Preaching & Ministry

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… And he received direction from the minister what to do in order that he might find peace with God. That done, the preacher returned to the bedroom where …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… Now I do not think I ought to desire conversions for the sake of my minister, even though his ministry may be very dear to me, nor for …

Christian Sympathy

Job 30:25

… I know that a man in the ministry who cannot feel had much better resign his office. We have heard some hold forth the doctrines of grace, as …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… Dear Friends, this admonishes us to seek the moral good of the people among whom we dwell! The Christian minister must not lay aside his ministry to become …

A Sermon For Gleaners

Ruth 2:15

… Ready to adapt our ministry to all sorts of people, if we forget any, we should never forget these. My Brothers, would you minister to these gleaners? Let …

The Portion Of The Ungodly

Isaiah 47:14

… Most horrible of all must be the position of the professed minister of Christ who did not preach the Gospel, or who never cared for the souls of …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… Annas, in some sense, had a priority in the peerage of enmity to Jesus—he was malignant, cruel and unscrupulous enough to be premier in the ministry of …

The Superlative Excellence Of The Holy Spirit

John 16:7

… The adversities of Believers minister much to their prosperity. Although we know this, through the infirmity of the flesh we tremble at soul-enriching afflictions and dread to …

The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Ecclesiastes 8:10

… And I have seen him come and go till years have rolled over his head, and he has still filled his seat, and the minister is still preaching …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… for Christ's ministry was, with all reverence to His name, by His own appointment, doubtless comparatively an unsuccessful one. After all His preaching there were but some …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… If the minister of Christ be weak, rest assured it is because the church itself is not strong. The ministry is but the index of the church. If …

The Privileged Man

Ezekiel 16:9-14

… Go to your Sunday school this afternoon, or street preaching, or whatever else may be your form of ministry—go to it as having an unction from God …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers (Continued)

… prayer, the Spirit of God will be poured out yet more abundantly upon minister and people, and that we, being bound together yet more closely in ties of …

Hiding Among the Stuff

1 Samuel 10:22-23

… John Newton, whenever he entered the pulpit to preach the Gospel of the Grace of God, must have felt astounded to find himself preaching it after having been …

Knowing and Doing

2 Corinthians 8:9

… minister. "I beseech you, brethren, you know the house of Stephanas that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry …

The Peacemaker

Matthew 5:9

… And then, fourthly, let the preacher become a peacemaker himself. I. First, LET US DESCRIBE THE PEACEMAKER. The peacemaker, while distinguished by his character, has the outward position …

Real Contact With Jesus

Luke 8:46

… This was encouraging to Him as a Preacher and yet how small a residue of real good came of all the excitement which gathered around His personal ministry …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… Let the Lord, alone, be magnified! I think it is clear that grave faults arise from exclusively preaching an inner life instead of preaching Christ, who is Life …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… God! there is not a preacher in the corner of the streets who shall not win his souls; there is not a minister to-day in the humblest …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… ministry to the saint that comes home more tenderly to tried and stricken souls than just what you there express, ' I am feeling low.' The great preacher, the …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… It was intended to set forth the style of the Pastor's preaching at various periods of his long ministry ; and, to that end, the sermons selected ranged …

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… Only holy Christians are useful Christians—and the preaching of Christ's Truth must be backed up by the consistent living of Christ's followers if it is …

God's Fire and Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

… Truth of God and saying, "Yes, I like that kind of preaching. I quite enjoy our minister's sermons." I have a great deal more hope of a …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… One night, many years ago, after preaching, I had been driven home by a cabman, and after I had alighted, and given him the fare, he took a …

The Saints Blessing The Lord

Psalm 103:1

… His own soul is the first audience a good man ought to think of preaching to. Before we address ourselves to others we should lecture within the doors …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… I have greatly aided the interest by going there continually and preaching and helping to support the minister. Now, a beautiful piece of ground has been taken, and …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… who came to hear the preacher. The singers drawled out a dirge while the members sat like mutes. I found it hard preaching—there was no go in …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… that here like wonders may be done by the preaching of the Word as were wrought by his ministry ! " As for our faith, as a church, you have …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… lips of God's minister. "He sent His Word and healed them." The Word is the living and incorruptible Seed. The ordinance of preaching can scarcely be too …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… I am always thankful that God has committed the ministry of the Word not to angels but to us poor men. As I told you a little while …

Broken Bones

Psalm 51:8

… preaching of the Word—and plainly declares that, by the foolishness ofpreaching God will save them that believe! Our Lord Himself was, throughout His whole life, a Preacher …

Ezekiel'S Deserted Infant

Ezekiel 16:5

… If a minister is not filled with God's Spirit, then His ministry is an empty dream. But if a minister is, as I conceive him to be …

Saving the Lost

Luke 19:10

… It had a narrow side to it, for He came only as a Minister— not as a Savior, mark you, but as Minister—to "the lost sheep of …

The Search Warrant

John 6:64

… You may be an acceptable preacher and yet not have faith. You may walk uprightly before your fellow men and yet not have faith. You may be a …

Washed to Greater Foulness

Job 9:30

… I have heard of a lady who owned to her minister that she was a great sinner. He questioned her kindly as to which of the ten commands …

Deadness and Quickning

Psalm 119:37

… ministry—a ministry, I am afraid, in which there was not much of the savor of Christ. And I said to him, "Well, you like your new minister …

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… You listened to the same preacher whom you heard there before and, perhaps, to others there was as much sweetness as ever in his message—but to you …

A Pastoral Visit

… He was a minister and of course had more time to give to it than many of you in business have. But he went through the whole Bible …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not—We are sometimes ready to faint, but we cast our fainting spirits into the …

The First, Last—And the Last, First

Matthew 19:30

… If we are called to the ministry, remember how Paul puts it—"Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this Grace given, that …