Preaching & Ministry

The Preacher's Last Sermon for the Season

John 7:37

… He reminds me of that minister who, when he was about to preach, was stopped by a soldier, who held a pistol to his head and threatened that …

Ploughing the Rock

… First, the unprofitable hearer can be removed so that he shall no more hear the gospel from the lips of his best approved minister. There is a preacher …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… its best and his verdict upon her was, "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." Without Christ, Sinner, you will find the world …

Faith Seeing God's Glory

John 11:40

… They are sure to call him by the name of the minister whom God has blessed to him. And then they talk of it in the workshop and …

"By All Means, Save Some"

1 Corinthians 9:22

… and a recognized ministry. We have frequently heard it said of certain revivals that no particular person was engaged in them, neither evangelist nor minister had a hand …

Wake Up! Wake Up!

Romans 13:11

… Were their minister to weep over the lost, as Jesus wept over Jerusalem, they would say he was unsound—a duty-faith man, certainly and, probably, an Arminian …

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… Is not this a wretched business? Am I talking to any here who not so many years ago were regular attendants upon a faithful ministry but who have …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… How abundantly she supplies loving, living nutriment to her newborn children when God blesses her! Yes, the Lord being present, the ministry becomes a means of spiritual sustenance …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… Many already own that the preaching has been with power from Heaven. Now, ought I to leave them? “3. In a few years’ time, I hope to improve …

Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?

Acts 8:30-33

… that hardly any one came to listen to the preacher. Instead of blaming himself, and preaching better, the minister said he thought he was not doing much good …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… If God calls him to the ministry, he is a seed sower. If God calls him to the Sabbath school, he is a seed sower. Whatever his office …

Further Afield

Acts 13:46-48

… It never entered their minds to give up their ministry because it did not succeed among these Jews. They did not say, "Lo, we turn away from preaching …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… And so it will be, by-and-by, that people will say, "What will the Tabernacle people do if they lose their minister?" It will probably be the …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878

… a preacher, for I must speak. I feel something like Elihu, when he said, ‘I will speak, that I may be refreshed.’ I do not regard preaching or …

Positivism

1 John 5:18-20

… No book is less read, in proportion to its circulation, than the Bible—and certainly no book is less understood! With all the preaching we have—and some …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… Here in London people live in the street where there is a soul-saving ministry, yet many of them never cross the threshold of the House of Prayer …

Shining Christians

Isaiah 60:1

… All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto you: they shall come up with acceptance on My altar …

A Look and Its Lessons

Isaiah 51:1

… a place of worship, to say that the preacher is of such a high intellectual order that his ministry is not attractive to the masses, but that the …

The Great Sin Of Doing Nothing

Numbers 32:23

… right in not preaching, then other Christian men have a right to trifle in the same way—and then there would be no ministry left! An idler is …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… Brothers and Sisters, if you should come to a minister, whoever he may be, and say to him, "Sir, I will tell you my evidence. I will relate …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… These looked with scorn upon the Preacher; and watched him with invidious eyes, to find some fault. If they could find none in him personally, yet they could …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… The Apostles made this Truth of God very prominent in their preaching and here Paul began his address with it. It was the great difficulty of the Christian …

Cheer for the Worker and Hope for London

Acts 18:9

… I have heard a young preacher say that in his early days, when he saw a gentleman with a white cravat come into the village chapel, he felt …

All At It

Acts 8:4

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… Palestine? I believe that the Christian ministry has to do with you in your daily life—and the more the preacher delivers that which is practically suggestive of …

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude

Romans 1:20

… You have attended a Gospel ministry. Your Sunday school teachers and Christian friends have taught you the way of salvation—you are not ignorant! If you do not …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… That is reading—not preaching. There is a good tale told of an old man whose minister used to read. The minister called to see him, and said …

The Mediator—Judge And Savior

Acts 10:42

… But this request was a very honest and hearty one, for Cornelius sent many miles to fetch the preacher and the preacher came a long day's journey …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… that mighty preacher, but we have just sufficient to prove that he knew how to lay the axe at the root of the tree by preaching the law …

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… He is a minister of the Church of England but he did not know the Lord. While he was preaching the Lord applied to his heart with power …

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… The more of Scripture, yes, of the very words of Scripture that we can use in preaching, the better and, certainly, the more of such thing as can …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

Psalm 40 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician. Well might so exceedingly precious a Psalm be …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… under their ministry, but, you know, sinners were different, then, from the sinners of these day, who do not need the same sort of preaching. Some say that …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… This is the minister’s hope, that there is a people whom the Lord remembers and whom he never will forget, though they forget him. Strangers to him …

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching

Solomon 1:6

… Has not the spiritual temperature gone down in your own soul? Perhaps you have not seen many conversions under your ministry? or in the class which you conduct …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… The blessings which come to us through the ascension, are “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… I know that there be some in these days who are like those in the time of the royal preacher, of whom he said, “because sentence against an …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… Then if there was a cottage meeting, or a street preaching, you were there. "Ah," you say, "that was wildfire." Blessed wildfire! The Lord give you the wildfire …

Thrice Happy Day!

Haggai 2:19

… the minister's efforts are almost certain to be fruitless, not so much because of the congregation as because of the church. My Brothers in the ministry sometimes …

"The Sure Mercies of David"

Acts 13:34

… preacher's text may be, he must never close a sermon without having set forth the claims of Jesus! This should be the invariable rule of our ministry …