{"quotes":[{"text":"Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["christian","faith","faith","faith","guru","life-lesson","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","practicing","preach","preacher","religilou","religion","religion","sage","sermon","spiritual","spiritual","spirituality","teach","teacher"],"id":6124,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Just like the way you date in relationship and become convinced before you give a partner your heart, you got to date your PASTOR to know he can be your MENTOR before you give him your ears! Test the Spirits...And don't be a religious fanatic!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["boyfriend","church","convinced","courtship","date","fanatic","fanatics","girlfriend","israelmore-ayivor","lovers","make-love","marriage","marry","men-of-god","mentor","pastor","preacher","relationship","religious-fanatic","sheep-on-wolves-cloth","test-the-spirits"],"id":30120,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"The study of Scripture I find to be quite like mastering an instrument. No one is so good that they cannot get any better; no one knows so much that they can know no more. A professional can spot an amateur or a lack of practice or experience a mile away. His technicality, his spiritual ear is razor-sharp. He is familiar with the common mistakes, the counter-arguments; and insofar as this, he can clearly distinguish the difference between honest critics of the Faith and mere fools who criticize that which they know nothing.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["agnosticism","amateur","antitheistic","apologetics","application","argumentation","atheism","bible","counter-argument","criticism","deceit","development","dialect","discernment","fallacies","false-preaching","false-prophet","false-teaching","falsehood","figurative","foolish","immaturity","improvement","instrument","judgment","knowledge","language","learning","lies","lingo","logic","logical-fallacies","mastering","mastering-oneself","mastering-the-mind","maturity","metaphor","mind","music","philosophy","practice","preacher","professional","prophet","religion","scripture","simile","studying","teacher","theism","theology","truth","wisdom"],"id":45066,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"No one could preach if he seriously looked at his own sins.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["preach","preach-what-you-do","preacher","preaching","preaching-gospel","preaching","sin","sinner","sinners","sinners-like-me"],"id":45612,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Forget all the formal decency of tolerance, and simply love your fellow humans. And the Self within you shall attain the highest pedestal of greatness, way higher than all the book-learned preachers in the world.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","compassion","compassionate","humanity","inspirational","inspiring","kindness","love","love-and-kindness","love-thy-neighbor","love-thy-neighbour","motivational","preacher","religion","religious-extremism","religious-fundamentalism","sage","scriptures","service-to-mankind","service-to-others","tolerance","wisdom","wise-sayings","words-of-wisdom"],"id":45940,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"... The preacher speaks both the word of tragedy and the word of comedy because they are both of them the truth and because Jesus speaks them both...","author":"Frederick Buechner","tags":["comedy","jesus","preacher","tragedy"],"id":77593,"author_id":"Frederick+Buechner"},{"text":"Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.","author":"Harper Lee","tags":["church","clergy","impurity","preacher","women"],"id":93017,"author_id":"Harper+Lee"},{"text":"A good coach can be a caring parent, a wise teacher, an exemplary pastor, a passionate friend or a devoted mentor. Keep in touch with all of them especially at the time they are needed.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["advice","coach","coaches","coaching","companion","companionship","counsel","counselors","devote","evangelist","example","exemplary","exemplary-leader","food-for-thought","friends","friendship","good-coach","israelmore-ayivor","need","passion","passionate","pastor","preacher","teacher","touch","wise","wise-teacher"],"id":125222,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Preaching vs Teaching:The difference between preaching and teaching: one makes you feel good, the other makes you grow.","author":"T.F. Hodge","tags":["empowerment","feel","feelings","good","goodness","grow","growth","preacher","preaching","teacher","teaching"],"id":130601,"author_id":"T.F.+Hodge"},{"text":"Sure, sometimes you gotta let things go, but other times you can't till you set things right. And I know darn well it ain't worth arguing with a preacher. The only truths they believe are their own words.","author":"Erin Bowman","tags":["argue","atheism","erin-bowman","kate","preacher","religion","revenge","vengeance-road"],"id":140689,"author_id":"Erin+Bowman"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}