“He would probably be the nicest liberal preacher that you have ever met in the whole world.”

“The way he asked for money put to use his prodigious talents as a preacher, a wheedler, a comic and a man in dire financial need.”

“Those figures may have been dubious but, for an itinerant preacher, he had a pretty way with words that struck a raw nerve.”

“His preaching was powerful, and he drew crowds from all parts of the country.”

“It enlightens without preachment, and lets the dramatic or ironic prose merge seamlessly with the musical numbers.”

“And it was from this popular pulpit that he delivered his 23-year preachment to a faithful congregation of devout and devoted readers.”

“In spite of its amateurish direction and hypocritical preachment, it broke even.”

“Americans too easily let themselves be gulled by the preachments of their leaders in wartime.”

“The preachments of the archaeological community notwithstanding, the retentionist program they advocate is a prescription for future catastrophes.”

“Thus the Zeitgeist of western settlement was formed with all its preachments and supporting layers of euphoria.”

“Among regular clergy, the orders of friars retained a slightly double-edged esteem among the laity as skilled confessors and dramatic preachers.”

“In May 1551 the king conferred on him the archdeaconry of Exeter, and appointed him one of the six preachers of Canterbury cathedral.”

“Among Baptist preachers, the most formative figure in the area of homiletics was John Broadus.”