Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by W. A. Criswell

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Wallie Amos Criswell, was an American pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. As senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas for five decades he became widely known for expository biblical preaching at a popular level, and is regarded as a key figure in the late 1970s "Conservative Resurgence" within the Southern Baptist Convention.

American - Author | December 19, 1909 - January 10, 2002

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After seventy years of expository preaching, I have yet to touch the hem of His garment.

W. A. Criswell

God sends people into our lives just when we need them, to say the right word, His word, just when we need it.

W. A. Criswell

The election of John F Kennedy will lead to the death of a free church and a free state.

W. A. Criswell

I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination.

W. A. Criswell

A skunk by any other name still stinks.

W. A. Criswell

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels.

W. A. Criswell

To lift Him up, to preach His name, and to invite souls to love Him and to follow Him is the highest, heavenliest privilege of human life.

W. A. Criswell

The first priority of the Leader is to Pray for and be concerned for the welfare of your flock. The key to the rest of our life and ministry will be the investment of prayer we make in the lives of others.

W. A. Criswell

When our trials come, when we feel pain and suffering, when our tears flow again, it is our joy and comfort to lift our faces heavenward and to go on, standing on the promises of God.

W. A. Criswell

He was born a King. The wise men came from the East and asked, 'Where is He that is born King of the Jews?' (Matthew 2:2). He died a King. In Greek, in Latin, and in Hebrew the description was written above His cross, 'This is Jesus, The King' (Matthew 27:37)

W. A. Criswell

Two can live as cheaply as one--if one doesn't eat the other goes naked.

W. A. Criswell

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by W. A. Criswell

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