Our preaching, and other quotes

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“Church, you don’t need to fit in when God has ordained you to stand out.” -- Damien Reese

“Our preaching is not the reason the word works. The word is the reason our preaching works.” -- H. B. Charles, Jr.

“Swelling is not the same as growing.” -- Damien Reese

“Men fall in private long before they fall in public.” -- J. C. Ryle

“Church has become a seating station instead of a sending station.” John Wyatt

“Be careful who you vent to ... a listening ear can also be a running mouth!” -- Unknown

“Those that spare not the flock and lead disciples away can only succeed in a climate of Scriptural ignorance.” -- Benjamin Mabee

“Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.” -- Country proverb, (used in the book Plots and Pans, by Kelly Eileen Hake, but probably not original to her)

“What was fundamental for the early church has become supplemental for the modern church” -- Joby Martin

“Look back thankfully and look ahead faithfully.” -- Larry Wade, Jr.

“Something happens through preaching that cannot occur in any other communication context. God is committed to preaching, by which he speaks through the proclamation and explanation of his word.” -- David Jackman

“Why are you mad that you got up on the wrong side of the bed, when you ought to be glad that you got up on any side of it?” -- John Wyatt

“May your words be so seasoned with Scripture that when people argue, they argue with Scripture and not you.” -- Dustin Benge