Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.


Adam Hamilton

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We had people preaching to their congregations in churches.
BLAKE ROSS
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, ...
MO IBRAHIM
Anything we are preaching to people is what they become
SUNDAY ADELAJA
One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
MOTHER THERESA
God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long; So instead of getting to heaven...
EMILY DICKINSON
Hear how he clears the points o' Faith Wi' rattling an' thumpin'! Now meekly calm, now wild in...
ROBERT BURNS
I met a preacher there I knew, and said, Ill and overworked, how fare you in this scene? Brave...
MATTHEW ARNOLD
Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themsel...
RICHARD HOOKER
Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God...
GEORGE HERBERT
They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd. His preac...
JOHN DRYDEN
Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
DANTE ("DANTE ALIGHIERI")
The priest he merry is, and blithe Three-quarters of a year, But oh! it cuts him like a scyth...
WILLIAM COWPER
A kick that scarce would move a horse, May kill a sound divine.
WILLIAM COWPER
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry...
WILLIAM COWPER
He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment an...
WILLIAM COWPER
Would I describe a preacher, . . . . I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doct...
WILLIAM COWPER
I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, C...
WILLIAM COWPER
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
WILLIAM COWPER
But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Take time enough: all other graces Will soon fill up their proper places.
JOHN BYROM
And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick.
SAMUEL BUTLER (1)
For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the ear...
ROBERT BROWNING
Do as we say, and not as we do. [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce que nous fa...
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.
RICHARD BAXTER
They tell me that I rub the fur the wrong way. I don't; let the cat turn around.
BILLY SUNDAY
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argume...
HOSEA BALLOU
I'm tempted to marry a hawker, so we could go preaching with no shame.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL
Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through ...
OLIVIA WILDE
It was kind of like we were all preaching to the choir.
JOE BURNS
We are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past.
JOHN RUCYAHANA
Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon...
JOHN E. HINES
Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon...
JOHN HINES
Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, ...
HENRY MARTYN
Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off.
SIR ARNOLD LUNN
I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing t...
KACEY MUSGRAVES
Mental strength comes with practising the own preachings than preaching to others the desired practi...
ANUJ SOMANY
Anybody can reach anywhere from five to 15 million people weekly making a president look like an idi...
CHEVY CHASE
Hopefully, I'm not preaching to an empty room.
DEREK DUNCAN
The preacher must have, "bonds of a servant with the spirit of a king, a king in high, royal, indepe...
E.M. BOUNDS
That's what we've been preaching all year.
TRAVIS PIETRYKOWSKI
Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the peo...
BILLY SUNDAY
The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn't hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is...
BILLY SUNDAY
Through prayers and preaching we gather inspiration that must become ideas
SUNDAY ADELAJA
Instead of preaching the importance of happiness, be happy and people will follow your example.
PAOLO COELHO
If we keep preaching the messages that people can get something from nothing, people begin to look f...
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Cartooning is preaching. And I think we have a right to do some preaching. I hate shallow humor. I h...
CHARLES M. SCHULZ
Religion isn't the problem, it's the monster preaching it.
JAMES BEN TALBOT
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.
ROY L. SMITH
We like the idea of home devotions. They will be more teaching than preaching.
CURT HOOVER
We have been able to put pressure on people, and we've never been able to come through with that big...
KAREN JOHNS
Smartass Disciple: Three years! I've listened you preaching just for this silly truth?
Master o...
TOBA BETA
When we overemphasise miracles, we think we are preaching but we are emphasizing on the wrong thing.
SUNDAY ADELAJA
Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do.
CURTIS MAYFIELD
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
I'm always preaching to the guys to play bigger than they are.
JEFF CAVALLO
The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delica...
EDWARD MCKENDREE BOUNDS
Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
JOE FRAZIER
When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is...
BILLY PORTER
His preaching is birthed out of love for people, and his love for God surpasses his love for people.
MARCUS JOHNSON
Christ was crucified for preaching without a police permit
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
These are young and impressionable people. Sometimes preaching tough love is the only way. But the m...
