Christian Writers and Preachers

There is something down in the human heart that is so under the power of the devil that men begin to resist you when you preach Christ; but you may preach everything else but that, and there is no opposition.

—D. L. Moody

God speaks to me by speaking in me.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Everything unclean will be shut outside, and God will be all in all. The ultimate triumph of God is sure.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christ is the anointed one, the sent one. God sent Him to deal in grace with men; and if you want the God of all grace to meet you and bless you, you must meet Him at the foot of the cross; you must meet Him in Christ.

—D. L. Moody

There is not one that is troubled with any sin but that he can find a Deliverer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

—D. L. Moody

If our sermons are going to reach the hearts and consciences of the people, we must be in much prayer to God, that there may be power with the Word.

—D. L. Moody

But if everyone else has gone astray, it is your duty to follow Christ. He is the perfect example.

—D. L. Moody

God gave man and woman a perfect start, but they did not appreciate God’s perfection.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Sin is that which makes the devil rejoice.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

We must not allow the devil to take advantage of us, and make us believe that God does not love us because He does not grant all our petitions in the time and way we would have Him do.

—D. L. Moody

You can’t have true faith without works no more than you can have fire without heat.

—D. L. Moody

“None but God could have had patience with some of us!”

– Charles Spurgeon

I would a thousand times rather that God’s will should be done than my own.

—D. L. Moody

The world cannot, and never could, satisfy a hungry soul. The Lord Jesus can.

—D. L. Moody

God is always true to what He promises to do. He made promises to Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and Joshua, and did He not fulfill them? He will fulfill every word of what He has promised; yet how few take Him at His word!

—D. L. Moody

We don’t know what is before us, but if we have received Jesus Christ, let storms come, let deaths come, let sickness come, let pestilence come, we are sure of life beyond the grave.

—D. L. Moody

Why, if God has said He will do a thing, shall we turn around and insult Him by doubting?

—D. L. Moody

All these men that are trying to pick the Word of God to pieces, trying to destroy our confidence in the Word of God, tell us it is not true; but any one who has ever tried God, who has ever proved God, has found Him to be true.

—D. L. Moody

We may be very weak in ourselves, but see what a mighty God we have.

—D. L. Moody

All history is being directed by God in order to bring his own purpose with respect to the kingdom to pass.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

If those who have believed are liable to forsake it, if that is a possibility, what is the predicament of those who have never believed?

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

We could no more earn a place in the heart of the Father than we could satisfy the claims of the righteous Judge. All is of free grace.

—D. L. Moody

Have you ever been filled with a sense of amazement and wonder at the drama of the cross?

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

What God has promised, He will most certainly perform.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

The Christian faith differs from all other religions in that its doctrines are based on facts.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

There will be no peace in any soul until it is willing to obey the voice of God.

—D. L. Moody

If you receive Jesus Christ, you will love him more than you will love yourself. He will be dearer to you than yourself.

—D. L. Moody

Don’t you see that if you get your heart set on earthly things, you will be disappointed; but if your heart is set on heavenly things, you will have peace all the while.

—D. L. Moody

When you are a child of God, you will love the things that God loves. What you once hated you will love, and what you once loved, you will hate.

—D. L. Moody

I don’t object to seeing men weep over their sins. I don’t know why it is not manly for a man to weep over his sins. It is more manly than to trifle with salvation, and make light of serious things. A great many men seem to be ashamed to shed tears over their sins.

—D. L. Moody