Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.
Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily newsects and last of all, which of all other I should never have forseen or once suspected, he hath raised up a sect such as teach. . . . that men should not be terrified by the Law, but gently exhorted by the preaching of the grace of Christ.
The audience usually has to be with you, I'm afraid. I always regarded myself as not even preaching to the converted, I was titillating the converted.
The lilies say: Behold how we Preach without words of purity.
I see the necessity of preaching a full and present salvation from all sin.
One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.
Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.
The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity.
Preaching is truth set on fire.
I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth. Much remains to be done, particularly on the level of preaching and catechesis in parishes and schools, if the new evangelization is to bear fruit for the renewal of ecclesial life in America.
Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.