“The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.” Has BeensSaidChristianPrayerPrayingDevilConstantChristian InspirationalMinistersConspiracyPreacherClosets Author:Vance Havner
“The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet.” PeopleMayChristianPartyWeekJokesChristian InspirationalProphetSundayPreacherPulpitRebuke Author:Vance Havner
“A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals.” Has BeensEndsChristianChristian InspirationalProphetReceivingPreacherMudMedalBouquets Author:Vance Havner
“I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).” MenChristianSilenceWiseHeardQuietSpeechOrthodoxPreacherProfitableOrthodox Christian Author:Saint Basil
“If a preacher is cultured, gentle, earnest, intellectual, and broadly tolerant, the sheep of God run after him. He, of course, speaks beautifully about Christ, and uses the old words redemption, the cross, even sacrifice and atonement-but what is his Gospel? That is the crucial question. Is salvation, perfect, entire, eternal,-justification, sanctification, glory,-the alone work of Christ, and the free gift of God to faith alone?” IfsUseRunningChristianCoursesSpeakChristPerfectSacrificeEternalIntellectualGloryCrossesSalvationRedemptionGentleCrucialSheepPreacherJustificationEarnestAtonementGift From GodSanctificationFree Gifts Author:C. I. Scofield
“How frightful a thing it is for the preacher when he becomes accustomed to his work, when his sense of wonder departs, when he gets used to the unusual, when he loses his solemn fear in the presence of the High and Holy One; when, to put it bluntly, he gets a little bored with God and heavenly things.” LittlesChristianUsedLosesWonderHolyBoredHeavenlyUnusualPreacherAccustomedSolemnSense Of Wonder Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Man is the same today that he has always been. He is a rebel against God. He may, in some generations, hide his rebellion a little more carefully than at other times, but there is no change in his heart. The men who builded the city against God back in the days of Babylon had the same hatred as that which possessed the men who nailed the Lord Jesus Christ to the cross.” MenHeartMayLittlesTodayChristianJesusChristCitiesLordGenerationsHe ManJesus ChristCrossesHatredRebellionRebelPossessedPreacherLord Jesus ChristBabylon Author:Donald Barnhouse
“...You cannot live by sight and by faith, neither can you live by fear and by faith. It either has to be by faith or by fear, by faith or by sight. Which way are you living? Faith takes out the anxiety It takes out the fear. Faith leans heavy on the Lord. It knows that the Bible is so and can be trusted and that we can live by it and all of our needs will be supplied.” KnowsWayNeedsChristianLordAnxietySightHeavyLive ByPreacherTrusted Author:Lester Roloff
“We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like if the strings on the musician's instrument were all hanging loose, not stretched tight, not disciplined?” IfsWayFactsTodayChristianFacesSoundChurchResultsAttitudeLibertyDisciplineMusicianInstrumentsLuxuryStringsPreacherSoloCarelessViolin Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“May we all be in such a condition of soul, such an attitude of heart as will fit us for any little work in which our gracious Lord may be pleased to use us- not seeking a place for ourselves, but lovingly serving all. The Lord, in His great mercy, grant that thus it may be, with all His beloved people!” PeopleHeartMayLittlesSoulUseChristianAttitudeLordConditionsFitMercySeekingBelovedServingGrantsPreacherGracious Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh
“Prayer is the highest intelligence, the profoundest wisdom, the most vital, the most joyous, the most efficacious, the most powerful of all vocations.” ChristianPrayerPowerfulHighestMost PowerfulPreacherVocationJoyous Book:The Reality of Prayer Source: The Reality of Prayer
“People are so prone to lean upon gifted men. And if they cannot have such, they get discouraged and scattered, instead of getting lovingly together and helping one another by their mutual faith.” PeopleIfsMenHelpingChristianTogetherMutualPreacherGiftedDiscouraged Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh
“Nothing can touch the Word of God. Not all the powers of earth and hell, men and devils combined, can ever move the Word of God. There it stands, in its own moral glory, spite of all the assaults of the enemy, from age to age. 'For ever, 0 Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven.'” MenAgeEarthChristianMovingHeavenMoralLordEnemyHellGloryDevilSpiteWord Of GodPreacherAssault Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh
“It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions; but such a talent is inadequate. A better sort of talent neglects these extraneous ornaments, unworthy to be used in the service of the Gospel: such a preacher's sermon will be simple, strong and Christian.” PeopleIfsChristianQualityToo MuchStyleFiguresMoralitySpeechBrilliantCharmDescriptionNeglectPossessedPreacherRepetitionVividRemarksUnworthyOrnamentsExhilaratingFigures Of Speech Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as it was applicable in one's own particular circumstance. Not in an idiotic sense -- it doesn't mean that every Christian should grow a beard, or be a bachelor, or become a travelling preacher. It means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.” ShouldMeanFeelingsChristianCoursesGrowsChristPerfectChristianityPracticeParticularCircumstancesPleasantPreacherImitationBeardBachelorsIdioticPerfect Practice Author:C. S. Lewis
“Let no preacher in a little church think that he has no audience for his message. An unseen audience of multitudes compass him about! Let no Christian who sins in the dark think that he is unobserved. He is compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses! Assuredly in Heaven they know what goes on on earth.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesEarthChristianHeavenChurchDarkSinAudienceGoes OnMessagesCloudsWitnessPreacherMultitudesUnseenCompass Book:Tears in Heaven Source: Tears in Heaven
“The devil is not fighting religion. He's too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it. We are plainly told in the Scriptures that in the last days men will not endure sound doctrine and will depart from the faith and heap to themselves teachers to tickle their ears. We live in an epidemic of this itch, and popular preachers have developed “ear-tickling” into a fine art.” MenArtRealChristianLastsFightingSpeakSoundChristianityTeacherFineSmartDevilEarsEndureScriptureDoctrinePreacherFine ArtsEpidemicsSpeaks OutLast DayGood ChristianCounterfeitReal OnesTicklingSound Doctrine Author:Vance Havner
“There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say one church is better than fifty. I have tried to remove the plural form churches from my vocabulary, training myself to think of the church as Christ did, and as the early Christians did. The metaphors for her are always singular - a body, a bride. I heard one gospel preacher say it like this, as he really wound up and broke a sweat: "We've got to unite ourselves as one body. Because Jesus is coming back, and he's coming back for a bride not a harem.” ThinkingNeedsBodyChristianFormJesusChristChurchHeardTrainingMetaphorCornersWoundsBrokeNot SureFiftyRemoveSweatPreacherVocabularyComing BackBridesCongregationHarem Author:Shane Claiborne
“I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord's Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace, and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally, and good eternally.” IfsMenFirstsSoulBodyTodayChristianJoyLordWeekTasksJewBe GoodYour BodyYour SoulGood ManDistractionPreacherSabbathDays Of The WeekDay Of Rest Author:Charles Spurgeon