FRANK BAILEY
The churches are preaching miracles and not gospel of the kingdom.
SUNDAY ADELAJA
People who sow seeds of discord by preaching tribalism, racism and religious misunderstanding should...
JAKAYA KIKWETE
The business of preaching is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
UNKNOWN
I was preaching to the people at the Superdome because they were only looking after themselves, not ...
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and ...
BRANDON MARSHALL
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
PROVERB
She came preaching universal holiness in a universally unholy time.
DAVID SCOTT
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smi...
ROY L. SMITH
In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
POWELL CLAYTON
A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth...
MARTIN LUTHER
He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain
JOHN RAY
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder pe...
JONATHAN SWIFT
To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Only the sinner has a right to preach
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but '...
BILLY GRAHAM
To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes ...
MARTIN LUTHER
In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
ADAM POWELL
In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn...
MICHAEL SCOTT
I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.
PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM
This reflects the very low state of doctrinal preaching in our churches.
AL MOHLER
The idea is you're not preaching about diversity. You're just being diverse.
MITCHELL KRIEGMAN
We need to figure out how to grow the sport outside of enthusiast. So we are no longer just preachin...
BOB COLAROSSI
With the Internet and other means, we can still hear from him wherever he is preaching. I don't thin...
ANJEM CHOUDARY
It's really (conservative students) who need to see what gay soldiers look like. We want to avoid pr...
JARROD CHLAPOWSKI
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
MAHATMA GANDHI
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
KNUTE ROCKNE
We've been working on getting balanced scoring. We've been preaching it.
JEFF ARNTSON
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, bu...
BETTY WHITE
“Lead through examples is the only way to influence society. You cannot create an impact by preach...
DR. SHAILESH THAKER
They've come around and that's what we've been teaching and preaching ? playing together and doing t...
DWIGHT TAYLOR
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse...
DAN SAVAGE
This was as good of a pitching outing by three people that I could hope for. We had the Great White ...
DAVE ORZEL
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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I have a unique workout schedule. I concentrate on balancing with my core and my legs. Then, like an...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometim...
BETHANY HAMILTON
I don't know how long I'll be competing, but I'll always be surfing. I'll be surfing...
BETHANY HAMILTON
We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wou...
BETHANY HAMILTON
I don't care to be famous. But at the same time, you look at all the role models these little gi...
BETHANY HAMILTON
God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own,...
BETHANY HAMILTON
One arm might handicap me a little in competition, but I just work with what changes I know I have t...
BETHANY HAMILTON
God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just m...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it's fairly abno...
BETHANY HAMILTON
I'm a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became C...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have en...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging thing...
BETHANY HAMILTON
To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's s...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love, and it's a part of me.
BETHANY HAMILTON
I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfin...
BETHANY HAMILTON
When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a strongho...
BETHANY HAMILTON
I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I don't think I...
BETHANY HAMILTON
Being out there in the ocean, God's creation, it's like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
BETHANY HAMILTON
Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!
BETHANY HAMILTON
Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!
BETHANY HAMILTON
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may ha...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They ...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.
NIGEL HAMILTON
I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy year...
NIGEL HAMILTON
I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else ca...
NIGEL HAMILTON
Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our s...
NIGEL HAMILTON
Both JFK and George W. Bush were the sons of wealthy U.S. ambassadors and thus privileged to meet di...
NIGEL HAMILTON
I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the ...
NIGEL HAMILTON
I was an 18-year-old kid, and I was in the heart of things in Washington. My interest in American po...
NIGEL HAMILTON
I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Ceza...
NIGEL HAMILTON
To be sure, administrations since Ronald Reagan had gone out of their way to massage and 'spin&#...
NIGEL HAMILTON
Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focu...
NIGEL HAMILTON
President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval g...
NIGEL HAMILTON
In daring to re-tell the stories of the last twelve American presidents, both public and private, I ...
NIGEL HAMILTON