17 Quotes by Haddon W. Robinson

The God who speaks with utmost integrity must have messengers who represent him well.

Next time you see an ant, remember: winter is coming! The best time to prepare for tomorrow is today.

You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing.

The Bible does not provide a map for life – only a compass.

For preachers, clarity is a moral matter. It is not merely a question of rhetoric, but a matter of life and death.

Badgers know where their strength lies. Do you?

Be clear! Be clear! Be clear!” Clarity does not come easily. When we train to be expositors, we probably spend three or four years in seminary. While that training prepares us to be theologians, it sometimes gets in our way as communicators. Theological jargon, abstract thinking, or scholars’ questions become part of the intellectual baggage that hinders preachers from speaking clearly to ordinary men and women.

For many wealthy people, giving a tenth is a way of robbing God. Their tithe becomes a tip.

I have a conviction that no sermon is ready for preaching, not ready for writing out, until we can express its theme in a short, pregnant sentence as clear as a crystal.