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title: 'Cuyler on “Sermons in Shoes”'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-07-26
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-cuyler-on-sermons-in-shoes
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# Cuyler on “Sermons in Shoes”

“To-day this world’s sorest need is for more Christ-like men and women. The sermons it needs are *sermons in shoes*. The preaching that alone can save it is the preaching of a living Christ illustrated by the holy lives of His followers. A church that does not tread in the footsteps of its Master will never convert a sinful world to God.” — [**Theodore L. Cuyler**](/authors/theodore-ledyard-cuyler), “Sermons in Shoes,” *Stirring the Eagle’s Nest, and Other Practical Discourses* (1892), p. 169