The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching Quotes

“De Quincey compared the two arts of rhetoric, logos and pathos, to rudder and sail. The first guides discourse and the second powers it (Thonssen and Baird, 1948, p. 358). Even”
― Haddon Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“Your goal is to wash the minds of your people in the Word so that Christ is formed in them. That’s biblical preaching.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“True, if you preach nonexpository sermons, it may seem easier to preach dramatically because you don’t have to bother with the text. You can take your own stories and fashion them and handle the text any way you want that has dramatic flare. The problem with that is if we take seriously our calling as preachers, we haven’t been called to entertain people, we haven’t been called to tickle their ears or to get them to say, “Wasn’t that a magnificent sermon! Wasn’t that dramatic!” We are called to proclaim the Word of God.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“Holiness without love is not God’s kind of holiness. And love without holiness is not God’s kind of love. Our prophetic priestly function of speaking to God’s people requires us to identify with the people, to have a passion for their salvation, and to have a compassion that will cause us even to suffer for their sake.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“Every preacher needs to keep in mind three great axioms: 1. Don’t ever dare to stand in front of a group of people with a Bible in your hand and not expect change. We must have a holy confidence—confidence in God and his Word, confidence that God is going to change lives whenever we speak from his book. 2. Remember that the goal of all ministry is transformation. It’s not about being liked. It’s not about being accepted. God’s ultimate goal is to change lives. 3. At the end of the day, the effectiveness of our preaching will burst forth from the holiness of our personal lives.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators