"The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake." ~Charles Spurgeon
"Preach as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men." ~Richard Baxter
"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. God does nothing but in answer to prayer." ~John Wesley
"If we preach the whole counsel of God, we shall be accused of extremism, not only by the world but also by a professing church that cannot endure sound doctrine." ~Vance Havner
"Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it." ~Matthew Henry
"A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over." ~Charles Spurgeon
"There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not fonud in the audience." ~Charles Finney
"It were better for him to break his neck going up into the pulpit, if he does not take pains to be the first to follow God." ~John Calvin
"If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew." ~Billy Graham
"Every time we look upon our congregations, let us believingly remember that they are the purchase of Christ's blood, and therefore should be regarded by us with the deepest interest and the most tender affection." ~Richard Baxter
"Many have the flower of utterance that have not the root of knowledge, and their converse is barren. Many have the treasure of knowledge, and want utterance to employ it for the good of others, and then it is in a manner wrapped up in a napkin. But, where God gives both, A man is qualified for eminent usefullness." ~Matthew Henry
"A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer..." ~Richard Baxter
"The task of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." ~Vance Havner
"A crucified style best suits the preachers of a crucifed Christ." ~John Flavel
"A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul." ~John Owen
"It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spiritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages."
~Walter Chantry
"A sermon that has more head infused into it than heart will not come home with efficacy to the hearers." ~Richard Cecil
"Much of modern preaching is anaemic, with the life-blood of God's nature absent from message. Evangelists center the message upon man...Christ's Gospel sends men to beg pardon of the Holy One." ~Walter Chantry
"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." ~Charles Spurgeon
"The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person." ~Halford E. Luccock
"It must be serious Preaching, which must make Men serious in hearing and obeying it." ~Richard Baxter
"An old minister explained the blurs on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon." ~Vance Havner
"To love to preach is one thing - to love those to whom we preach, quite another." ~ Richard Cecil
"...preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others..."~Richard Baxter
"How few ministers do preach with all their might, or speak about everlasting joys and everlasting torments in such a manner as may make men believe that they are in good earnest!...Alas! We speak so drowsily and so softly, that sleepy sinners cannot hear. The blow falls so light that hard-hearted sinners cannot feel." ~Richard Baxter
"The kind of sermon which is likely to break the hearer's heart is that which first has broken the preacher's heart, and the sermon which is likely to reach the heart of the hearer is the one which has come straight from the heart of the preacher." ~Charles Spurgeon
