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If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. Gilbert K. Chesterton
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another… But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth. Anne Hutchinson
Creating unity and compassion and understanding of each of our brothers and sisters is so powerful. We have to preach that to the ones that don’t want to listen and understand. Bubba Wallace
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. Roy L. Smith
The thing I try to preach the most when anybody asks me for advice – I say just be a good person first and foremost. Johnny Gargano
I’ve always felt like there are certain politicians that wear their religion on their sleeve in a way that you almost feel is disingenuous. I think that your faith has to be first personal. I struggle with those people that preach something and go back behind closed doors and live differently. Nikki Haley
He preaches well that lives well. Miguel de Cervantes
Identity politics preaches a splintering of one large, collaborative group into competing vindictive ones – resulting in new, angry tribes whose central thesis is to not cooperate. Greg Gutfeld
The Colin Kaepernick Kneeling Trojan Horse has turned sports into the victimhood Olympics, the most powerful venue in popular culture to preach critical race excuse-making. Jason Whitlock
If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word. Charles R. Swindoll
Noah walked with God; he didn’t only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn’t melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation. Charles Studd
There are a lot of well meaning white liberals. And a lot of well meaning black liberals. But you know what? When all they do is sit around and preach to the choir it does absolutely no good. If you’re not a racist it doesn’t do any good for me to meet with you and sit around and talk about how bad racism is. Daryl Davis
Did they preach one thing and practice another, these men of God? Roald Dahl
One thing I’ve learned to do with my age, I really don’t look ahead. For years, I’ve been preaching the precious present and having to always subscribe to it. Rick Pitino
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men? Dorothy Thompson
I think that kids who are at smaller schools or don’t have offers from big schools can look at my story and continue to work hard. I preach to them that it doesn’t matter where you come from: it matters how you play and how you apply yourself. Josh Allen
When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an’ I always preaches from this one. My text is, ‘When I found Jesus.’ Sojourner Truth
I have spent over 50 years preaching and teaching the values of peace, mutual respect and altruism. Fethullah Gulen
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. Martin Luther
I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. Richard Baxter
To preach is very boring, and nobody wants free advice. But if it’s entertainment, then this changes. If you explain something to a kid through an interesting story, he’ll be hooked. Rajkumar Hirani
It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn’t have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact. Elie Wiesel
I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy. Annie Besant
Al Gore, you’ve been a real inspiration. But a lot of other people who preach the global warming gospel aren’t out to save the world. They’re out to run it. Jesse Ventura
Reagan’s enduring value as a conservative icon stems from his resolute preaching of the conservative gospel, in words that still warm the hearts of the most zealous conservatives. Yet Reagan’s value as a conservative model must begin with recognition of his flexibility in the pursuit of his conservative goals. H. W. Brands
Let me just tell you this, my aim in life is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, that’s all I care about. Benny Hinn
You know, the one thing that expository preaching does that is apart from the congregation is it sanctifies the pastor. John MacArthur
O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you. George Whitefield
I’m a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That’s my business. That’s not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else. Howard Dean
The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan’s prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth. William Gurnall
If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling… How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do? Josephine Baker
We cannot both preach and administer financial matters. Saint Stephen
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. Theodore Roosevelt
I don’t want to make that sound like I’m preaching from a mountain top when I say you have to give your family everything, because I know it’s hard for people. I’m lucky to be in a position where you can establish those ground rules and make it that way. Tim McGraw
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality. Oswald Chambers
Live your own life; practice what you preach. The Ultimate Warrior
A ‘real pastor’ is not preaching of their own; they are speaking what God put in their heart by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is using them at that very moment to speak to the congregations situations -past, present, and future. Monica Johnson
How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The word of God is complete, and those who don’t preach the word in its fullness are false teachers. Monica Johnson
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. Edmund Burke
But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything – your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls. Bill Murray
So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing. Alan Watts
My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people. Ron White
If you’re going to preach dedication, work ethic, teamwork, unselfishness, and being part of a team to accomplish a common goal, you have to live it – you can’t just talk about it. Chris Mullin
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. Abraham Lincoln
Good poets have written in order to describe something or to preach something – with their eye on the object or the end. The essence of the poetry does not lie in the thing described or in the message imparted but in the resulting concrete unity, the poem. Louis MacNeice
Why do you not practice what you preach. St. Jerome
Sometimes I worry that science communication is just preaching to the choir, speaking to the converted. Social media gives us an amazing opportunity to reach new people. Elise Andrew
