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title: 'Grimké on the Purpose of Preaching'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-07-19
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-grimke-on-the-purpose-of-preaching
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# Grimké on the Purpose of Preaching

“The function of the pulpit is not to entertain, to amuse, to satisfy an idle curiosity: it is to instruct, to inspire, to fire the heart and mind, to implant within us noble desires and ambitions, and above all to keep ever before men the one supreme figure in history, the Lord Jesus Christ, and to beget within them a passion for him, and for a Christly life. — [**Francis J. Grimké**](/authors/francis-james-grimke), *The Works of Francis J. Grimké*, Vol. 3, p. 33