A preacher's life should be a commentary of his doctrine; his practice should be a counterpart of his sermons. Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life. [Thomas Brooks]
We preach to people who must live forever in Heaven or Hell; with God or devils; in an eternity of joy or of torment.
[Thomas Doolittle]
An over-attachment to human learning has been the very bane of vital, spiritual, experimental godliness. [John Newton]
The chief means for attaining wisdom and suitable gifts and graces for the Christian ministry, are the Holy Scriptures and prayer. [John Newton]
A faithful preacher is a rare creature. And, like a diamond, as precious as he is rare. [Charles Spurgeon]
A word to a minister, is worth a word to three or four thousand souls sometimes. [M. Cheyne]
There is not a sermon which is heard but it sets us nearer to Heaven or Hell. [John Preston, puritan]
The preaching of the Word is that lattice where Jesus looks forth and shows Himself to His saints. [Thomas Watson]
Preaching is that ordinance of God, sanctified for the begetting of faith, for the opening of the understanding, and for the drawing of the will and affections to Christ. [Richard Sibbes]
Sound doctrine and holy living are the marks of true pastors. [J.C. Ryle]
The lives of ministers oftentimes convince more strongly than their words. Their tongues may persuade but their lives command. [Thomas Brooks]
A man ought to preach only that which he has learned from God, in the secret exercise of prayer, and in meditation on the Scriptures. [Quesnel, 1634-1719]
Much reading and thinking may make a popular minister. But it takes much secret prayer to make a powerful preacher. [John Berridge]
Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing. [J.H. Jowett]
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