Pastor Quotes

Well, these tattoos aren't really rebellion. These tattoos are all tattoos I've had since I have been a pastor.

It is astonishing that Monod's Les Adieux are not better known. This courageous French Reformed pastor was both passionate in his care for people and singular in his devotion to God.

The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry.

There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.

Barack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences.

I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.

Some people are desperate because they don't know how to ask for His grace.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor, my mom, she has such great faith.

Do you think the Bible is accurate? I mean, do you think it's real?" " I think Pastor Calvin is hot. In a fortysomething way. That pretty much sums up my religious conviction

Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton.

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.

Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one.

I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

The world needs a pastor, whether it knows it or not.

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.

Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay.

The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.

I am grateful for the men and women who pastor, who lead in churches across our country. Ultimately, their role of loving people and seeing hearts changed is probably the greatest calling.

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed."

God has presented this opportunity for us and we are stepping up to the plate. The pastor knows the area we work in and makes it much easier.

I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.

Jesus meets every one of our deepest needs. And what we need to do is accept his gift of a pastor-given, purposeful living home in heaven.

The theater is the 'church' and when I'm on that stage I am the Priest/Pastor, it is a pure spiritual journey for me.

He saw the threat of the family being destroyed by not being open to life or children. Paul VI was brave. He was a good pastor. He alerted his sheep, telling them that the wolves were approaching.

She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human.

When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored me and I got a chance to see up close the impact of a rhetorical genius.

Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough."

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.

All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation.

I don't know if I'll always be a pastor.

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published.

My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.

I'm first a pastor and then a writer.

I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.

When my father died, it sounds kind of simple but I just had the desire to step up and pastor the church. It was what I was supposed to do. I just took that step of faith.

We are like horses that must be broken; basically that one should submit to a pastor even if he is wrong.

The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.

Vision is something pastors and churches cannot afford to live without.

As a pastor I reinforced my vision over lunches.

There are a lot of pastors who have a vision and have not yet seen it become a reality.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy.

I grew up in the home of a pastor, and my earliest memory is that God really had a plan for my life and that I was special - this is really weird - but I felt that.