It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one …

Martin Luther
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It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time. ✨ Martin Luther (1885). Luther's Table-talk
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