TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance.
TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance.
Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.
Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.
St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church.
I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.
I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable.
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
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