Sermons – Quotes

Zen Buddhism does not

Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing. Eugen Herrigel

The ‘success’ of the

The ‘success’ of the sermon is utterly dependent on the God who breaks through and ‘grasps’ us, or we cannot be ‘grasped. Eric Metaxas

The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a church; freedom must be won under the compulsion of a necessity. Freedom for the church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great many new … Read more

The minister today preached

The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly – and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn’t think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow. Emily Dickinson

the wrongs of society

the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons, or the facts of science. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I often saw weary

I often saw weary little women coming to the table after most exhausting labors, and large, bumptious husbands spreading out their hands and thanking the Lord for the meals that the dear women had prepared, as if the whole came down like manna from heaven. So I preached a sermon in the blessing I gave. … Read more

Preachers are not sermon

Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint. It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in … Read more

Preaching is not the

Preaching is not the performance of an hour. It is the outflow of a life. It takes twenty years to make a sermon because it takes twenty years to make the man. The true sermon is a thing of life. The sermon grows because the man grows. Edward McKendree Bounds

I\\’d rather see a

I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day Edgar Guest

I\\’d rather see a

I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. Edgar Guest