Invitation to Biblical Preaching Quotes

“...our people probably already know 90 percent of any biblical instruction we plan to give them. The reason they are not yet obeying biblical truth is not because they don't know it but because they don't yet buy it.”
― Donald Sunukjian, Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance

“Good commentaries generally are found among those produced in the last few decades. Older works, perhaps in the public domain and therefore inexpensively available, have limited value. Though perhaps written by godly men or women, many are merely random devotional observations without a grasp of the author's true meaning or flow of thought. Others, though written by competent scholars, are dated and lack the benefit of recent cultural, archeological, and grammatical studies.”
― Donald Sunukjian, Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance

“In order for us to search out how our listeners’ experiences are consistent with biblical truth, we ourselves must begin with the deep conviction that God’s statements are always true.”
― Donald Sunukjian, Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance

“In fact, our people probably already know 90 percent of any biblical instruction we plan to give them. The reason they are not yet obeying biblical truth is not because they don’t know it but because they don’t yet buy it. We”
― Donald Sunukjian, Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance

“The purpose of the sermon is not to impart knowledge but to influence behavior—not to inform but to transform. The goal is not to make listeners more educated but more Christlike.”
― Donald Sunukjian, Invitation to Biblical Preaching: Proclaiming Truth with Clarity and Relevance