Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it.
–Psalm 127:1 (KJV)–

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat.
–Matthew 7:13 (KJV)–

The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.
–2 Timothy 4:3 (KJV)–

They have healed the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying,
Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
–Jeremiah 8:11 (KJV)–

I am against the prophets, saith the Lord,
that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
–Jeremiah 23:30 (KJV)–

Diotrephes, who loveth to have the
preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
–3 John 1:9 (KJV)–

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WesleyGospel, “Lame Feel-Good Messages: Why Do Pastors Always Preach This Stuff?”

—. “Review of Leonard Ravenhill’s ‘Revival God’s Way.’”

Dr. John R. Rice, Why Preach Against Sin? (Sword of the Lord, 1985).

Gary Gilley, This Little Church Went to Market (Evangelical Press, 2005).