Preaching & Ministry

First Sermons at New Park Street Chapel

… There are people who are always finding fault with the minister, and there are ministers finding fault with the people; there is among them “a spirit that lusteth …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

Psalm 82 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE AND SUBJECT. A Psalm of Asaph. This poet of the temple here …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… See, again, the importance of preaching, for the Spirit of God descends only to help the preacher. And then see, last of all, the all-importance of the …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… There would of course be no opportunity for preaching and hearing, for the exchange of friendly intercourse, for business, or for any other of the duties of life …

Fathers In Christ

1 John 2:13

… May we all be soul-winners! Not the minister alone—not the Sunday school teachers alone—but each one without exception! Why should not each saint bring someone …

Sleepers Awakened

Jonah 1:5

… to lend a hand there, or for the preaching society to lend a hand there. He never encourages the minister's heart by saying that the love of …

Christ and His Hearers

Luke 15:1

… The group that stood nearest to Christ in preaching was composed of two classes of persons—the publicans, or tax-gatherers and the open sinners. Now the Pharisee …

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… honor Me I will honor." Suppose that a man is a preacher and in his preaching he seeks to glorify God only, and sets forth the finished work …

Lessons From a Dovecot

Isaiah 60:8

… Do all you can to make them comfortable and then, if there is any sign of attention to the preacher's message, or of impression produced by it …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… name?" A man may be a preacher and an eloquent preacher, and he may even have some blessing upon his preaching—and yet be cast away forever! 22 …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… I do not think I should dispute with any of my Brothers in the ministry upon what else they hold if they all hold purely and straightforwardly the …

Making Light of Christ

Matthew 22:5

… Let no preacher of smooth things persuade thee that this is not crime. O, sinner, think of thy sin, if thou art making light of him, for then …

Preaching for the Poor

… Mark, it is not preaching, but it is preaching the gospel that is the mark of Christ’s dispensation and of his truth. Let us take care to …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… Well, doubtless many a young preacher can remember when he first tried to speak—how much better he felt the end of the speech to be than the …

The Whole Machinery of Salvation

Romans 10:14

… Now, tonight, I wish that I could stir up everyone here to become a preacher, women and all—not that I care much for women preaching, but I …

Life by Faith

Galatians 3:11

… sinner may be got at by the preaching of the Gospel, you are almost beyond the reach of Gospel ministry—because you will not admit that warnings are …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… And the learned man, if the preaching does not always suit him, yet he is glad to think that the unlearned have a preacher whom they can understand …

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… We want to see all these people converted to God, and truly some of our hearers are hopeless enough, for I have been preaching to them for ten …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… As the minstrel leans his ear to his harp, so must the preacher give his whole soul to his ministry. The truth came to the psalmist as a …

Soul-satisfying Bread

John 6:35

… While He was preaching, His words were like a refiner's fire, bringing out the pure metal, but separating it from the dross and making that dross to …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… In Christ's own words and throughout the New Testament, we find the greatest stress laid upon preaching. Preaching is the great battering ram that is to shake …

Christ Made Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not. Stern was the labor of the Apostles, but they felt that their work was …

A Warning to Believers

Colossians 2:18

… Have I not often heard young people say of such-and-such a preacher who preaches error, "But he is so good a man!" That is not the …

John Ploughman's Talk

… A gentleman ON THE PREACHER'S APPEARANCE. 35 should have more in his pocket than on his back, and a minister should have more in his inner man …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… I have heard the cant of those who object to a ‘one-man ministry,’ a ministry to which all the while they usually submit in their own meetings …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… succeed in preaching the Gospel! In fact, those members of our churches who do not live the Gospel, undo through all the week what the preacher of the …

The Sinner's Savior

Luke 19:7

… It is a gross injustice to charge the preaching of the Gospel to sinners with making sin to appear a trifle! The accusation is a baseless slander! They …

Depths and Heights

Hebrews 1:2

… rest upon the ministry and make it quick and powerful to the conversion of men! And I am sure, dear Friends, that the preaching of Christ is always …

The True Gospel Is No Hidden Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:3

… The preacher should either speak in God's name or hold his tongue. My Brother, if the Lord has not sent you with a message, go to bed …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… We have passed beyond the stage of dwelling too much on that cardinal doctrine and I greatly fear that in these times we do not have enough preaching …

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… if not a specimen of blasphemy, for a preacher to ask the help of the Holy Spirit in his preaching, and then to pull his manuscript out of …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… and we attribute them to the ministry of angels. Angels came and ministered unto Jesus, and I doubt not that they minister unto us. Few of us have …

S. S.—or, the Sinner Saved

Romans 9:30-33

… The first was that wherever he went preaching Jesus Christ, certain Gentiles believed the doctrine and straightway became justified persons, receiving forgiveness of sin and a change of …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… But discord crept in, or worldliness, or pride—and by-and-by the Holy Spirit departed—the ministry became barren, the people looked up to the shepherd and …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… preaching you may easily do it from his own life. My hearer! is this thy case? Thou art a member of a church, a deacon, a minister. Is …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… I was once preaching upon conversion and salvation, and I felt within myself, as preachers often do, that it was but dry work to tell this story, and …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… There was no culture in the ministry, but the people were strong Believers. Five or six families, attending that despised ministry, learned to believe what they believed and …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… THIS verse portrays what a minister should be and the picture is a burden upon my heart and conscience, for it shows that the true preacher, or Prophet …

Do Not Sin Against the Child

Genesis 42:22

… The text further bears with equal severity upon the preacher. I feel it chides and chastens me. Preaching is full often too obscure for children. The words are …