Preaching & Ministry

The Disowned

Matthew 7:21-23

… they attended a ministry that was very soothing. Or, if they heard a sermon that seemed to plow them up, they said, "The preacher is very rough, he …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… I like not the distinction, but still, I have no doubt that many converts do what is worse than that—they have an attachment merely for the preacher …

Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year

Ezekiel 48:35

… With God there is power in the ministry, power in prayer, power in all holy work. We may do a vast deal of work and yet nothing may …

Opening Services

… The minister should in every case do his share of the work, or how could he with any conscience appeal to his flock? Now, he had undertaken that …

Spots in Our Feats of Charity

… profanes the sacred feast! Such a man preaching, for there have been many such! How he dishonors the name of minister! Such a man passing round the sacramental …

Lessons on Divine Grace

1 Corinthians 15:10

… And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, herewith they minister in the sanctuary, andput them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… I feel inclined to stop preaching and to pray for myself. The Lord have mercy upon me in that day! And then to take you all by name …

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher

John 16:13

… We sadly require more preaching regarding God; more preaching of those things which look not so much at the creature to be saved, as at God the Great …

Who Are The Elect?

1 Samuel 16:12

… Yet in the preaching of the Word there is a discovery made of God's secret election. We preach the Gospel to every creature under Heaven. We deliver …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Repent ye, and believe the gospel."—Mark 1:15 Our Lord Jesus Christ commences his ministry by announcing its leading commands. He …

The Drawings Of Divine Love

John 6:44

… It often happens, in the ministry of a faithful preacher, that he has to say unpleasant things. And there are some who withdraw because of his preaching of …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Then a lack of power in the ministry—a defect in the doctrine, perhaps—or else in the earnestness of the speaker. And all the while no conversions …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… man out of the crowd after all! It is not the ministry! It is not the preaching of the Word! It is not the hearer's thoughtfulness that …

A Call To Worship

Zechariah 8:21

… the wilderness to hear the strange preacher who bade them repent. The revival under the Apostles was marked by their everywhere preaching the Word and the people listening …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… My Lord knows all about you! I cannot pick you out in this congregation, but remember, while I am preaching tonight, miracles will be worked—processes which will …

A Revival Promise

Isaiah 44:3-6

… By the space of these 20 years, almost without rise or fall, God has continued to increase our numbers with souls saved by the preaching of His Truth …

The New Park Street Tracts

… His was a trying case, for preach he must; still he knew nothing about preaching. If he refused, or undertook to preach and did not please, he expected …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… God raises up one mighty minister after another, some Shamgar, Jephthah, Gideon, or Samson—and when these die the Church relapses into its former state of coldness and …

A Refreshing Canticle

Song 1:4

… They came up to the meeting house and heard the minister, took a little sip of the Gospel, which sufficed them, and then they were off! One preacher …

A Golden Sentence

John 4:34

… While there are so many sinners to be lost or to be saved, I think we had better stick to preaching the Gospel! As long as this world …

The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:6

… his preaching Christ with so much earnestness—he had received Divine light and he felt bound to spread it. One great motive power of a true ministry is …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… Moreover, he has of old a fierce hatred of the preaching of the Gospel and possibly there had been no public declaration of the Truth throughout Thessalonica since …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… Her hopeful and eager son was tempted to run after certain loyalties of doctrine and practice and she said to him, "What we have heard from our minister …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… This one thing I know, brethren, that whilst as a preacher I can tell you all, that the Holy Spirit must work all our works in us, and …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… If ever a minister ought to pray, it is when he commences his ministry. Brothers and Sisters, when ought we not to pray? Surely there is no period …

Baptismal Regeneration

Mark 16:15-16

… Faith is the conquering grace, and is of all things the main requisite in the preacher of the Word; and yet the honoured men who were chosen to …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… Some by the preaching of the minister. Some by a kind word from a friend. Many by parental exhortations. Some by a holy book. Some by no outward …

Welcome! Welcome!

Luke 9:11

… He was seeking rest for His disciples who had gone through the various towns and villages preaching and working miracles. They were a good deal elated at their …

Comfort for the Desponding

Job 29:2

… the fault of your minister. There is such a thing, my dear friends, as our getting into a terribly bad condition through the ministry that we attend. Can …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… We are come to a round-table conference with them, and we are listening to their talk about the ministry which God had committed to them. Even in …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… I have seen the minister preaching, without a particle of life, a sermon, which is only fresh in the sense in which a fish is fresh when it …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… The general call is given by the minister—it is all that he can give. If the preacher attempts to give the particular call as some of my …

The Incomparable Bridegroom and His Bride

Solomon 5:9

… THIS morning, [See sermon # 694, Volume 12, "Sin Laid on Jesus."] we had the great privilege of preaching the doctrine of Substitution and of directing the minds of …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… If the man, keeping to his own calling of preaching the gospel, happens to influence these meaner things, it is well, but any Christian minister who thinks that …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… mountainside—the teacher going wearily to the class—the village preacher walking many toilsome miles—the minister starving on a miserable pittance—the evangelist content to break down …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… Oh, what a mercy it is that the imperfections of our ministry do not prevent God's saving souls by us! If it were not so, how little …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… life." Or of that minister of the Gospel, "Yes, he is very zealous, but be makes a good thing out of his ministry." We like thus to reckon …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… If the minister halts between two opinions, do you wonder that the congregation is undecided? If the preacher trims and twists to please all parties, can you expect …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… In the introduction, the preacher said:—”Looking at God’s hand in my own life, and acknowledging that hand with some record of thankfulness, I, your minister, brought …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… for the preacher who can talk fast and loudly, but who does not, in his own heart, know the Truth of God he is preaching. There is a …