Preaching & Ministry

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… When he heard an earnest preacher deliver an impressive discourse, he felt his spirit somewhat stirred, but he soon cooled down and was as careless as before. A …

The Free-agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-26

… When we trust to the preacher, or the preaching, we get nothing—but when we trust in Christ alone, then He makes the preacher, the preaching and other …

Blinded By Satan

2 Corinthians 4:4

… There was, indeed, enough to make him say, "Woe is me!" A sinful preacher, an imperfect preacher, among a sinful and imperfect people, he felt as if the …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… We find different descriptions of the subject of our preaching, but on this occasion it is comprised in two things— repentance and remission of sins. I am glad …

Traveling Expenses On The Two Great Roads

Jonah 1:3

… Possibly this remark may apply to some minister who may come under the Word. He is called to bear his protest against a certain sin and he thinks …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… there has been earnest preaching, we may expect that many will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ before long. Let no faithful preacher's heart be faint within …

Christ's Sympathy With His People

Hebrews 2:18

… A country minister, preaching upon the text, "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?" made the remark that Christ is a good Physician. "Ah …

All For Jesus!

Colossians 3:24

… Holy living preaches where the minister cannot enter—it preaches from the nursery to a worldly mother, from the shop to a graceless tradesman—from the workroom to …

Jesus Christ's Idiom

John 3:5

… done in our country by the kind of preaching which was very common at one time, namely, for the preacher to speak as if he did not knowwhat …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… Some months since, he became minister of New Park Street Chapel ; and it was soon found that the building, capacious as it was, was far too small to …

The Voice Of Cholera

Amos 3:3-6

… while the great masses know nothing and care less about the preacher's message. The ministry of London is not altogether powerless to those who attend it, but …

The Almighty Warrior

Psalm 45:3-5

… the Omega of every sermon! Even if the preacher is not preaching Christ directly, he ought to be preaching Him indirectly, proclaiming the Truths of God in such …

Remembering God's Works

Psalm 111:4

… My memory recalls, at this very moment, many a pleasing incident from what my grandfather told me concerning his early struggles in the ministry and the Providential interpositions …

Words To Rest On

2 Chronicles 32:8

… It is a large part of our ministry to bear witness to the Truth of God recorded in the Book of God and, oftentimes, the witness, himself, is …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… The other day, a certain minister, who had lent me five volumes, which I have used for two years or more, wrote to me a note to request …

A Cheerful Giver is Beloved of God

2 Corinthians 9:7

… I AM most anxious, dear Friends, to make full proof of my ministry, and in this one respect, especially, that I may address you upon all parts of …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… A Christian minister must expect to lose his repute among men ; he must be willing to suffer every reproach for Christ's sake; but, then, he may rest …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… That ministry which makes much of Christ, is of the Holy Spirit, but that ministry which decries Him, ignores Him, or puts Him in the background in any …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… ministry and it becomes utterly powerless. I am grieved to have to say it, but I believe that it is because there has been so little preaching of …

Friendship's Guide

John 15:14

… If my minister is very useful, that is not myself. I am Christ's friend if I do whatever He commands me. Then the intense fervor of the …

The Axe at the Root—A Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry

John 4:23-24

… Now, to sit still, to get might away from words, if so your heart keeps to God, is better even than preaching and singing. Juan De Yaldes, a …

The Sluggard's Reproof

Proverbs 20:4

… a minister! It is not to some renowned preacher of the olden time— yes, it is—I have made a mistake there—it isto a renowned Preacher of …

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… he went off to listen to certain irregular preaching and there he found peace with God. The old minister warned him of his wickedness in being away from …

Christians Kept From Sin

1 Samuel 25:32

… I remember once hearing a strange sort of preacher say that sin did a Believer no harm—a more terrible Doctrine than that could drop from no man …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… the preacher all know that there should be appropriate action in whatever we do. When Raphael represents Paul as standing with uplifted hands at Athens, preaching, he did …

Spiritual Revival—the Need of the Church

Habakkuk 3:2

… There is, nowadays, much preaching, but how is it often done? The preacher says, "O Lord, help Your servant to preach and teach him by Your Spirit what …

A Hearer In Disguise

1 Kings 14:6

… Whitfield? In his early ministry, lying down, as he thought, to die in a high fever, a poor Negro woman was sitting by his side and tending him …

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… ministry if you are in the habit of praying about it! The man who comes up to God's House, having prayed for God to bless the preacher …

A Holy and Homely Resolve

Psalm 101:2

… There is an old proverb that, "kneeling never spoils silk stockings." Prayer, to the preacher, is like provender to the horse. It strengthens and cheers him to go …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… Little is that ministry worth which never chides you! If God never uses His minister as a rod, depend upon it, He will never use him as a …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… ministry. It has been my one and only business to set forth the love of God to men in Christ Jesus. I heard lately of an aged minister …

Real Contact With Jesus

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

Buying the Truth

Proverbs 23:23

… commend the Truth by saying, "The preacher spoke well, and he spoke earnestly, and I love what he said." The preacher had almost rather that you said nothing …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… When Jehoshaphat had once established a preaching ministry in all the cities of Judah, then, and not till then, the fear of the Lord fell on the neighbouring …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… article upon the indelicacies of some honest preacher, or a very pious lamentation over the presumed follies of an earnest minister. Never let the devil accuse Christians of …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… A Brother, who is an eminent preacher, but who uses rather long words, was explaining to me the benefit of the preaching of Mr. Fullerton and Mr. Smith …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… Does he gather the apostles? It is that they may go abroad in every land, preaching the Word of God. Does he sit upon a well? It is …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… I have been preaching some practical Truths of God which may not be quite as sweet to you as if I were preaching the precious Doctrines of the …

A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers

Amos 6:12

… I do not suppose that anybody but a minister with considerable experience will understand what I say when I declare that there is a sympathy between the preacher …

Characteristics of Faith

John 4:48

… thing to preach, but another thing to practice; and unless preaching and practice go together, the preacher is himself condemned, and his ill practice may be the means …