Preach Magazine ISSUE 8 - Preaching and comedy | Page 58

58 SERIAL So they say PREACHERS ON PREACHING Preach like you know they almost didn’t come. Fred Craddock Stories are verbal acts of hospitality. Eugene H Peterson To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers. George Whitefield If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. GK Chesterton We don’t have to make the bible relevant – it is – but we have to show its relevance. What is irrelevant, in my opinion, is our style of communicating it. We are tending to still use the style from 50 years back that doesn’t match who we are trying to reach today. Rick Warren To be effective the preacher’s message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God’s present voice to a particular people. AW Tozer Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment. Calvin Miller It is a poor sermon that gives no offense, that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. George Whitefield To speak the gospel skilfully without attempting to perform the gospel is a false proclamation of the gospel. William Willimon Jo i n u s f o r o u r f an t ast ic Ar tS e r ve Fe s t i va l weeken d Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd October 2016, at High Leigh in Hertfordshire where we will be exploring: ‘The Rhythm of Life’ Sound and stillness, movement and meaning on the journey into God. Weekend leader: Phillip Roderick And an evening with Dave Bilbrough For full details or to book, go to www.artserve.org.uk, or call 07779 503193 to request a brochure