Preaching & Ministry

Kept From Iniquity

Psalm 18:23

… lives—and that is the most effective preaching! The preaching of holy lives is living preaching! The most effective ministry from a pulpit is that which is supported …

The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews

Ezekiel 37:1-10

… First, the Prophet prophesies to the bones—here is preaching. And next, he prophesies to the four winds—here is praying. The preaching has its share in the …

One Antidote for Many Ills

Psalm 80:10

… It is not enough that I can do it night and day, laboring incessantly by writing and by preaching, I would that I were multiplied a thousand-fold …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… This is a blessed compound of preaching and praying—it makes a rich amalgam of Christian ministry when there is, first, the testimony of the Truth of God …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… The Church's arm is partly the ministry of the Word in her midst. Preaching should be attractive enough to gather the people together, for how shall they …

Stephen's Death

Acts 7:59

… But, not content with being a deacon, Stephen began to minister in holy things as a speaker of the Word, and that with great power, for he was …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… When love declines, what cold preaching we have! All moonlight—light without heat—polished like marble and as cold! What cold singing we get—pretty music made by …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… Nay, he not only came among them, but he was always seeking their good by his ministry. If there was anywhere a sinner, a lost sheep of the …

The Two Gatherings

Psalm 50:5

… I believe that it relates, first, to the gathering together of all God's chosen people by the preaching of the Word and by other means. And that …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… Those were the grand old women who, when the minister was unsound, soon let him know that they would hear no such old wives' fables, but would only …

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… our ministry to preach upon all sorts of subjects. We ought not to bring out things old and old, but things new and old. Yet the preacher must …

Christ’s First and Last Subject

Matthew 4:17

… with it—that he should say, “Repent,” as the key-note of his ministry, preaching this duty before he fully develops all the mystery of godliness, and that …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… as "the Gospel." If the preacher shall insist upon some virtue or practical Grace, they straightway say that he is not preaching the Gospel, that he has become …

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… I am of the mind of the old lady who said, when she heard a certain preacher, "I like to hear that kind of minister. He is a …

Farm Laborers

… so’s ministry because he edifies the saints in doctrine; but when he was away the other Sunday I could not profit by the preacher because he was …

'That King Ahaz'

2 Chronicles 28:22

… And there have been times when I have heard some of you say, "Our minister speaks more sweetly, now, than he did before he was laid aside." Yes …

Christ's Loneliness and Ours

John 16:31

… He was strong in public ministry because of the hours spent in secret wrestling with God on the lone mountainside. But when He came to the hour of …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… But that is not the way the Lord ordained—He intended that there should be plain, simple, faithful preaching. It is by the foolishness of such preaching that …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… Oftentimes the word of human ministry proves ineffectual—the preacher exhorts, the hearer listens, but the exhortation is not obeyed. It sometimes happens that even desires may be …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… good out of a ministry if you do not pray for it. As a rule I believe congregations get out of a minister what they put into him …

Pictures of Happiness

Psalm 144:15

… We said, "Who is the Lord that we should obey His voice?" When we heard of Him in the preaching of His Truth, it only reached our outward …

Sympathy and Song

Romans 12:15

… Having then, gifts differing according to the Grace that is given to us whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith Or ministry, let …

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… I am sure that while I have been preaching, your thoughts have been trotting home to that dear child and you have been thinking much of him. Well …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… It is impossible to preach the Gospel without preaching the Person, the work, the offices, the Character of Christ. If Christ is preached, the Gospel is promulgated and …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… For instance, in the matter of the Christian ministry. When I first came to minister in London there was some little talk about my being ordained. "If I …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… the first preacher of his age:—"I confess, my God, that it is so; that we are all sinners in the highest degree." He is preaching on a …

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

… Next to them comes the preacher who is always dealing with the shell of Truth. When he sits down to read the Bible, he cannot help thinking whether …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… There are some of our old sanctuaries still standing where our godly ancestors met to worship God five miles away from the nearest market town lest their minister …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… I, the preacher, feel how much it bears upon me. In that spirit have I thought it over, anxiously trusting that every deacon and every elder of this …

Onward!

Philippians 3:13

… In ministry for Christ an Apostle of foremost degree. Where shall I find such a man for Revelations? He had been caught up into the third Heaven and …

Serving The Lord

Romans 12:11

… While the doctrinal part of Scripture is exceedingly full, the practical part is not one whit less copious, and, indeed, the proportion which, in Christ's ministry, was …

Psalm 126

Psalm 126

Psalm 126 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Song of Degrees. This is the seventh Step, and we may …

Bringing Sinners to the Savior

Mark 9:17-20

… After preaching for some little time, I wanted some seal to my service and when the deacon of the little Church of which I was the minister said …

Enquiring of God

2 Samuel 2:1

… the Infallible answer we need." Your minister does not wish to do it, for he thinks he is better employed in preaching the Gospel to you and giving …

I Was Before

1 Timothy 1:13

… There are some who might say, "I am a minister of the Gospel, but I am not worthy to be called a minister because of the sins that …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… Alas! I dare not omit those towards whom the Savior must feel this anger very especially, because they have been the subjects of tender, earnest, faithful ministry. I …

Jesus Only

Matthew 17:8

… After all the gospel preaching that there has been in the world, and the declaration of the precious doctrines of grace every Sabbath day; after the clear revelations …

The Hungry Filled, the Rich Emptied

Luke 1:53

… Ah, Sirs! But if the Creed is not believed in your heart, and if the ministry is not blessed to you, your boasting is as vain as that …

"The Offense of the Cross"

Galatians 5:11

… I shall not listen to your preacher who says, 'This is the Truth of God, the whole Truth of God and nothing else but the Truth.' I will …

The Parable of the Sower

… The preacher of the gospel is like the sower. He does not make his seed; it is given him by his divine Master. No man could create the …