Preaching & Ministry

Precepts and Promises

John 12:26

… it referred to Christ being extolled in preaching. Well, it is true that when Christ is lifted up in the ministry, there is an attractive power—but that …

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… I have heard and I have read and I also have believed the criticism, that the preacher who occupies this pulpit wields but slender eloquence and possesses few …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… 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 …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… On this platform I have endured deep distress of mind while preaching to you and I have feared lest I should not be able to speak aright in …

New Uses for Old Trophies

2 Kings 11:10

… we did not thank God for fruitful ones? If the preacher has been honored in his ministry to win souls to Christ, but has not duly blessed his …

A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace

Jeremiah 6:14

… be troubled, ye careless ones.” The work of the ministry is no child’s play; it is a labor which might fill an angel’s hands—did fill …

"All Hail!"

Matthew 28:9

… They are the kind of people who do not get on with my ministry very long—they say that they are not able to feed upon it. They …

Good Cheer From Forgiven Sin

Matthew 9:2

… While he lay waiting for the sentence, the Lord sent a choice minister of the Gospel to him and his heart was enlightened so that he found Christ …

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… All our fresh springs are in God, but the rivers of our grace do not minister to His fullness. "My goodness extends not to you." The mightiest of …

God the Wonder-Worker

Psalm 136:4

… Barrow that he was an unfair preacher, because he exhausted every subject he touched, and left nothing for anyone else to say. I would like Dr. Barrow to …

Believers as Blessed as the Blessed Virgin

Luke 11:27

… It was while Jesus was preaching that this cry was raised—"It came to pass, as He spoke these things." It was because He spoke so well that …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… I WAS delighted, one Sabbath evening in the year 1853, when driving from the village where I had supplied for a minister, to see in one place a …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… I was particularly struck with the welcome accorded by all to the great preacher. It was hardly the sort of welcome usual in such cases. There was no …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… You do not know, some of you saved ones who have never confessed your faith, what pleasure it would give the minister. I know of no joy comparable …

The Two Talents

Matthew 25:22-23

… You have heard a minister who was deeply read in sacred lore; his wisdom was profound, and his speech graceful. Under his preaching many were converted. Have you …

"Straightway"

Matthew 4:20

… end of the week, so go to him "straightway." There is a minister now preaching the Gospel, and God is greatly blessing him, who says he owes his …

The Pleiades and Orion

Job 38:31

… When I am preaching in any place I can soon tell what kind of people I am preaching to by their looks. There is a fire that flashes …

"Lay Hold on Eternal Life!"

1 Timothy 6:12

… He loved him greatly and he had much confidence in him, but still he felt that the work of preaching the Gospel was such a responsible undertaking that …

Questions of the Day and THE Question of the Day

Matthew 22:42

… We desire to be always and alone preaching Christ. We desire to be building up His Church and living at peace with all our brethren. We need, in …

A New Year's Benediction

1 Peter 5:10

… He knew that if praying be the end of preaching in the hearer, preaching should always be accompanied by prayer in the minister. Having exhorted believers to walk …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… We have heard of a minister who added only one to his Church through a long year of very earnest ministry—only one! A sad thing for him …

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… If Protestants are free from this deadly error, I fear they are guilty of another, for in our worship, we too often minister unto our own selves. We …

Psalm 8

Psalm 8

Psalm 8 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. "To the Chief Musician upon Gittith, a Psalm of David." We are not clear …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… There, again, is the Sovereignty of God to be seen—that one should be found under a cold, dead ministry and another should hear a soul-saving preacher …

To Sunday School Teachers And Other Soul-winners

James 5:19

… It says, "If any of you do err from the truth, and one converts him." One what? One minister? No, anyone among the Brethren. If the minister shall …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… It is the mark of the Christian minister, who is taught of God, that he rightly divides the Word of truth; but this right dividing is so far …

A Feast For Faith

Isaiah 28:29

… Many preachers have had to confess the uselessness of mere moral preaching. One of them said he preached up honesty till his parish swarmed with thieves. There is …

Psalm 41

Psalm 41

Psalm 41 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. This title has frequently …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… WE learn from the text a fact worth remembering, namely, that in the first stage of the Christian ministry, the thing to be aimed at is that men …

Enlivening and Invigorating

Psalm 119:25

… The minister is dozing, dreaming, snoring, talking in his sleep—that is what his preaching is like. There is plenty of preaching like that—an inarticulate snoring of …

Particular Redemption

John 6:44

… of the Father was simply preaching. No, brethren, you must note again, he does not say no man can come except the minister draw him, but except the …

Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning

John 12:37-41

… This morning I shall draw certain lessons for ourselves from the great evangelical prophet, his ministry, and the people to whom he ministered so vainly. Our first meditation …

"Eyes Right"

Proverbs 4:25

… I was struck with what one said the other day of a certain preacher. The hearer was in deep concern of soul and the minister preached a very …

The Cross Our Glory

Galatians 6:14

… If our ministry shall be without blood, it is without life, for, "the blood is the life thereof." He that preaches not justification by faith knows not the …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… When I went to a place of worship, I took no notice of the music of the organ, or the eloquence of the preacher. I kept listening with …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… preacher in America and brought many souls to Christ—and was the man who preached a sermon at the chapel where afterwards Jonathan Edwards became a minister of …

The Fullness of Christ the Treasury of the Saints

Colossians 1:19

… But still, I have not taken my text, this morning, with the view of so preaching from it. I have another aim altogether. Moreover, it will be right …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… I remember having a considerable share of sneers, and rebukes not a few, from some who thought themselves very wise men, because I began preaching at the age …

The Still Small Voice

1 Kings 19:12

… Wind! And the Lord is not in it! And now everything seems to shake, while, like a second John the Baptist, the minister proclaims woe and terror and …

The Ark of the Covenant

Jeremiah 3:16

… ark and the ministry of angels is interwoven into the great covenant plan of salvation. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who …