Preaching & Ministry

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… I wish we had more young men coming forward to enter into the Christian ministry, that more would devote their strength and talents to the preaching of the …

Compel Them to Come In

Luke 14:23

… My credentials, some of them secret, and in my own heart; and others of them open before you this day in the seals of my ministry, sitting and …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… God forbid that we should ever arrogate any superiority over our fellows! The ministry is not ours, alone—you, also, are all to minister according as you have …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… Hartley pit! You see they had no preacher down there. Do not get the notion that you want a minister in order to come to Christ. Priestcraft is …

'Who Is This?'

Matthew 21:10

… But what a mercy it is when Jesus Christ, Himself, comes! When it is no longer the coming of the minister or of the preacher, but the coming …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… It was, therefore, impossible to drape the building with the tokens of our sorrow; nor can the preacher adapt his discourse to this most melancholy occasion. We have …

Two "I Wills" In Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41:18

… in our place is for the ministry, itself, to be supplied." Yes, that is what we need everywhere. If the minister, himself, is dry, what is to be …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… I am fearful that even preaching against sin may have an injurious effect upon the preacher. I frankly confess that there is a tendency, with those of us …

The Shank-bone Sermon—Or, True Believers and Their Helpers

Acts 18:27

… preacher skimmed the surface and did not dare to enter into the treasure house of doctrine and open up the deep things of God! If public ministry falls …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… It is due to the minister that you should join some Christian Church. If the Lord has blessed you under our ministry, tell us. I think that I …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… raise up another minister equal to the one that was in the coffin. But prayer was offered by another man who said that this preacher had been eyes …

Growth in Grace

2 Peter 3:18

… An old Scotch elder had been disputing with his minister at an elders' meeting. He said some hard things and almost broke the minister's heart. Afterwards, he …

The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

… Turn here, then, and learn that the Christ of God is the Preacher of the Sermon on the Mount! He who delivered the Beatitudes was not only the …

Jubilee Joys

… man preaching in London with great power, and a desire seized me to hear him, never expecting that, some day, I should myself be a preacher. Everything I …

The Sunday-School Teacher—A Steward

Luke 16:2

… Woe unto the watchman who warns them not; woe unto the minister who fails to teach the truth; woe unto the Sabbathschool teacher who is unfaithful to his …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… My dear Friend, that remark shows what sort of sermons you get at Church, because those who come to hear us preach pray while we are preaching and …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… preaching. He had a large diocese—He was the travelling Bishop of the whole land. And it did seem to cast a little slight on His ministry for …

The Hope That Purifies

1 John 3:3

… ministry never cuts you, it is no use to you. If it does not make you feel ashamed of yourself—yes, and sometimes half-angry with the preacher …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… The ministry of the Law is the ministry of death, not of life. We must take ourselves to the Spirit of God who is the gift of the …

A Generous Proposal

Numbers 10:29

… Those who are the nearest to the heart of the preacher, in all Christian service, will in all probability be most spiritually enriched under his ministry. I speak …

Paul's Sermon Before Felix

Acts 24:25

… once to a minister, “it is wonderful to see a whole congregation moved to tears by the preaching of the Word.” “Yes,” said that minister, “it is wonderful …

Warning and Encouragement

Solomon 5:2

… What if my ministry should become as dull and stupid as the ministry of one-half of my Brothers—what if it should become as useless and as …

Motives for Steadfastness

1 Corinthians 15:58

… assure you that preaching to a congregation year after year involves no little toil; yet are we bound to be stedfast in this ministry. A spurt, a leap …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… Sometimes, when we try to preach, and afterwards hear a more able minister, we feel so outdone that our preaching seems nothing—we hardly dare try again. It …

The Power of His Resurrection

Philippians 3:10

… Always let your preaching and your hearing look towards the personal Savior. This makes all the difference in preaching. Ministers may preach sound doctrine by itself and be …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… the hope of Glory." And if the preacher feels that he cannot go on long in the pulpit without preaching up his Lord and Master, I am quite …

God Or Self—Which?

Zechariah 7:5

… There were loaves and fishes to be given away, and therefore they fell into raptures—"What a sweet Preacher! What a profitable ministry! We are so fed under …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… had personal preaching to our souls. Do you not remember, dear brother in Christ, when you were first pricked in the heart, how personal the preacher was? I …

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… O Bothers and Sisters, we may preach, but none of our preaching will raise the spiritually dead unless the Lord is there! We may adopt every kind of …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… Yet I am sure there is no Christian here who would object to a minister who can play well upon an instrument and, indeed, a minister is good …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… the ministry of Christ’s servants in these modern times as were produced by his own ministry. Still are the promised hopes which make glad the preacher’s …

Turn or Burn

Psalm 7:12

… He thought to himself, “I have stumbled on a company of people, who in this dark forest have assembled to worship God, and some minister is preaching to …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… But how much of the success, with which God has crowned our ministry, has been due to the most afflicting Providence that ever befell a Christian minister or …

'Non Nobis, Domine!'

Psalm 115:1

… Glory be to God," should always be the preacher's motto. And as it should be so with our preaching, do you not think that the same thing …

The Consecration of Priests

Exodus 29:1

… so easy for the preacher to always give these two doctrines with equal clearness and distinctness. He is very apt, when he is preaching up simple faith and …

Household Salvation

Acts 16:32-34

… and then the place, the hour, or the garb of the preacher will matter nothing. The minister may have been led up from a prison, and the smell …

A Cure For Unsavory Meats—or, Salt for the White of an Egg

Job 6:6

… made this preaching so attractive, so edifying? What drew the Lord's people so far? What evoked such enthusiasm? Why, it was that the preacher spoke of his …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Revelation 1:12-17

… still small voice of the ministry should be heard? But it is heard! Across the Alleghenies, the voice of God's minister echoes; no evil thing shall in …

A Powerful Reason For Coming To Christ

Mark 3:8

… story I have heard of a Scotchman who had attended the ministry of an Episcopal minister for some years. At last Donald forsook the Episcopal Church and when …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… Grand preaching, fine preaching, eloquent preaching! Yes—but the Apostle was afraid of it, lest the faith of his converts should stand in the wisdom of men. Though …