The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.
So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing.
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.
As a Priest got a calling to preach, you also got a calling to do whatever you do, so do it with passion and only God can stop your calling.
Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days.
When a poor soul is somewhat awakened by the terrors of the Lord, then the poor creature, being born under the covenant of works, flies directly to a covenant of works again. And as Adam and Eve hid themselves… and sewed fig leaves… so the poor s...
What is clear is that Scripture requires both head and heart, and you need to see it not just as a text but as the very words of God. This will encourage you to pay close attention to the very words he uses, but it will also compel you to feast on th...
But in their turn, before the hour comes, let them listen also to what the Apostle says to them: ‘You were once darkness, and now youa re light in the Lord’ (Eph 5:8). Let them awaken according to the admonition of our Psalm. Already the mountain...
You're Professor Mills? The new one who teaches history?" As opposed to the old Professor Mills who preached overthrow of the government?
We are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past.
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.
I've been through hell in this life, yet risen up and survived. I felt pity after heard that boy's preaching about motivation.
All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe.
God doesn’t care how well you can preach about forgiveness… what He looks at is your behavior when presented the opportunity to practice it.
The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.
Practice what you preach. Don't be a staggering image of the same shame you place upon others. Live, love, be free. Most of all be real.
Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.
If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
