Quotes about Preachers
Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.
— John Ortberg
On the other hand, no man is saved mechanically or by force, but through faith, freely, by accepting the gift of God. This implies the contrary power of rejecting the gift. To accept is no merit, to reject is ingratitude and guilt. All Calvinistic preachers appeal to man's responsibility. They pray as if everything depended on God; and yet they preach and work as if everything depended on man.
— Philip Schaff
I'm born into a family of preachers. So I want Mr. Trump to remember that many people who voted for him took a long time praying for him. And if he can take some of that divine guidance, that's going to help him out.
— Alveda King
Sometimes I think Jesus can't wait until we preachers finish our boring sermons. He can't wait to heal people.
— Reinhard Bonnke
There's this idea supposedly that we preachers are supposed to walk about with sandals and ride bicycles. That's nonsense.
— Benny Hinn
We have become so accustomed to hearing preachers or expositors, as important as that is, that many in the process have abandoned the grand privilege of personally hearing from God's Word daily.
— Ravi Zacharias
Preachers who pride themselves on never giving a public invitation to be saved, never calling for a response of any kind, reveal not greater fidelity to the gospel but a lack of faith in its power.
— James MacDonald
Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.
— Alistair Begg
The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
— JI Packer