Preaching & Ministry

North and South

Isaiah 43:6

… I know the preacher has thought within himself, “I have only to put the truth in a reasonable way, and the man will see it.” Ah! sir, but …

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… Can you say that? I heard this last week a story about that mighty preacher, Robert Hall, which touched me as I heard it. A friend related that …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

Psalm 135 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher GENERAL REMARKS. This Psalm has no title. It is mainly made up of selections from …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… You know I have been thinking, while preaching, that you might say I had not been preaching except to some one or two that were here. Well, I …

Debtors and Debtors

Luke 7:41

… How many there are who want the preacher to prophesy smooth things! If he will say what they can agree with, they will go away and sing his …

The New Song

Psalm 98:1

… would not come; their wills were so desperate that they resisted long; the minister preached at them; their mother wept over them; their father entreated them; providence came …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… Are any of you questioning whether you are saved or not? Do not go out preaching, yet, for you may, perhaps, put others into bondage! Are any of …

How the Lambs Feed

Isaiah 5:17

… But now we have much earnest preaching and yet people do not know what the doctrines of the Gospel are—be you not ignorant, but be you nourished …

Preparation Necessary for the Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… Remember, dear Friends, that no recognition by the minister, no reception by the deacons or elders of a Church will excuse you for coming to the Lord's …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… Often my preaching of the love of Christ is, to my own mind, when I have done, as sad a failure as if I had gilded gold or …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… I remember how they constrained me, and kept me well nigh to midnight, preaching three semons, one after another, almost without rest, for they loved to listen to …

The Growth of Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… too much depressed by the cares of the world, the responsibilities of my ministry, or the sin that still troubles me—simply resting upon the Rock, Christ Jesus …

Great Pardon for Great Sin

Psalm 25:11

… Nor would it be amiss for us, sometimes, to break the thread of a sermon, that the people might pause and join with the preacher in asking God …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… We cling to our minister and everything he says is Gospel, or we follow some superior person and place our admiring confidence in him. Alas, it often happened …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… The other day a certain great preacher said that after a preacher had been for a while in a place, all the heroism, all the earnestness, all the …

Deliverance From the Pit

Job 33:24

… Therefore the preacher also says to his hearer, "I pray you, hear my speeches and listen to all my words." 2. Behold, now I have opened my mouth …

The Heart Perfumed

Romans 5:5

… While the preacher is preaching of it, there will be a sweet savor Christ. There is, as it were, a spiritual perfume in the assembly of the righteous …

Spring In The Heart

Psalm 65:10

… Upon some hearts, warm earnest preaching drops like an unusual thing which startles but does not convict. In other congregations, where good Gospel preaching has long been the …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… The Truth of God, which had been hidden in darkness, was held forth in the preaching and teaching of Protestant Reformers. For a long time after those eminent …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… It is in some such way that a dear brother now preaching the gospel, whom God has blessed with a very considerable measure of success, may trace the …

Spring in the Heart

… Upon some hearts warm earnest preaching drops like an unusual thing which startles but does not convince; while in other congregations, where good gospel preaching has long been …

A Voice From Heaven

Revelation 14:12

… The preacher should labor to preach the best sermons possible, but he must never have them before him so as to cause him, in self-satisfaction, to say …

A Most Needful Prayer Concerning The Holy Spirit

Psalm 51:11

… See to this, I pray you, and O may the preacher see to this himself! Remember, too, that the Spirit of God is to each one of us …

The Sparrow and the Swallow

Psalm 84:3

… With even greater emphasis we may say that when a Christian loses the realization of the Presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the "Minister of the …

A Prayer for Revival

Psalm 85:6

… BRETHREN, if you will pray this prayer, it will be better than my preaching from it! And my only motive in preaching from it is that you may …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… The minister who is bold enough when he preaches before the multitude may feel his lips quiver when he has to speak face to face with one individual …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… They prefer a ceremonial pompous and gaudy; the swell of music, the glitter of costly garments, the parade of learning all these must minister grandeur to the world …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… Great social problems were to be solved, but his one and only solution was the preaching of that great Savior who is to cleanse the Augean stables of …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… As to how we can become accomplices in other people's sins—the preacher must first say to himself that he will be such a man if he …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… of the Jews, but, nevertheless, this was always a prominent point in his preaching and writing, "Christ is risen from the dead." Sometimes it has been the duty …

Hope for Your Future

… You did not mind that—but you are getting wonderfully dainty now—you cannot hear the poor preacher whose voice was once like music to you. You cannot …

Danger. Safety. Gratitude.

… I am clear." He felt that he had faithfully discharged his ministry and spoken all that the Spirit of God had taught him. And if I may say …

Christ Seen as God's Salvation

Luke 2:30

… He humbled Himself." See Him in the three years of His most blessed ministry! What work was crowded into those years! How did the zeal of God's …

Faintness and Refreshing

1 Kings 19:8

… To compare small things with great, a foolish idea sometimes gets into the minds of our hearer that surely the minister can never be much cast down. Young …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… I know I have preached the Gospel, but the manner of my preaching does not satisfy me. I would gladly wash every discourse in the tears of repentance …

The Double Cleansing

Zechariah 13:1

… We try to preach about it to make it more open, but I believe that there is some preaching that shuts it up. People cannot understand the minister …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… The most idle and even the basest motives have brought men under the preaching, but when Jesus has been lifted up, they have been savingly drawn to Him …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… There is a certain kind of preaching that is just like that—the minister seems to say, "You dogs of sinners, there is the Gospel for you—will …

Christ Our Passover

1 Corinthians 5:7

… Oh! I do love Christ- preaching. It is not the doctrine of justification that does my heart good, it is Christ, the justifier; it is not pardon that …

Infant Salvation

2 Kings 4:26

… I think there is no one point which ought to be left out in our ministry, even though it may only yield comfort to a class. Perhaps the …