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“We had pastors testifying in favor of gun control. And they were quoting the Bible, too, for it. And there were no pastors on the other side testifying against gun control... I had to literally open up my Bible and read scripture to these pastors in a hearing in Olympia. A politician had to read scripture to pastors.”

Sides Inspiring Politician Gun Hearing Favors Scripture Insane Insightful Gun Control Pastor Quoting Testifying

Author:Matt Shea

“It's interesting to note that all revolutionary literature was written by pastors. These guys were involved in a revolution against the mightiest power that the world had ever seen.”

World Guy Literature Interesting Written Revolution Involved Notes Revolutionary Pastor Hygiene

Author:Randall Terry

“People need fewer 'ought-to' sermons, and more 'how-to' sermons. The deepest kind of teaching is that which makes a difference in people's day-to-day lives. Jesus spoke to the crowd with an interesting style. When God's Word is taught in an uninteresting way, people don't just think the pastor is boring, they think God is boring!”

“It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.”

People Wisdom Past Spirit Wish Pleasure Blessing Missions Contrary Opening Dependence Pastor Maxims Closing

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

“IN THE WORLD OF advertising, every copywriter knows the power of two magic words: "Free!" and "New!" We see them in the supermarket, in the newspaper, on billboards. And consumers respond. In the church today, we are falling prey to the appeal of "New!" The old truths of the gospel don't seem spectacular enough. We're restless for the latest, greatest, newest teaching or technique. We pastors in particular seem to search for a shortcut or some dynamic new strategy that will fire up our churches.”

Source: Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People

“The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.”

People Shows Christian Past Grows Goal Growing Up Pastor Christian Ministry

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Today, more pastors than ever need profound encouragement and rejuvenation.”

Needs Today Encouragement Profound Pastor Rejuvenation

Author:Will Graham

“When Jesus Christ comes back, it is not the liberal politicians who ought to be trembling, it's the pastors…because so many men have built their 'ministries' on the dry dead bones of unconverted church members.”

Men Past Jesus Christ Church Ought Politician Members Jesus Christ Built Bones Dry Ministry Pastor Trembling Church Members

Author:Paul Washer

“I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.”

Thinking Giving Used Answers Pay Attention Teaching Worst Quiet Quitting Pay Attention Listeners Pastor

Author:Eugene H. Peterson

“The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people follow Jesus. We're called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies.”

People Want Giving Jesus Church Enemy Minutes Calling Forgiving Betray Pastor How To Forgive

Author:Eugene H. Peterson

“I get asked, 'What do you miss most about being a pastor?' I think it's the intimacy, the incredible gift of intimacy. You go through death with somebody, with their families, and there's an intimacy that comes through that that is just incomparable.”

Thinking Missing Incredibles Intimacy Pastor Incomparable

Author:Eugene H. Peterson

“Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read Scripture which is imaginative, interpretive.”

Knows World Way Needs Years Has Beens Scripture Pastor Imaginative

Author:Eugene H. Peterson

“A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.”

Doe Praying Pastor Congregation

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.”

Whole Spiritual Spirituality Generations My Family Grandmother Preacher Pastor My Grandmother Cousin Aunt Whole Family

Author:Ziggy Marley

“God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service. They are the teachers whose names will never be in the newspaper, pastors who will never author a book, managers who will never be profiled in a magazine, artists whose work is buried in layers of collaboration, writers whose sphere of influence is a few dozen people who read their blogs. But they are the army that makes things happen. To them devotion is its own reward. For them influence is a continual act of giving, nothing more complicated than that.”

“There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.”

Heart God Christian Past Sin Christianity Grace Our Past Pastor Your Past Evangelical

Book:Making the Best of a Bad Decision: How to Put Your Regrets behind You, Embrace Grace, and Move toward a Better Future

Source: Making the Best of a Bad Decision: How to Put Your Regrets behind You, Embrace Grace, and Move toward a Better Future

“There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you don't want to become a teacher or pastor or doctor, and don't know what else to do, then you become a lawyer. But I've never regretted it.”

Ifs Knows Want Natural Teacher Doctors Lawyer Gifted Pastor Natural Science Old Saying Never Regret

Author:Bernhard Schlink

“My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor, my mom, she has such great faith.”

Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Professors Pastor Great Faith Seminary

Author:Allyson Felix

“If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be.”

Ifs Way Should Long Christianity Depends Preaching Pastor Long Way

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer

“To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; . . . even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern. . . .”

Source: Jefferson: Political Writings

“My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.”

Made Different Kids Wanted Together Mother Church Special Grandmother Pastor Womb Personal Relationships Mother And Grandmother

Author:Joe Gibbs

“I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.”

Church Breathe Pastor

Author:Mark Batterson

“Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.”

People Desire Christ Crosses Obstacles Driving Remove Pastor

Author:Mark Batterson

“I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.”

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Author:Mark Batterson

“As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.”

People Knows Moments Events Hospitals Funeral Pastor Invited Poignant Visits You

Author:Rob Bell

“First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some racists in the Methodist church. I don't know if there's a body that does not have some racists in it.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Firsts Doe Body Church United Party Yeah Tea Racist Pastor Tea Party Methodists

Author:Emanuel Cleaver

“I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.”

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Author:Adam Hamilton

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