Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching.
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
The half-baked sermon causes spiritual indigestion
I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.
I used to tell people when I preached at a church, 'If you want a great sermon, be a great audience.'
The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached.
The sermon which I write inquisitive of truth is good a year after, but that which is written because a sermon must be writ is musty the next day.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.
If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him reconsider his call - or maybe he needs to be converted.
The attention of the congregation is a major part of the attention that the pastor gives to his or her utterance. It's very exceptional. I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a good sermon. People who are completely nonreligious know a good sermon when they hear one.
