Preaching & Ministry

The Preservation of Christians in the World

John 17:15

… And no false preaching can ever make us believe any doctrine which would take away the deadly character which by right belongs to sin. It is always hurtful …

Healing Leaves

Revelation 22:2

… I desire, always, to make my ministry like Simeon's action when he took the Redeemer altogether into his arms, and said, "Lord, now let You Your servant …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

Psalm 105 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher This historical psalm was evidently composed by King David, for the first fifteen verses of …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden

… he knocks, first at one door, and then at another ; and perhaps the minister at the place of worship does not know the language of human sympathy. He …

Thoughts and Their Fruit

Jeremiah 6:19

… Oftentimes, when the service has been fitted enough to minister refreshment and instruction—and others have been nourished by the Word—some poor soul goes out and says …

Why Men Reject Christ

Luke 9:52

… Hawker was preaching, once, a learned man from London, who had listened to him, said, "I could not make heads or tails of the man's talk." Someone …

The Plowman

Isaiah 28:24

… Let us go from preaching the Law to preaching the Gospel. "Does the plowman plow all day?" He does plow—he would not sow in hope if he …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

Psalm 42 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. Dedicated to …

Assured Security In Christ

2 Timothy 1:12

… Some have said that what Paul here speaks of was his ministry. But there are many reasons for concluding that this is a mistake. A great array of …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… We ought to be very anxious to win souls for the Lord Jesus Christ, but blessed is the man who goes on faithfully preaching the Gospel even if …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… As for instance, Herod, who believed in John and did many things and yet murdered his minister. His faith worked, but it worked by dread and not by …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… anything more rational than this, when you take an infant child to a minister of God's Word, that to that child an oath may be administered by …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… I wish to call your special attention to it as opening up the glorious reason for the famous proclamation of which we are preaching. That chapter, from the …

Self-Humbling

2 Chronicles 34:27

… What do you think, would a Pharisee make a city missionary? Look at the fine gentleman, bloated with self-importance! What a useful preacher he would make, would …

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Psalm 149:4-6

… I THINK I have read that, once, when the seraphic Samuel Rutherford was preaching, he came, before long, to speak on the high praises of the Lord Jesus …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

Psalm 91 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. This Psalm is without a title, and we have no means of …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… praises unto His name! I remember preaching once, when half of my congregation quarreled with me when I had done preaching, for I had said— "Then loudest of …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… Luther's remark stands true that prayer, meditation, and temptation are the three best instructors of the Gospel minister—and since I have been much of late in …

The Savior You Need

Hebrews 5:9

… This is the stern labor which utterly baffles the preacher—it is a work which only the Holy Spirit can accomplish. To wean the sinner from the breasts …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… heart! A Unitarian minister who preached that wild doctrine of universal salvation which is so popular just now, once met an old-fashioned Baptist preacher who was not …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… James was a converted man! Within two or three years, he was a minister of the Gospel, and I cannot help tracing the usefulness of the preacher to …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… If you are damned, it will not be for lack of faithful preaching, nor of earnest warning. Young men and maidens, old men with gray heads, merchants and …

Reigning Grace

Romans 5:21

… In vain even the minister, himself, who knowing the blessings of the Gospel, sets before that man the Grace of Christ, and the riches of His love! All …

The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection

Philippians 3:20

… Not the preaching of his servants alone, not the gospel of itself alone, but his presence with his servants is the secret of success. “The Lord working with …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… Spurgeon'sAutobiography, Volume I, Chapter 32, where the beloved preacher gives a graphic account of a certain Sabbath evening when he delivered an extempore discourse from a text …

The Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

… And perhaps for the two or three years of the Saviour’s ministry, the one thought of the poor blind man would be, “Jesus of Nazareth opened the …

Faith

Hebrews 11:6

… A violent sermon has been preached, which has stirred up their blood; the minister has cried, “Believe! Believe! Believe!” and the people on a sudden have got it …

The Planter of the Ear Must Hear

Psalm 94:9

… It was a beautiful word which was spoken by a soldier to an open-air preacher not long ago. A friend who was preaching in the street had …

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… I think that he would almost dance with delight if he could only hear that you were truly converted to God! I know a minister who took out …

The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope

Romans 5:5

… an earnest ministry!" So you might and yet have never felt the love of God within your heart! We can shed that love abroad by preaching, but we …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… And some men who might have spoken with a little earnestness, if they had liked, let the people slumber under them instead of preaching the Word with true …

The Chaff Driven Away

Psalm 1:4

… He sees the sacraments, but he sees not God therein; he hears the preaching, he comes up to the house of prayer, into the midst of the great …

The Evil and Its Remedy

Ezekiel 9:9

… What says he with regard to the punishment of sin? Ah! sirs, there was never such a preacher of the fires of hell as Christ was. Our Lord …

All Things Are Ready, Come

Luke 14:17

… That if I will go out to serve God in my ministry, He has prepared some ear into which I am to drop a gracious word and some …

God Justifieth the Ungodly

… A gospel preacher on one occasion preached a sermon from, "Now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees," and he delivered such a sermon …

The Tenderness of God's Comfort

Isaiah 66:13

… He does not say, "I will send an angel to comfort you," but, "I will comfort you." Nor in the text is it said that the Christian minister …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… They had been all day long hearing the Preacher. The most of them had not broken their fast and they were ready to faint for hunger. The only …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… You that preach Christ in the streets, go on preaching Him! I saw a man preaching, the other day, with no creature but one dog to listen to …

Mary's Magnificat

Luke 1:46

… I felt a special interest in him because his father had been a minister of the Gospel. They told him to sing to me and it was a …

Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It

Matthew 4:4

… He had not yet come into His public ministry, but, if I may use the expression, while His young hand was yet untried in public warfare, He grasped …