When it comes to my salvation, all I need is Jesus; after my salvation, everything is Jesus plus the church… When people preach that all you need is Jesus, they cut you and I off from one of the greatest sources of healing, which is the body of Christ. Don’t go it alone – you won’t make it. Josh McDowell
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. Unknown
The most effective way to preach the gospel is through example. If we live according to our beliefs, people will notice. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. Mark Twain
The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we have to do is just get people to do a little more what they know, to practice a little more of what they preach. James Meredith
The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or turn them into hero, and both of those things suck, because most people are neither in real life. Mike Rowe
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. Francis of Assisi
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Preaching don’t mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do. Joe Frazier
God empowered him; and my father, when he stood to preach, he wasn’t preaching his message, he was preaching God’s message. Franklin Graham
I do practice what I preach when it comes to nutrition. Mehmet Oz
I will preach with my brush. Henry Ossawa Tanner
But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? William Booth
I’m an atheist, but I’m very relaxed about it. I don’t preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Daniel Radcliffe
I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do. John Piper
I don’t feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience’s ability to feel me. Erykah Badu
The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity. Carl Jung
Only the sinner has the right to preach. Christopher Morley
Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it. Julian Edelman
I have no message of hate. I do not attack any religion. I just preach Jesus. Reinhard Bonnke
It’s truly a new day ever since we graced the WWE Universe with our presence. Every time we come out there, you see us being funny, having fun, entertaining people and, of course, preaching the power of positivity. That’s what New Day is all about. Kofi Kingston
The fantasy world of Movement Conservatives is no longer fringe talk. The leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination embrace it. They are playing to a chorus of true believers, and they are preaching what that choir wants to hear. They are following the same pattern Eric Hoffer identified as the path to authoritarianism. Heather Cox Richardson
Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I’m seemingly O.K. with it, I can’t preach how to be O.K. with it. I don’t think I still am O.K. with it. There’s days when I’m not. Peter Dinklage
If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach. Caitlyn Jenner
I am a minister and I preach forgiveness all time. Ted DiBiase Sr.
I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach. Charles Spurgeon
I’ve been a vegan and a vegetarian for 15 years and I’ve always just quietly kept and values and my beliefs to myself. I didn’t want to preach or be outspoken about all these things. Oliver Sykes
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. John Hines
Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level. Alexander Haig
I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out. Charles R. Swindoll
Me and Dave Chappelle were at Charlie Murphy’s funeral. I got up there and I got to preaching, and I took over the church. Eddie Griffin
Films which often preach Hindu-Muslim unity have deliberately steered clear of Hindu-Muslim love stories. Ravish Kumar
Remember, science fiction’s always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It’s easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we’re preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that’s worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true. Steven Spielberg
The kids from the streets don’t want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don’t care if it’s ugly; they just want reality. Eazy-E
I’m a big believer in,’If anyone can understand my politics, I’ve failed.’ If you can get a sense of which side of the fence I’m on, then I’m not doing a service. I’m preaching, and that’s not my job. Taylor Sheridan
Christ didn’t choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers – that is, he chose the proletariat of the times. Fidel Castro
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible – that is just cheating. It’s cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn’t how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that. Andy Stanley
I’m all about preaching forgiveness and compassion. Montaigne
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace. Pope Francis
My evidence that I am saved does not lie in the fact that I preach, or that I do this or that. All my hope lies in this: that Jesus Christ came to save sinners. I am a sinner, I trust Him, then He came to save me, and I am saved. Charles Spurgeon
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you. Martin Luther
Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ’s vineyard. Pope John Paul II
Don’t assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don’t use the word ‘fat.’ There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things – especially in preaching – that don’t necessarily go together. John Piper
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith
The highest service that men may attain to on earth is to preach the word of God. This service falls peculiarly to priests, and therefore, God more directly demands it of them. John Wycliffe
It may be shocking to some people in this country to realize that, without meaning to do so, they hold views in common with Hitler when they preach discrimination against other religious, racial or economic groups. Henry A. Wallace
I’m a private guy, and you don’t want to be out there preaching to people. But faith leads you in the decisions you make. You don’t always pick the right path, but it’s there in your conscience. Tim McGraw
I’m the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I’m not doing a dance for you on another song. It’s all a direct assault. Fred Durst
When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it’s more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don’t practice or preach it, however. Uma Thurman
A man can preach no better than he prays. Charles Stanley