Preaching & Ministry

The Unsearchable Riches Of christ

Ephesians 3:8

… his teaching, the fatness of his ministry—he has proved his calling as an ambassador of Christ. Brethren, the Christian minister should be like these golden spring flowers …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… Did our Lord intend a minister to go on preaching from his pulpit to empty pews, when, by standing on a chair or a table outside the meeting …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… preaching in the world—but it must be experience about Christ, it must be an experience that leads me out of self to Jesus—and if any ministry …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… Attend a Christ-honoring ministry! If you have been sitting under any minister who does not extol Christ and lift Him up before you—however eloquent and intelligent …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… Think of a minister of the gospel poising himself upon a hassock while he is preaching: a Boanerges and a Blondin in one person. It is too much …

Scriptural Salvation

Romans 10:11

… I may fitly preach to you upon any Scriptural subject and I may minister to the delight of the family of the redeemed. I may lead them into …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… test of twelve Sabbaths of their minister’s absence, and the severer test of more than seventeen years of the same ministry, and are now exhibiting more love …

John Mark—or, Haste in Religion

Mark 14:50-52

… No, while they traveled along the coast of Asia Minor, we find they had John Mark to be their minister—but the moment they went up into the …

The Story of God’s Mighty Acts

Psalm 44:1

… the people, and it was rumored that in a certain village a preacher had been preaching in thorough earnest, and there had been hundreds converted in a week …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… testimonial can ever be given to the preacher which can equal a soul converted! These are the seals of our ministry and the wages of our hire! Socrates …

Stambourne Meeting-House

… riches of the ministry. (Ignorant beings they must be if they look for wealth in connection with the Baptist ministry.) The fascination of the preacher’s office is …

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent

John 3:14

… The death of the late eminent preacher, Dr. Beaumont, who died in his pulpit, was a death which all of us might envy; whose released spirit, whilst the …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… this point; and, during eleven years of ministry, I have seen no ill effect, but very much good from my preaching, although the charge has always been laid …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… If there was a preaching to be held five miles off, and we could walk with the lay-preacher to be a little comfort to him in the …

Why the Gospel Is Hidden

2 Corinthians 4:3

… a true preacher of the glorious Gospel of Christ and I will gladly listen to him. I would like him to be an educated minister if that is …

The Minister in These Times

… The preacher does not enjoy his own subject, and seldom speaks of having been in the Spirit while he was discoursing. He likes twenty minutes’ preaching a great …

A Pastoral Letter Accompanying Sermon 221

… I am not restrained from my accustomed ministry by a chain forged by man, but by the silken cord of God’s providence: no rough jailor, but loving …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… The charge of Paul to Timothy, is a very necessary exhortation to every young minister: “Be thou faithful unto death.” It is not to be faithful for a …

How Can I Obtain Faith?

Romans 10:17

… preacher. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word, not of man, but of God. The word of God is the substance of faith-creating preaching; it …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… Happy preacher, who commenced, as he continued, and concluded, the ministry he “received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” As indicating …

Christ's Prayer for Believers

John 17:20

… MINISTRY. Captious and quibbling persons will object, "You say that God loves His people and, therefore, they will be saved. Then what is the good of your preaching …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… The preacher should adopt language which shall be suitable to all his congregation. In preaching he should strive to instruct, to enforce, to explain, to expound, to plead …

Fire—the Need of the Times

Luke 12:49

… God glorifies His Truth and gives seals to the Christian ministry, opposition is aroused. If the preacher is supposed to live in the middle ages, his history will …

Lessons from the Christ of Patmos

Revelation 1:16

… the fact is unquestionable—very much depends upon the minister. If you have a warm-hearted, loving, zealous preacher of the Gospel, you find, before long, earnest, hearty …

Strength in Weakness

… An overwhelming sense of weakness should not be regarded as an evil, but should be accepted as helpful to the true minister of Christ. Look at  the preacher …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… But, Beloved, besides the vocal preaching of the Gospel, the printed word of God, itself, is a preacher through the eye. Holy Scripture has often been the sole …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… Spurgeon sought to combine a holiday with the fulfilment of many preaching engagements — a very bad plan this, as he afterwards found, for an overtaxed mind needs absolute …

Pure Fun

… If I was a young woman, and was thinking of being married, I would not marry a minister, because the position of minister’s wife is a very …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… Seek a ministry that is full of Christ, full of Covenant faithfulness. A ministry not of "of and "but," but of "shall" and "will." Seek a ministry which …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… whether he should enter the ministry. He replied, "Not if you can help it." No man has any right to be a preacher unless he is one who …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… to enjoy his ministry. Yet this pleasure was mingled with much of pain; for, during the early part of the year 1855, he was preaching in Exeter Hall …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… body-servant, or personal attendant during His earthly ministry. He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister! He did not desire this man to be with …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… are perishing, and I am preaching to them but three times a week and am called to the work of the ministry.” I thought I read of all …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… The great object of the Gospel ministry, at first, is to convince men of sin, to humble them before God—in fact, to wound them, to cut them …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… The minister is not responsible for his success. III. But yet, in the last place, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IS HIGH AND SOLEMN WORK. The ministry has been …

The Very Friend You Need

Luke 7:34

… John had been preaching in the desert with all his might, warning sinners to flee from the wrath to come. He was no court preacher, but a minister …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… me by an esteemed brother for the Christian ministry. And when he was greatly owned of God as preacher, the desire to assist students grew within my heart …

Zion's Prosperity

Psalm 102:13

… is necessarily prosperous because the minister is exceedingly eloquent The tendency of the present day is toward what is called "intellectual preaching." I never could see any intellect …

First Printed Works.–Author, Publishers, and Readers

… Suppose such-and-such a minister to be the / means of your calling; then your conversion, in some sense, though not absolutely, depends upon his. So it often …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… Him and put your trust in Him! When the preacher has laid a good solid foundation by preaching the Person of Christ and the Messiahship of Christ, he …