“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
“Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked.” PeopleThinkingHeartDoeInspirationChristianChurchToo MuchComfortMessagesConscienceSkinsEarsEncouragementDepthConvictionChristian InspirationalConversionMinistryPreachingNoonRebukeReproof Author:Vance Havner
“Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions.” ChristianLordModernChristian InspirationalSentimentalityTransgressionRebuke Author:Vance Havner
“Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ? to hear the divine word; after that, one should be content with anything that comes to hand.” ShouldHandsChristianRememberLordOne ThingDivineOrthodoxAnxiousOrthodox ChristianRebuke Author:Evagrius Ponticus
“The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.” MenChristianChristGreatnessGreatness Of GodRebuke Book:Sermons on Special Occasions: Preached in Westminster Abbey Source: Sermons on Special Occasions: Preached in Westminster Abbey
“Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmother's nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite without Christian feeling; the mercy of the Lord Jesus had never entered her heart. Her piety was an act of war against Protestant ascendancy. ...The teachings of the Church did not interest her, except as they were a rebuke to others.” HeartWarFeelingsChristianJesusInterestChurchChristianityLordTeachingMercyGrandmotherAggressiveTraitsDominantMy GrandmotherPietyProtestantsRebukeAscendancy Author:Mary McCarthy