Gregory Johnston

“While it takes three years or more to get through seminary, it can take you ten years to get over it.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages

“Holiness without love is not God’s kind of holiness. And love without holiness is not God’s kind of love. Our prophetic priestly function of speaking to God’s people requires us to identify with the people, to have a passion for their salvation, and to have a compassion that will cause us even to suffer for their sake.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“Every preacher needs to keep in mind three great axioms: 1. Don’t ever dare to stand in front of a group of people with a Bible in your hand and not expect change. We must have a holy confidence—confidence in God and his Word, confidence that God is going to change lives whenever we speak from his book. 2. Remember that the goal of all ministry is transformation. It’s not about being liked. It’s not about being accepted. God’s ultimate goal is to change lives. 3. At the end of the day, the effectiveness of our preaching will burst forth from the holiness of our personal lives.”
― Haddon W. Robinson, The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today's Communicators

“The Devil, dearest daughter, is the instrument of My Justice to torment the souls who have miserably offended Me. And I have set him in this life to tempt and molest My creatures, not for My creatures to be conquered, but that they may conquer, proving their virtue, and receive from Me the glory of victory. And no one should fear any battle or temptation of the Devil that may come to him, because I have made My creatures strong, and have given them strength of will, fortified in the Blood of my Son, which will, neither Devil nor creature can move, because it is yours, given by Me.”
― Catherine of Siena, Dialog of Catherine of Siena - Enhanced Version