Preaching & Ministry

A Promise and Precedent

John 16:14

… If I want to honor the Lord Jesus Christ at this moment, how can I do it better than by preaching of His own Person, His own Manhood …

The Lord's Supper—simple But Sublime!

1 Corinthians 11:25

… And so His blessed arm encircled not only the converts gathered to Him by His own personal ministry, but also those who should, in later days, be converted …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… I deemed it my joy and privilege to be ever at his side, accompanying him on many of his preaching journeys, nursing him in his occasional illnesses, — his …

A Call to Holy Living

Matthew 5:47

… IT IS A VERY GREAT FAULT in any ministry if the doctrine of justification by faith alone be not most clearly taught. I will go further, and add …

Found By Jesus—And Finding Jesus

John 1:43-45

… I am but a poor lame preacher—you are not often troubled with the sight of one sitting down and preaching—yet I think that if I had …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… Perhaps you are like the lady who said to the minister that she loved to go to the play, because, first of all, there was the pleasure of …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… for pardon and renewal! The very existence of a Church, of a Gospel ministry and the toleration of Divine worship are promises and prophecies of the forgiveness of …

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord

1 Kings 14:13

… It came to pass one Sunday that the minister preached a sermon fiom this text, "His own right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… Thus it is also with every true minister of the New Testament. Oh, if we do not pray for you, my dear Hearers, our preaching to you will …

Words Of Expostulation

Jeremiah 2:18

… He went at last to a celebrated popular preacher—who ought not to have been a preacher, for he did not understand the Gospel at all—and he …

The Sitting of the Refiner

Malachi 3:3

… What was the difference? The reason has usually been this—that in the one case there was man's ministry and in the other there was the Word …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… They describe the case so accurately, even to the little touches, that the hearer says, "Somebody must have told the preacher about me." When personal and pointed words …

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

Psalm 28 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE AND SUBJECT. Again, the title "A Psalm of David," is too general …

A Sermon and a Reminiscence

1 Peter 2:7

… Emotions may well be stirred in the preacher, if not in the hearer, by the memories awakened by this passage. For I remember well that, more than 22 …

Following Christ

John 21:22

… He meant that they should all reform themselves, but one man said, "The minister is quite right! Everybody is to reform one and I am going home to …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… The minister, too, is altered. He used to hear him with delight, but now the poor preacher has lost all his early power, so the backslider thinks. Other …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… Today, lest the preaching of the Word of God should come to be a matter of routine and the preacher, himself, discouraged, should lose all zeal for your …

A Young Man's Vision

Acts 2:17

… They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret it if they can be mighty in prayer. The true strength of the Church lies there. This is …

A Private Enquiry

1 Samuel 3:17

… Dear Friend, for this reason do not be angry with the minister if, when you go to hear him on the Lord's Day, his text is not …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… The preacher may be a very Samson when God is with him—he shall be like Samson when God is not with him only in Samson's degradation …

A Triumphal Entrance

Psalm 24:9

… wish," said that eloquent preacher at the Hague, Mr. James Saurin, "Could I have one wish to answer my proposed end of preaching today with efficacy, it would …

A Plain Talk Upon An Encouraging Topic

Jonah 2:7

… The preacher, therefore, feels quite safe in directing you to the experience of Jonah and in inviting you to make its lessons a practical guide to yourselves. We …

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… But as the Master's look went with the bird's crowing, so, I trust, it will go with my feeble preaching. The next time you also go …

"Beautiful Forever"

Psalm 149:4

… You notice that the Preacher sat down and that His disciples stood around Him. If you find it somewhat warm and trying, tonight, remember that you have the …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… During one of the revivals in America, a young man was going to see the minister, but he did not, because the minister had avoided him with considerable …

Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity

Genesis 15:16

… Before the days of Noah, men had revolted from God, but Noah was sent to them as a preacher of righteousness. And he did preach and the Spirit …

Joy Born at Bethlehem

Luke 2:10-12

… The preacher was an angel, and it was meet it should be so, for the grandest and last of all evangels will be proclaimed by an angel when …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… I believe one of the very worst things a minister can possess is to have anybody to recommend him; for the people say, “Here comes a man, how …

Twelve Covenant Mercies

Isaiah 55:3

… What is the best way of hearing the Word? Is it not to search and see whether what the preacher says is really according to the Word of …

Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy

Ezekiel 36:37

… you are preaching twice, couldn’t you manage to get to such a place, and preach again?” Every one else has a constitution; the minister has none, until …

The Tabernacle—Outside The Camp

Exodus 33:7

… are perpetrated by men who have occupied your pews and listened to your ministry? What does this teach us but that there is more glitter than there is …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… O Holy Spirit, help the preacher now, for all his help is in thee! I. At once, then, let us look at this first sin, a sin very …

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… There, the h's are put in properly, though the Gospel is left out of the preaching! But the people who attend are such a "respectable" sort of …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… I heard of one, the other day, who said to the preacher, after he had been preaching according to Christ's Word, the doctrine of everlasting punishment, "Sir …

Prayerful Importunity

Luke 18:7

… What was she to do? She went straightway to the judge, the appointed minister of justice in the city. The first time she went, she met with a …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… The case of Zacchaeus was similar—he came in the way of Christ's preaching, but his motive was purely one of curiosity, "he sought to see Jesus …

How to Read the Bible

Matthew 12:3-7

… An old preacher used to say, the Word has mighty free course among many nowadays, for it goes in at one of their ears and out at the …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… That eminent preacher in America, Mr. Beecher, frequently used to address his audience upon Negro slavery. his touching eloquence never failed to move his people to an abhorrence …

The Sealing of the Spirit

Ephesians 1:13

… I HAVE taken the whole passage for the sake of completing the sense, but I have no intention whatever of preaching upon all of it. Practically I only …