Quotes about Preacher
I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.
— Max Lucado
A graceless, inexperienced preacher is one of the most unhappy creatures upon earth: and yet he is ordinarily very insensible of his unhappiness; for he has so many counters that seem like the gold of saving grace, and so many splendid stones that resemble Christian jewels, that he is seldom troubled with the thoughts of his poverty; but (Rev3:15) thinks he is "rich, and increased in goods, and stands in need of nothing, when he is poor, and miserable, and blind, and naked." He
— Richard Baxter
My grandpa was a preacher.
— Dolly Parton
As a preacher who is fully human, and clearly not divine, I can't speak as Jesus did. But I do seek to speak truth that carries weight and authority. All of us who preach the gospel aspire to speak under the authority of Jesus.
— John Ortberg
The Saviour of the world a carpenter! the greatest preacher of the gospel a tent-maker!
— Philip Schaff
Octavius Winslow was a prominent evangelical preacher in the 1800s. He said of the Holy Spirit, "It is his aim . . . to increase our happiness by making us more holy."[717]
— Randy Alcorn
George MacDonald, the nineteenth-century British preacher and author, said, "It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.
— Darlene Zschech
Good," Pop slapped his thighs and pushed to his feet. "Number one job of a preacher. Know the Word. Live it, pray it, sing it.
— Rachel Hauck
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.
— Martin Luther
Were I a preacher, I should preach above all other things, the practice of the Presence of God.... Those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward, even in sleep.
— Brother Lawrence
The friendly preacher who fails to warn of the reality of Hell, betrays the Son of God with a kiss.
— Ray Comfort
The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.
— Alistair Begg