“Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their good work shine, all admire them. It is when great disparity exists between profession and practice that we secure the scorn of mankind.” HumansHeartChristianChristPracticeMankindShiningProfessionAdmireSecureGood WorkHuman HeartScornDisparityAntipathy Author:David Livingstone
“He that can toy with his ministry and count it to be like a trade, or like any other profession, was never called of God. But he that has a charge pressing on his heart, and a woe ringing in his ear, and preaches as though he heard the cried of hell behind him, and saw his God looking down on him-oh, how that man entreats the Lord that his hearers may not hear in vain!” MenHeartMayReligionBehindsChristianityLordHellSawsHeardEarsTradeProfessionVainToysCriedMinistryWoeLooking DownPressing On Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 60: Sermons 3387-3439 Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 60: Sermons 3387-3439
“Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment. Those players moved the audience not such that they were admitted to a school, or received a complimentary review, but such that the audience feared for their soul. Now that seems to me something to aim for.” PeopleHeartSoulSeemsSchoolUsedActorsActingAudiencePlayerPerformancesAimMovedProfessionGhostUsed To BeReviewsComplimentBuriedStakesCrossroads Author:David Mamet