Edward Everett Hale Quotes

I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.

I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done in Jesus, and to offer in God's name whatever I can discern of God's perspective on the world around - something which involves both challenge and comfort.

Preachers are not called to be politicians but soul winners.

My job is to let everybody know what I stand for and to let my light shine. I want to show others the way I live so that hopefully they follow. I can also tell about my experiences as a Christian so that I may help bring others to Christ.

The kids look at me, 'Ah, you're my hero.' I want to teach those kids. 'Hey listen, God is my hero. He died on the cross for my sins, and He's the one. That's how I wanna live - like Him - and I want you guys to do the same thing.

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

I don't like to consider myself a normal preacher. When you look at religious people, they're the ones who hung Christ from the cross. I look at myself as a man carrying a message of hope.

If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell.

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty.

God empowered him; and my father, when he stood to preach, he wasn't preaching his message, he was preaching God's message.

All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

The Bible is very resonant. It has everything: creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the Bible, and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan.

But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.

If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.

I'm not only a Christian, but I'm a pastor of a church.

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

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.

I trust God speaks through me. Without that I could not do my job.