” There is a double trajectory in preaching. One trajectory is from God to us. This is the prophetic trajectory. The other trajectory is from us to us. This is the priestly trajectory. The ministry of the priest is preferred to that of a prophet because the prophet afflicts the comfortable and the priest comforts …
Preaching is the art of making a sermon and delivering it. Why, no, that is not preaching. Preaching is the art of making a preacher and delivering that. Preaching is the outrush of a soul in speech. Therefore, the elemental business in preaching is not with the preaching but the preacher! It is no trouble …
“A preacher must oft be upon the same things, because the matters of necessity are few.” -Richard Baxter Read more about Richard Baxter.
“A good preacher should have these properties and virtues: first to teach systematically; secondly, he should have a ready wit; thirdly, he should be eloquent; fourthly, he should have a good voice; fifthly, a good memory; sixthly, he should know when to make an end; seventhly, he should be sure of his doctrine; eighthly, he …