Folly, Grace, and Power Quotes

“The silence of this age is an exclamatory silence. God has stopped talking because all that needs to be said has been summed up in the person of Christ. Those who preach do not come with a new word. Instead, they declare and apply that which has already been said. Like the apostle Paul, the preacher’s message is shaped by a determination to “know nothing … except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).”
― John Koessler, Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching

“Ethos can amplify the preacher’s message, but it cannot serve as a substitute for the authority of the biblical text. Good ethos is not a guarantee of good results. Godly preachers like Jeremiah are sometimes ignored, while surly and self-centered preachers like Jonah may be heeded beyond all expectation.”
― John Koessler, Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching

“Life and thought mutually illuminate each other: I come to understand what I believe and the language I use only as I live it, and I am able to live my belief and the language I use only as I come to understand them more clearly.”9”
― John Koessler, Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching