7 Uncommon Quotes on Preaching
Here are seven quotes that help me think about preaching as a pastor. Most of them are uncommon (two are from novels), but they help me and may help you. "It's not me, really," she replied., smiling wide. "It's a feast I just showed up to. I showed up to serve. I didn't make the feast." (245) Jack Zulu and the Girl with the Golden Wings S.D. Smith and J.C. Smith I love this one from a children's novel because it reminds me that I'm serving the people and the text. I didn't make either one. Whatever else you count yourself in the ministry, never lose this fundamental idea of yourself as a messenger. (32) It is good to be a Herschel who describes the sun; but it is better to be a Prometheus who brings the sun's fire to the earth. (35) "The true way to get ride of the boniness of your sermon is not by leaving out the skeleton, but by clothing it with flesh. (134) The Joy of Preaching Phillips Brooks Chauntecleer's crowing had becom...