The sermon you enjoy most is not likely to be the one that will do you the most good

The best sermon is that preached in such human understanding that a hearer can say: "It was preached for me as though I had been alone

I can not understand why ministers presume to deliver sermons every week at appointed hours because it is humanly impossible for inspirations to come with clock-like regularity

That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible