The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
Vastly more important than all questions with regard to methods of preaching is the root question as to what it is that shall be preached.
Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the teaching to be absorbed more thoroughly.
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.
And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.
I thought maybe, just by never preaching, never doing any of that stuff because it doesn't work. By just maybe the power of example and some laughs, maybe somebody might go take a walk.
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.
Preaching is God's great institution for the planting and maturing of spiritual life. When properly executed, its benefits are untold; when wrongly executed, no evil can exceed its damaging results.