{"quotes":[{"text":"Here is where most preachers make their mistake. They are afraid that by preaching the gospel to clearly, it will be their fault if people ask them to send. They imagine that the gospel is food for the Carnel-minded. True enough, too many of the gospel does not become the smell of death and death but that is not the fault of the Gospel. That happens only because men do not except-do not believe-the Gospel. Faith is not merely thinking, 'I believe.' Your whole heart must be seized by the gospel and come to rest in it. When that happens, you were transformed cannot help but love and serve God.","author":"C.F.W. Walther","tags":["faith","gospel","law","lutheranism","preachers","preaching"],"id":6902,"author_id":"C.F.W.+Walther"},{"text":"While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["be-kind","building-people-up","commandments","communicate","conflict","dogma","end-it-with-talking","facebook","forgive","god","gospel","hidden-agendas","insecure","jilted","love-everyone","low-self-esteem","making-a-point","mental-illness","move-on","neighbors","novels","obviousness","out-there","over-the-top","piety","pious","practice-what-you-preach","preaching","privacy","problems","reach-out","relationships","relentless","religion","religions","ridiculous","rules","self-righteousness","silly","slighted","talk","tearing-people-down","upfront","worthless"],"id":7615,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"No language about God will ever be fully adequate to the burning mystery which it signifies.","author":"Elizabeth Johnston","tags":["discipleship","exposition","preaching","theology"],"id":23430,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Johnston"},{"text":"Ye know, doan't ye, what it feels like when ye burn yer hand in takin' a cake out of the oven or wi'a match when ye're lightin' one of they godless cigarettes? Ay. It stings wi' a fearful pain, doan't it? And ye run away to clap a bit o' butter on it to take the pain away. Ah, but' (an impressive pause) 'there'll be no butter in hell!","author":"Stella Gibbons","tags":["butter","hell","humor","parody","preaching","religion"],"id":26088,"author_id":"Stella+Gibbons"},{"text":"You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.","author":"Ashly Lorenzana","tags":["belief","convince","faith","honesty","people","persuading","preaching","religion","sharing","spirituality","thought","truth"],"id":28215,"author_id":"Ashly+Lorenzana"},{"text":"Preach [and live] as if Jesus was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is returning tomorrow.","author":"Martin Luther","tags":["jesus","life","perspective","preaching"],"id":36516,"author_id":"Martin+Luther"},{"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":"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":"A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be a pretty mixture of fool and knave.","author":"C.S. Lewis","tags":["christianity","preaching"],"id":53930,"author_id":"C.S.+Lewis"},{"text":"Smartass Disciple: Master, you keep preaching the truth. They don't listen.Master of Stupidity: Oh that's not bad. That attitude keeps us in the business.","author":"Toba Beta","tags":["business","preaching","truth"],"id":60270,"author_id":"Toba+Beta"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":125,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}