Preaching & Ministry

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… But the ministry which under great difficulties and fierce opposition is still sustained because the preacher cannot help continuing in it is that which God will bless. It …

"So It Is"

Job 5:27

… I know well the place of the ministry of one who was ordained to be a preacher and drew the hire of which every true laborer is worthy …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… up our individual life in its connection with our ministry. We must ever remember that we are not preaching doctrine which is good for others merely, but precious …

Temple Glories

2 Chronicles 5:13

… live coal from the Altar? Preaching is a farce unless the minister has fire within him! And when the fire is there, preaching is God's ordained and …

The Warning Neglected

Ezekiel 33:5

… You will hear many men admire the preacher who deals in generalities, but when he comes to press home searching questions, by-and-by they are offended. If …

Winnowing Time

Jeremiah 23:28

… particular Christian man, or any individual Christian minister. I make a close search into my own ministry, now, and the ministry of others necessarily comes in view while …

On Conversion as Our Aim

The grand object of the Christian ministry is the glory of God. Whether souls are converted or not, if Jesus Christ be faithfully preached, the minister has not …

Divine and Human Ordination

… The true minister is to sit like the shepherd in the wilderness by night, or like the whisper-hearing sentinel. (2.) The ministry involves toil and trouble. Few …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… Paul did not make his preaching a stalking-horse to his trade, but he made his handicraft a packhorse to his ministry, so that he could say, "These …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… just such preaching; they were bewildered, and amazed, but they had been fed with royal dainties. They were, however, in much concern for the young preacher himself, who …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc. (Second Lecture)

… Ludovicus Cresollius, of Brittany, (1620) in his treatise upon the action and pronunciation of an orator, speaks somewhat strongly of a learned and polished Parisian preacher, who had …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… It is not the minister, it is not the preacher, but the God who first designs the salvation, and afterwards uses the preacher to work it out. Ah …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… I come, in the next place, to a very important matter and that is THE SURE PROOF OF POWER—the indisputable evidence of any minister's call from …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… The minister preached the Gospel freely to all. He described our character and affectionately bid us come to Jesus. We were sought out while the preacher called the …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 2:2

… would do nothing outside the office of the ministry, that to once be a minister is to be a minister forever and never to be a politician, never …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… Oh, the delight of preaching the Gospel! I often say to young men who apply for admission to the College, "Do not become a minister if you can …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… by preaching the Gospel, I shall have enough to do. One objective is enough for most men—one such as ours is enough for any minister, however many …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… The fool in Scotland, who got into the pulpit before the preacher arrived, was requested by the minister to come down. “Nay, nay,” answered the man, “you come …

A Preacher from the Dead

Luke 16:31

… Others go a deal farther, and throw the blame on the ministry. “If,” say they, “at one time the minister had been more earnest in preaching, I should …

Sermon 463. Christ'S Servant—His Duty And Reward

John 12:26

… I have heard that a noted Methodist preacher, who commenced his ministry very early in life, suffered not a little at first because of his humble origin and …

A Great Sermon by the Greatest Preacher

Matthew 3:17

… your ministry is full of Christ, it is a ministry that God can bless. "Oh," said a Brother to me, only today, speaking of a certain minister, "I …

Lecture III: The Uses Of Anecdotes And Illustrations.

… The fool in Scotland who got into the pulpit before the preacher arrived was requested by the minister to come down. "Nay, nay," answered the man, "you come …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… IT IS the preacher's principal business—I think I might say, his only business—to cry, "Behold the Lamb of God!" For this reason was John born …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890

… call you her minister. May God still continue to you the grace of a simple, consecrated purpose, and the gifts of such a manifold ministry ! " The following letter …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… May it ever be the preacher's one desire to win men to repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ! May no minister wish to …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… As I neared the chapel, I perceived that someone was in the pulpit preaching, and who should the preacher be but my dear and venerable grandfather! He saw …

Open-Air Preaching — A Sketch of Its History

… John Livingstone, chaplain to the Countess of Wigtoun (at that time only a preacher, not an ordained minister, and about twenty-seven years of age), was with very …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… My dear Brothers in the ministry, if you want to shine for Jesus, you must be made into stars to be held in His right hand! There is …

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

2 Timothy 2:15

… Every Christian minister must do this if he would make full proof of his ministry and if he would be clear of the blood of his hearers at …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… JUSTIFICATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER. "I believed, therefore have I spoken." No man ever ought to speak in God's name, as a preacher of the Gospel, unless …

Stewards

… To make full proof of our ministry, will require great discrimination; for a want of balance in preaching has done serious injury to many a church. The line …

Lecture 2: On Commenting

… order to execute it well, the commenting minister will at first have to study twice as much as the mere preacher, because he will be called upon to …

Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion

Acts 16:13

… It is a temptation of modern times to be always talking as though the ministry were a magnifying of man, as though to listen to the preacher were …

Great Joy In the City

Acts 8:8

… the preaching that will make a city glad. He was also a man full of the Holy Spirit and that is the chief qualification for a preacher of …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… who came to hear the preacher. The singers drawled out a dirge, while the members sat like mutes. I found it hard preaching; there was no “go” in …

The Empty Seat

1 Samuel 20:27

… May I ask that, often as I am missed, I may have a fresh interest in your prayers, for these are a minister's wealth and a pastor …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… If we could not leave its preaching to the society, at least let the minister, so intimately connected with the Church, become the pillar and ground of the …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… Here and there, a chapel is filled with people ; here and there, you see an earnest minister ; here and there, an increasing church ; here and there, a good …

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… No minister ought to be at rest unless he sees that his ministry brings forth fruit, and men and women are born unto God by the preaching of …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

… and being startled because the preacher so exactly described him, he listened attentively to the warnings which followed, the Word reached his heart, the grace of God met …