“Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.” PeopleLooksMatterCenturyListeningNo Matter WhatTiredSermons Book:The Doomsday Book Source: The Doomsday Book
“A sermon is a valuable thing now and so impressive when you do hear a good one - and there is a lot of failure in the attempt; it's a difficult form - is because it's so seldom true now that you hear people speak under circumstances where they assume they are obliged to speak seriously and in good faith, and the people who hear them are assumed to be listening seriously and in good faith.” PeopleFormSpeakDifficultListeningCircumstancesAssumingValuableSermonsImpressiveObligedGood FaithValuable Things Author:Marilynne Robinson
“Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming contradictions, redaction and myths passed off as verifiable history.” ChristianChurchMillionsListeningMythContradictionCreedsSermonsSeemingAttendingRecitingAttending Church Author:A. N. Wilson
“As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses and ancient subjects he chose represented virtues which were meant to inspire people. Then he went through a dark phase when he was listening to the sermons of Savonarola, who preached against the worldly pleasures of the Renaissance. But Botticelli's works live on, inspiring people to this day. Five hundred years after his death, he still has thousands of fans!” PeopleKnowsMenYearsStillsArtistDarkPleasureVirtueFiveFansSubjectsInspireHe ManListeningBirthHundredAncientThis DayGoddessPhasesWorldlySermonsRenaissanceVenusWorldly PleasuresBotticelli Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“Personally, I think that my father's ministry does have some effect on one. I perhaps thought I wasn't listening that well, but I could almost recite his sermons. He had the old-fashioned preaching style of chanting. He would explain a point and then there would be this pitch to excite the audience because people would eventually shout and respond to what he was saying.” PeopleThinkingWellsDoeWould BeFatherAudienceEffectsStyleListeningMinistryPreachingOld FashionedSermonsChanting Author:David C. Driskell