Preaching & Ministry

Psalm 122

Psalm 122

Psalm 122 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE AND SUBJECT. This brief but spirited Psalm is entitled "A Song of …

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

Psalm 103 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Psalm of David. —Doubtless by David; it is in his own …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… the preacher and with ears that catch every word! I think any man could preach to my congregation, for you come up here hungry. A minister would wish …

Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father

John 17:18

… Surely they must have been sent, not to minister, but to be ministered unto! Brethren, let us give them as much as we can of our services for …

Salvation By Works, A Criminal Doctrine

Galatians 2:21

… I acknowledge that though I have preached the Gospel with all my heart and glory in it, yet I cast my preaching away as dross and dung if …

The Coming Resurrection

John 5:28

… and his preaching were vain. The doctrine of the Resurrection in the early Church was the main battle-ax and weapon of war of the preacher. Wherever the …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… Years ago a brother minister printed a book, "How to Make the Best of Both Worlds," which contained much wisdom. But, at the same time, many of us …

A Handkerchief

John 20:15

… for souls, although it is only in four persons, there is about the ministry a power of an unusual kind! Go on, then, and still weep, but not …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… not understand the plan of salvation as it was set forth by my minister." Well, then, since you have heard the Gospel so plainly preached that you have …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… The duty of the minister is to call souls to Christ, he is to make no distinction whatever—“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel …

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… This year concludes eight years of my ministry among you and seven years of Printed Sermons are now before the public. How much of blessedness God has caused …

Early Wedded Life

… One Saturday, the time for sermon-preparation had arrived, and the dear preacher had shut himself up in his study, when a ministerial visitor was announced. He would …

More and More

James 4:6

… Should I not pray for my minister, that he might have more Grace? If I do not profit under his ministry as I could wish, I should pray …

Christ Receiving Sinners

Matthew 9:10

… Perhaps the Lord is, at this moment, looking for a valiant preacher of the Truth of God—and it may be that you, my Friend, away there among …

Causes and Cure of Fainting

Isaiah 40:29

… I thought it was a good prayer of the deacon who thanked God that the minister had put the food down in a low rack where the sheep …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… Before preaching, I was trying to find food for you all and I began to pray for it because I remembered that I could only gather for you …

Jesus Declining the Legions

Matthew 26:53

… We do not think enough of these heavenly beings, yet they are all ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those that are heirs of salvation! Like Elijah …

Our Watchword

Psalm 70:4

… It should be the mark of all those that love God’s salvation, pertaining not to a few who shall be chosen to minister in public, but to …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… The Lord says, "I shall never use you as a preacher. I shall not make use of you in addressing your fellow men. I shall not help you …

"It Is God That Justifieth"

… and so fully justified him that ere long, this man became the greatest preacher of justification by faith that ever lived. He must often have marveled that he …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… I cannot with my poor voice and my weak utterance, even bring you to think that it is Christ Jesus in the ministry of his Spirit who can …

Healing for the Wounded

Psalm 147:3

… When you get your wounds healed, even under a minister, it seems as if it were not the minister who spoke; you never heard him speak like it …

The Christian's Service and Honor

John 12:26

… And each of you who have been preaching in the open air, or have, in smaller places of worship, been testifying to the Truth of God and now …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… This is how honorable women can still minister to Him of their substance. This is how we can still make a great feast to which we may invite …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… WHEN PREACHING LAST TUESDAY in Dover, the mayor of the town very courteously lent the ancient town-hall for the service, and in passing along to reach a …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… Our minister says " to laugh at in- firmity or deformity is an enormity.'* He is a man who ought to know a thing or twop and he puts …

The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

… Instead of preaching the simple Gospel of Christ, get fine music and fix up fine shows. Turn the place of worship into a conservatory, or a theater, and …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… I have frequently noticed that young people in this condition have been afraid to mention to their own parents, or to their minister, what they feel. If we …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… In like manner, there are those whose fiercest trials from the adversary come at the beginning of their public ministry. Others meet with their greatest conflicts in middle …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… How much we who are in the ministry need your prayers! "Brethren pray for us." The whole Church needs prayer, but especially the captains in the Lord's …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… If a man trips who makes no profession, oh! it is nothing—you never hear of it; let a minister do it, let a Christian professor do it …

Epilogue — The Golden Key of Prayer

… Brethren in the ministry, you who are teachers in the Sabbath school and all of you who are learners in the college of Christ Jesus, I pray you …

The Great House and the Vessels In It

2 Timothy 2:20

… It is no honor to any man to be a member of a Christian Church if he is, in himself, intrinsically worthless though they make a minister of …

Great Changes

Luke 13:30

… are first that shall be last." First in privileges, sitting under a faithful ministry, warned, exhorted, entreated, pleaded with. "There are first that shall be last." Having much …

Universal Fatherhood—a Lie!

John 8:38

… Let us rejoice in the preaching of Christ, because He testified what He had seen. What He said was no theory, no guesswork—He revealed facts and that …

A Seasonable Exhortation

1 Peter 1:13

… Oh that my ministry might always be of the same sort, dripping with the holy unction of the Savior's name! Brethren, may your conversations and your lives …

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… Do not, Brothers and Sisters, go limping along all your life when you might run in the way of God's commandments! A good old minister of my …

Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing

Luke 13:7

… If that young saint, just going through the flood, had your health and vigor, how would he spend and be spent! I recollect a minister of Christ who …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… Well may the preacher speak very solemnly when he feels that he is surrounded with God and that God is within him as well as around him! Well …

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way

Proverbs 15:19

… A man who neglects his duty, whether he is a carpenter, a bricklayer, a clerk, a minister, or an archbishop, will find his way increasingly difficulty until it …