Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit and not give the bread of life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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  1. The spiritual life of any congregation and its growth in grace will never exceed the high-water mark set by its pulpit. - Steven J. Lawson

  2. Then said a teacher , speak to us of teaching . And he said :The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple among his followers gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. The astronomer may spaeak to... - Kahlil Gibran

  3. Theology without proclamation is empty, proclamation without theology is blind. - Gerhard Ebeling

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  5. The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades but the best of all professions. - John Newton

More Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson
  1. Love, and you shall be loved.

  2. He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.

  3. The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.

  4. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

  5. It is not the length of life, but the depth.

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