Jacquelyn K. Heasley is the author and creator of Split-Second Sermons. Jacque traveled the world singing and teaching for many years. Here is her story of how Split-Second Sermons was born:

In 1989, Jacque travelled to Lagos, Nigeria as a guest minister/singer of Pastor E. A. Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. She poured her heart out to him of hurtful attacks by friends, and he stretched his hand out across the table to shake her hand and said these words she will never forget: “Let me be the first to congratulate you, you are very loved of God.” He then continued, “IF YOU WILL BE MOVED BY MEN’S CRITICISM, YOU WILL BE MOVED BY THEIR PRAISE–BE DEAD TO BOTH!” After she returned home from Africa, she rolled those words over and over in her head. She then wrote them and sent an email to many friends in the ministry and the response was beautiful. She then started taking notes of words spoken by ministers and would condense them down to one-liners, thus creating what she originally called PASTOR’S PUNCH LINES. A few years later a friend suggested she rename them Split-Second Sermons. Now Jacque has hundreds of one-liners that are used in church newsletters, websites and books all over the world. Hopefully you will find her words to be edifying and enlightening. Jacque has a degree in Theology and you will find these one-liners theologically sound. God bless you.

TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF

Let’s make life a little bit easier—one line at a time!

How Split-Second Sermons Began

Split-Second Sermons is your home of powerful, thought-provoking quotes in the form of one-line sermons. Feel free to copy and paste any of these quotes but please make sure you attach the name of the author, Jacquelyn K Heasley, on any reproduction.

Author, Jacquelyn K. Heasley, has a degree in Theology.  She traveled the world as an evangelistic singer for many years. Jacquelyn has sung before the largest crowds in the recorded history of the world in Lagos, Nigeria. In December of 2025 she sang before a crowd estimated to be 22 million at The Redemption Camp at the invitation of General Overseer, Dr. E.A. Adeboye. Jacquelyn was ordained by Pastor Adeboye in 1993, the very first international woman to be ordained within the ministry.  

She is a wife, mother and grandmother of six.  Though she resides in Central Arkansas, she will always refer to herself as a Texan, having been born in Pampa, Texas and living in the Texas Panhandle and Dallas area for 36 years of her life.

Years ago, Jacquelyn heard these words bubbling out of her spirit, “God’s grace is so amazing the unbeliever can’t believe it.” This was her first one-liner, as she started writing numerous such lines, and she called them Pastor’s Punch Lines. At that time, emails containing wonderful stories were being forwarded to myriads of folks around the world. Jacque saw how people loved these stories that warmed hearts and uplifted or even educated the readers. But she also noted how much time it took to read them all and found it impossible! She decided then to send out her Pastor’s Punch Lines to her address book via email. They became very popular. A few years later, a friend of hers was writing an article about the one-liners in a magazine and suggested she change the name to Split-Second Sermons. Since that time, her one-liners have been known as Split-Second Sermons and have gone around the world. Split-Second Sermons have been quoted in many books and are used on church websites and newsletters.

Split-Second Sermons Copyright @ 2019 cannot be sold without the written consent of author, Jacquelyn K. Heasley


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