Sentence examples for pulpit I from inspiring English sources

As late as 1985 he talked of how "once I had left the pulpit, I had abandoned or betrayed my role in the community".

And now, since this is a travel piece, not a pulpit, I am going to be strong, get down and move on.

"At 27 years old, I knew that I'd been called to the ministry," Mr. Perry said "I've just always been really stunned by how big a pulpit I was going to have.

(Cana, Galilee — In a surprise development yesterday at a local wedding, Jesus of Nazareth transformed water into wine....) "That's your critical reading of the Gospels," one minister replied, "but in the pulpit I can't do that".

I can't be dealing with the fact that God just showed up again (laughs)." It wasn't until after that I was just like, "Oh, my goodness, the pulpit!" I just couldn't.

Through a large, low window to one side of the pulpit, I could see a woman, sheathed entirely in black, peeking in at us, until one of the men strode to the window and slammed its metal shutters closed.

Specifically, I figure I got a bit of a bully pulpit, which I need neither for my business or self, so I dedicate that position to the efforts which need a hand.

"Certainly I have the bully pulpit and I have used it to urge action, change, reform and common sense," Brand said in 2005 in an address to N.C.A.A. members.

Some of my earliest memories growing up in the church were times I'd sneak upstairs to the sanctuary when no one else was around and pull up the pastor's chair to the pulpit so I could stand and pretend I was the Rev. Billy Graham.

As I step nervously up the pulpit steps I worry that my waffling will leave them uninspired or, worse still, asleep.

"But I do have a bully pulpit, and I will continue to use it," he said.