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John Murray on Preaching

“Preaching without passion is not preaching at all.”

Steven Lawson on Pleasing God

“If you please God, it does not matter whom you displease. And if you displease Him, it does not matter whom you please.”

Martin Luther on the Urgency of Preaching

“I preach as though Christ were crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is coming back to earth again tomorrow!”

Charles Spurgeon on Preaching the Cross

“Whatever the passage, I take my text and make a beeline to the cross.”

A Monopoly on Dwight L. Moody

In the nineteenth century, a group of pastors were organizing a citywide evangelistic campaign. As they discussed who they should invite to preach, the name of the noted evangelist D.…

Who Does God Want to Save?

1 Timothy 2:4 says, “God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” This verse doesn’t require much interpretation; it just states a simple fact. However, if…