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Why Go to Church?

A churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.

"I've gone for 30 ...


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Seeing Yourself in a Sermon

Following the Sunday morning service, the pastor stood at the back of the church, shaking hands with the worshipers as they left. As one man shook hands, ...


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A Sermon Needs a Theme

No sermon is ready for preaching until we can express its theme in a short, pregnant sentence. I find getting that sentence the hardest, the most exacting, ...


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Principles of Preaching

It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, ...


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Preaching Is Undemocratic

Preaching is the most undemocratic of routines in a free society. Week in, week out, people come and listen for a half-hour at a time to someone like ...


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The Test of a Preacher

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."


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Seeing a Sermon

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.


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Sermons Should Be Wept Over

A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over.


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The World Needs Messages

The world does not need sermons; it needs a message. You can go to seminary and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to go to God to get messages. ...


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Preach with Conviction

I think it was Goethe who said, after hearing a young minister, "When I go to hear a preacher preach, I may not agree with what he says, but I want ...


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