Preach the Gospel, and other preaching quotes

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“Preach not so that you will be remembered, but so that Jesus will never be forgotten.” -- Unknown

“A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun.” -- William Gurnall

“The task of the preacher is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” -- Vance Havner

“As you go forth to preach, come to each service as though it were the first, as though it could be the best, as though it might be the last.” -- Vance Havner

“To love to preach is one thing, to love those to whom we preach quite another.” -- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

 “A sermon is not made with an eye upon the sermon, but with both eyes upon the people and all the heart upon God.” -- John Owen

 “A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others, which preacheth itself in his own soul.” -- John Owen

“Never was man blamed in heaven for preaching Christ too much.” -- Charles H. Spurgeon

“A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem is how to toughen his hide without hardening his heart.” -- Curtis C. Thomas

“The minister speaks in the name of God, and as to the things of God, has no wish to know anything, except what he has learned from God himself.” -- Alexander Vinet

“To give knowledge, to produce faith, is the two-fold task of the preacher in every sermon.” -- Alexander Vinet

“We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts.” -- George Whitefield

“Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.” –--Alexander Whyte

“Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.” -- Nikolaus von Zinzendorf

“It is well that God can speak through an ass, else He would have little use for many preachers.”