Preaching & Ministry

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… my Brothers in the ministry—we may all of us preach vehemently, earnestly—but there will be no power whatever in our preaching for the winning of a …

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… By day our Savior was preaching—He could not cease from preaching even to spend the day in prayer. By day the multitude needed healing—our Lord would …

A Serious Reprimand

2 Kings 5:13

… In whatever shape the preacher puts it, whatever illustrations he uses to enforce it, it comes to just what we have always heard—'believe and live.'" And you …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… Some have thought that they were assistant ministers who occasionally aided settled pastors both in the pastoral work of visiting and in occasionally preaching the Word. Others have …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… There are those, too, who sit under an earnest ministry and yet go on in sin—they surely belong to the class of chief sinners. O, my Hearers …

Christ's Pastoral Prayer for His People

John 17:9

… The tendency is, so often, to leave everything to be done by the minister, or else by one or two leading people, but I pray you, Beloved, if …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… Many people like a preacher who can confuse the Gospel for them—plain speech offends them. We are overdone with such folk in this generation. Certain people, when …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… Paul's preaching is very plain upon the subject of female preaching. He does not allow a woman to preach, but this by no means bars her from …

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… It has been my high privilege to be associated with six of our ablest brethren in the ministry, in a letter of protest against the countenance which a …

Mourning at the Cross

Zechariah 12:10

… It is not the product of mere terror I believe that men can be driven into a sort of repentance by preaching to them the wrath of God …

Teaching for the Outer and Inner Circles

Mark 4:33

… OUR blessed Lord had two great objectives before Him in His ministry. The first was to preach the Word to the outlying masses, that out of them He …

God's Advocates Breaking Silence

Job 36:2

… If our preaching is so poor that the people suffer, it is better that they suffer little rather than much! And if our ministry is very rich and …

The Battle of Life

… The Apostle was proving that the minister who gives all his time to the preaching of the Word is entitled to a maintenance from those people amongst whom …

Christ’s People—Imitators of Him

Acts 4:13

… This much I have declared lest any man should think that I am preaching works as the way to salvation; I will yield to none in this, that …

Trembling at the Word of the Lord

Isaiah 66:2

… There are men abroad nowadays—I grieve to say some of them in the ministry—who take the Bible, not that it may judge them but that they …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… It is full of stirs." There are political stirs in which the Christian minister finds no theme for sorrow, for when men's minds are but awake for …

Miracles Of Love

Isaiah 38:17

… people to whom I minister, living ever in the light of His countenance, for there is strength and there is power for ministry and everything else beside. III …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… Curiosity had prompted them to come and they were surprised to find that the preacher seemed to know all about them, for his message exactly suited their case …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… Then there is attendance upon the means of grace, and hearing a gospel ministry. Mind you fill that waterpot with water. ‘But I may hear thousands of sermons …

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… If that man is engaged as a minister of Christ he will never preach as though his salvation depended on his preaching. Let him be occupied in his …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

Psalm 63 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah …

Daniel—a Pattern for Pleaders

Daniel 9:19

… ministry, is not that a good motive? Yes, it is. But suppose I desire the conversion of souls in order that people may say, "What a useful minister …

Mysterious Meat

John 4:31-38

… Do you wonder that their ministry was a scandal? Others have been naturalists, first, and divines afterwards! Do you wonder that their ministry proved to be a failure …

The Eye and the Light

Luke 11:33-36

… O false Hearts! What shall I do with you? You make me wish to be dumb, lest I minister to your condemnation. In the lowest Hell you are …

Retreat Impossible

Judges 11:35

… As for me, where could I flee from my Master's Presence? Where could I go from His service? Should I desert His ministry, unto what part of …

Dwell Deep, O Dedan!

Jeremiah 49:8

… This class is the great trial of the ministry and in every Church there are some of them. They profess to love the Lord Jesus but they are …

A Good Confession.–Baptism

… freely opened for the convenience of minister and candidates at a baptizing. Where the barge is hauled up for repairs, the preacher takes his stand, when the baptizing …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… Are you a preacher? Seek not popularity by pleasing the times, but seek honor by pleasing God! Are you a master? Seek not to use your position to …

Gracious Renewal

Psalm 51:10

… Attend constantly a soul-satisfying Ministry. Kill the lusts that have driven your Lord from you. Be careful to watch over the future uprisings of sin—otherwise your …

A Remarkable Benediction

Deuteronomy 33:16

… My Brothers in the ministry, I wish the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush to be with you through all your toilsome tasks. Perhaps you …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… A young man, deeply impressed under the ministry, has been led to feel the weight of sin; he trusts also he has been led to look for salvation …

"Do You Love Me?"

John 21:16

… Forget that it is spoken by the minister, or written in the text. Bear it only as spoken by Jesus, by that same Jesus who has redeemed you …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… only as black spots; when the preacher is very prominent in a sermon, there is always a darkness. I like gospel preaching to be all Christ, the Sun …

His Own Funeral Sermon*

Acts 13:36

… William Olney "fell on sleep." Long before the beloved preacher was "called Home," it was selected for publication this week. Mrs. Spurgeon feels that her dear husband could …

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… But the day may come when God shall make one minister more mighty than a thousand. When one sermon shall be enough to convert a congregation. When that …

Prayer for the Church

Daniel 9:17

… Praying is the end of preaching! Preaching has its right use, and must never be neglected, but real heart devotion is worth more than anything else. Prayer is …

The Blood-Shedding

… When thousands of years have rolled away, some minister may stand on this spot and say the same. This will never alter at all; it will always be …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… How suddenly were they however startled from their security and convinced of their sin? The preaching of that one strange man had brought them from the height of …

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… We ought to come to the preaching of the Word of God praying, "Lord, teach me! Blessed Spirit guide me into all Truth. Let me see a doctrine …

'Flee From the Wrath to Come'

Matthew 3:7

… John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. His was a preparatory ministry. His work was …