A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and they start writing too late. Others don't like doing research, so they move way too fast to the writing part.
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
Biblical movies need not sermonize, just be honest to the foundational story. As powerful as the message is for people of faith, it's really great storytelling.
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.