Word: pulpiteering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...professor and later as commandant of the Ecole de Guerre, from its high pulpit he taught the army's teachers his theories of military strategy. By books, by word of mouth he popularized the doctrine of Attack, until it became dogma to the French. "This theory, which really rested on the sentimental assumption that Frenchmen were braver than Germans, certainly simplified the role of the leader. For directly an enemy was sighted he had merely to give the order, 'Forward.' " Biographer Liddell Hart, more concerned with military strategy than patriotic ardors, puts the armies' battles, from...
...allowed to go to Father Flanagan's home for waifs and waywards near Omaha, Neb. In making his decision public, Governor Hartley did not conceal his irritation at Father Flanagan's intercession. The priest had journeyed from Omaha to Seattle. His plea was strongly backed by Washington's Press, Pulpit and American Legion. "Apparently," Governor Hartley wrote to Father Flanagan, "many persons do not realize that the moment Herbert stepped outside the boundaries of this State he would be free. . . . Legal authority over the boy could not be vested in you or any other agency outside of this State...
...pulpit is to blame for the apathy and conditions of today. . . . The Church was commissioned to evangelize the peoples of the world. Evangelism is her supreme business. . . . Does she know her business? Does she recognize her duty? . . . Ninety percent of the sermons are not evangelistic...
...pulpit is not an academic forum, nor is it a book review clinic. . . . Such an effort is a waste of time. . . . The pulpit is not a reform bureau. The gospel message is not primarily a reform message. . . . [Christ] came to save sinners, not to reform them. . . . Salvation is not by law, neither is it by works...
...Never sound an uncertain note from the pulpit...