Dolly Parton - My grandpa was a preacher....

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John Lennon

People Reflection Try Poet Leader Society Tell Feel How Preacher Role Any Artist Us Express

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. George Whitefield

Neither Gives Himself Makes Nor Preacher Offense Poor Sermon

The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God's Spirit the flesh and the world have been crucified, and his ministry is like the generous flood of a life-giving river. Edward McKendree Bounds

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I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing. Muddy Waters

Music Good Hurt Preach Too Definitely Musician Finger Had Well Ball Ball Player Preacher Left Getting Stopped Wanted Heck Baseball Baseball Player Play Thing Player

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself. Vance Havner

Will Devil Him Himself Preacher Prepare Preparing Keep Sermon

If I'm doing something on stage, and it evokes an emotion, then I might show that emotion, but I also don't believe in being a preacher. If you have a point, that's a bonus. But the funny has to come first; otherwise, you shouldn't call yourself a comedian. Trevor Noah

However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing. Adam Clarke

Man Nothing Gifts Must Seem Absorb However Preacher Either Now

As a preacher who has spent significant time in churches and houses of worship all across the country, I can tell you firsthand that religious liberty and freedom are principles that can never be infringed upon. Al Sharpton

Time Freedom You Liberty Country Worship Spent Churches Tell Significant Religious Religious Liberty Never Principles Houses Firsthand Preacher Across Who

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