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Quotes from Leonard Ravenhill:

“A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet

reaches your conscience.”

“The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were ‘Repent!’”

“I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the

United States are truly born again.”

“What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have

been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?”

“Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?”

“Today’s church wants to be raptured from responsibility.”

“My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil’s most wanted list.”

“When there’s something in the Bible that churches don’t like,

they call it ‘legalism.’”

“There’s a difference between changing your opinion, and changing

your lifestyle.”

“Our seminaries today are turning out dead men.”

“How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don’t even

have the strength to turn off your TV?”

“Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was

performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was

being stoned to death.”

“If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s

something wrong!”

“Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But

do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me,

saying, ‘Leonard, you took Me too seriously’?”

“If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach

today, He would never have been crucified.”