Quotes about Pulpit
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shopwindow to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Far better for a man that he had never been born than that he should degrade a pulpit into a show box to exhibit himself in.
— Charles Spurgeon
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
— JC Ryle
The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor.
— Eugene Peterson
The best way to revive a church is to build a fire in the pulpit.
— DL Moody
A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?'
— Vance Havner
The moment the church of God shall despise the pulpit, God will despise her.
— Charles Spurgeon
The pulpit is not a place to settle scores, it's a place to preach the word of God.
— Greg Laurie
Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain the pulpits.
— Maya Angelou
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
— John Knox
Truth loves the light and is most beautiful when it is most naked. If you would not teach men, why are you in the pulpit? If you would teach men, why do you not speak so as to be understood?
— Richard Baxter
For many churches, as they seek to create comfortable environments in the form of worship services or small groups, have lost their ability to challenge people in meaningful ways. Challenge may be given from the pulpit or stage on Sunday mornings, but challenge is always given best in the context of personal relationships. We
— Mike Breen