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Mike Abendroth
Do not aim at sensation and "effect." It very often happens that the converts that are born in excitement die when the excitement is over. They are like certain insects which are the product of an exceedingly warm day, and die when the sun goes down. I delight not in the religion which needs or creates a hot head. Give me the godliness which flourishes on Calvary rather than upon Vesuvius. The utmost zeal for Christ is consistent with common-sense and reason; raving, ranting, and fanaticism are products of another zeal which is not according to knowledge. We would prepare men for the chamber of communion and not for the padded room...
- Charles Spurgeon, How to Win a Soul
Thomas Watson, "[Jesus] alone is the Prince of Preachers. He alone is the best of expositors."