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title: 'Grimké on the Great Responsibility of a Preacher'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2026-01-06
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2026-grimke-on-the-great-responsibility-of-a-preacher
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# Grimké on the Great Responsibility of a Preacher

“Unless we are trying to be what we preach, we had better not preach at all.” — [**Francis J. Grimké**](/authors/francis-james-grimke), “Stray Thoughts and Meditations” in *Works* 3:554