Preaching & Ministry

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… need a cultured ministry. Those evangelistic preachers are all very well for popular assemblies, but we have always been select and require that preaching which is abreast of …

The Plain Man's Pathway To Peace

Matthew 9:27-30

… minister had a large family and could scarcely keep a coat on his back. I said I wondered how some Christian men who profited under the ministry of …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all Hell shake. Let us …

The Sure Triumph Of The Crucified One

Isaiah 52:13-15

… If up to this date, 1875, there had never been a solitary convert through Christian ministry. If the whole of the Church of God had, until this time …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… You began to serve God very enthusiastically and you thought the minister ought to have said, "I am thankful that God has sent such a very zealous young …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… Above all, seasons will occur when conscience is set to work by the faithful preaching of the Word and when the man pulls himself up and questions his …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… 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 …

The Soul's Best Food

Isaiah 55:2

… We must have food for our souls! It is not enough for the minister to come into the pulpit and tell the child of God to do this …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… mind thinks about! Yet many persons always consider the minister rather than his message. Many contrast one preacher with another when they should contrast themselves with the Divine …

The Apple Tree in the Woods

Solomon 2:3

… And therefore, Brothers in the ministry, let us always be preaching about this Apple Tree. Let us preach up Jesus Christ, let us make tracks to the Tree …

Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

… I once heard an old minister say that he thought the blessing of Asher was peculiarly the blessing of ministers; and his eyes twinkled as he added, "At …

The Three Witnesses

1 John 5:8

… Hence his life and ministry were full of power. How truthfully he said, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach …

The Light of the World

Matthew 5:14

… of us would give up preaching if we did not feel that God, in some way or other, has made our ministry necessary to the calling out of …

The Teaching of the Holy Ghost

John 14:26

… The preaching of the gospel, when it be done aright, is only accomplished through the power of the Holy Spirit. That sermon which is based upon human genius …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… for God? The preacher is seeing men converted and his ministry successful, but, all of a sudden, he is compelled to cease from preaching. Or the Sunday school …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Into whatsoever region the gospel may journey, her every herald is a flash of light, her every minister a flaming fire. God maketh his Churches the golden candlesticks …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… It is the preacher’s business Sabbath after Sabbath, and week-day after week-day, to preach the whole gospel of God and to vindicate the truth as …

A Marvelous Change

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

… come to this place—and they will be the first to say, "The preacher should not mention such a subject." My answer to that remark is, Then you …

A Prospect of Revival

Isaiah 51:3

… If a minister can be content to go on preaching without converts or baptisms, the Lord have mercy upon his miserable soul! Can he be a minister of …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… The seventy disciples returned from their preaching tour flushed with the joy of success. And our Savior, to refine that joy and prevent its degenerating into pride, bids …

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… Yet the thoughts excited by the sight of a vast congregation are not all pleasurable— the question most naturally arises—What will come of all this preaching and …

A Home for the Fatherless

… Charlesworth, assistant-minister to Mr. Newman Hall, of Surrey Chapel, has accepted the post of master to the Orphanage. He called in — as we are wont to say …

'Make This Valley Full of Ditches'

2 Kings 3:16-18

… A minister was asked to what point he reached in his faith when he was preaching. He said he prayed, and he hoped God would bless the word …

The Numbered People

Numbers 4:49

… according to the Grace that is given to us, whether ministry let us wait on our ministry, or he that teaches, on teaching; or he that exhorts, on …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… Baxter used to say if any minister found his ministry easy, he would find it hard to answer for it at the Day of Judgment. And I add …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… Glasgow’s motto is, “Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the Word.” It is the coat of arms of liberty herself. Liberty flourishes by the preaching of …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… Preaching right at people is the only preaching worth hearing and worth uttering. But they did not come for Christ to operate upon them—they were not patients …

Introduction

… This he has virtually done from the commencement of his public ministry, though not in the connected form in which it is now issued. His preaching was always …

Order Is Heaven's First Law

Joel 2:8

… Now, each of these forms of preaching is good in its season, but he who would keep close to the Scriptures and preserve completeness in his thoughts must …

Sermons From Saintly Deathbeds No. 783

Genesis 49:33

… But how seldom do you plead the ascension, so as to obtain a faithful ministry? Parts of Christendom are becoming terribly deficient in ministry. I have been told …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… and Omega of all our preaching and teaching. Woe to the man who makes anything else the main subject of his ministry. "God forbid that I should glory …

The Sinner's End

Psalm 73:17

… me; minister, you did not strive with me?" No, by the help of my Lord, through whose grace I am called to the work of this ministry, I …

Not Bound Yet

2 Timothy 2:9

… they preached, or listened to preaching, but they could not help it—they must hear the Word of the Lord! The preacher said, "Woe is unto me if …

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… LUTHER has well said that the experience of the minister is the best book in his library. I am persuaded it is so and that God often leads …

Varying Voices–Pro and Con

… You have heard of the preaching of Whitefield ; but did you ever read his sermons ? If you did, you will say they were by no means re- markable …

"The Wedding Was Furnished with Guests"

Matthew 22:10

… How sad this is! Well may the dispirited preacher mourn and fear in his heart that the great festival of love will prove a failure! If such as …

The Talking Book

Proverbs 6:22

… I believe there more done in this world for good or bad by talk than there is by preaching; indeed, the preacher preaches best when he talks; there …

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… every saved man is to be a minister in some sense, that every converted woman has also her share of ministry to perform for Christ, that it is …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… Preach Christ, and Christ, and Christ, and Christ and nothing else but Christ—and opened ears shall find in your ministry a wondrous harmony of linked sweetnesses, a …

Unbinding Lazarus

John 11:43

… Out of the foolishness of preaching the wisdom of God shines forth! The Glory of the eternal God is seen in that Gospel which we preach in much …