“Trust the people to whom you preach more than most ministers do.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 154
The Word is for All
“However difficult it may be to do it, it is clearly recognized that men ought to preach so that the wisest and the simplest alike can understand and get the blessing.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 153
The Prophecy of Micah [10]
Sermon Video Introduction: We are now at the beginning of the last cycle of Micah’s prophecy. Remember that the pattern is one of warning, judgment, and consolation. We see in this section the ...
Two Effects
“There are two effects of every sermon, one special, in the enforcement of a single thought, or the inculcation of a single duty; the other general, in the diffusion of a sense of the beauty of holiness and the value of truth.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 148
Not in the Job Description
“It is not [the preacher’s] business to despair of anybody.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 148
Like Garlic in the Stew
“A parish of critics would be killing, but a critic here and there is a tonic.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 147
The Prophecy of Micah [9]
Sermon Video Introduction: So we have now come to the conclusion of the second consolation section in the prophecy of Micah. As we continue to work through this passage, notice again that ...
Just Glorious
“These three rules seem to have in them the practical sum of the whole matter. I beg you to remember them and apply them with all the wisdom that God gives you. First. Have as few congregations as you can. Second. Know your congregation as thoroughly as you can. Third. Know your congregation so largely and deeply that in knowing it you shall know humanity.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 143
Which Is Odd
“I have known many ministers who were frank and simple and unreserved with other people for whom they did not feel a responsibility, but who threw around themselves a cloak of fictions and reserves the moment that they met a parishioner.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 138
With the Accent on Intelligent
“The real power of your oratory must be your own intelligent delight in what you are doing.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 134