Preach Magazine Issue 5 - Preaching to the unconverted | Page 58

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PREACHERS ON PREACHING

Effective preaching starts with
loving the people we’re preaching to.
Adam Hamilton
To be biblically balanced is to let
our theology and preaching be
proportioned by the Bible’s radically
disproportionate focus on God’s saving
love for sinners seen and accomplished
in the crucified and risen Christ.
Tullian Tchividjian
Preaching is effective as long as
the preacher expects something to
happen – not because of the sermon,
not even because of the preacher, but
because of God.
John Hines

A “real pastor” is not preaching
of their own; they are speaking what
God put in their heart by the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is using them
at that very moment to speak to the
congregation’s situations – past,
present, and future.
Monica Johnson
Preaching on Sunday mornings
is such a simple thing, and by
complicating it, I think we all
do ourselves and the audience a
disservice. It is very simple. Here is
the model: make people feel like they
need an answer to a question.
Andy Stanley

It is no use walking anywhere
to preach unless our walking is
our preaching.
St Francis of Assisi
A man who first tried to guess
“what the public wants,” and then
preached that as Christianity
because the public wants it, would
be a pretty mixture of fool and
knave.
CS Lewis
Preach as if Jesus was
crucified yesterday, rose from
the dead today, and is returning
tomorrow.
Martin Luther

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