Preaching & Ministry

The Harvest and the Vintage

Revelation 14:14-20

… There will be no ministry of mercy now, no further proclamation of the Gospel, but, with a sharp sickle, Christ will come to reap! The sowing time will …

Satan Considering the Saints

Job 1:8

… Those of us who are called to the work of the ministry must expect from our position to be the special objects of his consideration. When the glass …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… Though a loving church gathered round the hearse and mourned that their minister had been taken away in the fullness of his vigor, it was best that God …

Too Good to Be Saved!

Luke 18:14

… I am always preaching to sinners and I have had the great delight of seeing many and many a sinner taken in the Gospel net and saved. Now …

Psalm 102

Psalm 102

Psalm 102 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out …

Jotham's Peculiar Honor

2 Chronicles 27:6

… I have been preaching to you about a very wonderful example of a gracious man. I wonder whether all here wish to be like he? I am afraid …

Zedekiah—or, the Man Who Cannot Say, "No"

Jeremiah 38:5

… The men that the world thinks most of are the men that stand up, stand straight, stand firm! I heard one say of a preacher the other day …

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9

… Christ by your ministry." That shall make another Heaven to add to our own Heaven! Everyone that we shall see there, converted by the preaching of the Cross …

Christ the Maker of All Things New

… many for the remission of sins." "Now has He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much, also, He is the Mediator of a better Covenant, which was …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… that the preacher would keep on for another half-hour. You remember how you could walk several miles to the service, then, and when the minister said, "I …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… You can idolize a minister, you can idolize a poet, you can idolize a patron—but in so doing, you break the first and greatest of the commandments …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… restful and did not require any great thought on the part of the preacher or his hearers. I want to have a bath and rest myself while I …

Counting the Cost

Luke 14:28-30

… It is observable that when our Lord was forsaken by the crowd, He was not depressed, and when His ministry became popular He was not elated. He was …

Choice Comfort for a Young Believer

Psalm 138:8

… This I did this morning and the Lord has set His seal thereon right speedily, which is to me a sure proof that the frequent preaching of the …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

Psalm 30 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Psalm and Song at the Dedication of the House of David …

Shutting, Sealing and Covering—or, Messiah's Glorious Work

Daniel 9:24

… In the middle of the predestined week He was cut off, when He had completed three and a half years of saving ministry. And within another period of …

The Hand of God in the History of a Man

Job 7:1

… Where bullets fly, who can reckon upon life for a moment? Brethren, the age is peculiarly dangerous! Perhaps every preacher before me has said as much and every …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… I am perhaps stirred by what the minister says, but I do not feel impressed by his earnestness as I should. I feel that I could not live …

Jesus Appearing To Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… It came to pass afterward, that He went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were …

The Fourfold Treasure

1 Corinthians 1:30

… It would be impossible to sin by excess in preaching Christ crucified. It was an ancient precept, “With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt;” let it stand …

Sad Fasts Changed To Glad Feasts

Zechariah 8:19

… One such said to a minister who preached a sermon, after which there was to be a collection, "You should preach to our hearts and then you would …

The Common Salvation

… are not to speak for speaking's sake, nor even to preach for preaching's sake. When we take upon ourselves to write concerning Divine things, it ought …

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… Suppose me, then, to be preaching in one of the great wards and yourselves to be standing among the beds. I know those poor creatures lying near you …

The Turning Of Job's Captivity

Job 42:10

… We do not often say much about temporals when we are preaching. I fear we do not say enough about them, for it is wonderful how the Old …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… Trials depress the hearts of God's children, for which the most tender ministry fails to afford consolation—and then it is most sweet for the failing comforter …

Plain Gospel For Plain People

Deuteronomy 30:11-14

… I dare humbly, but boldly, to speak of my own ministry and of you as my hearers, that the Word of God comes very near to you from …

The Sweet and the Sweetener

Psalm 104:34

… I could have wished to die and end my ministry, with the testimony that I bore this morning. I know not in what way I could have more …

Jonah's Object-lessons

Jonah 4:6-8

… You know also how the Ninevites repented at the preaching of Jonah and how the Lord had mercy upon them. Verses 1-3. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

Psalm 62 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. This is the second Psalm which …

Concerning Saints

Psalm 145:10

… While they join in the praise which comes up from all God's works, they stand in an inner circle and fulfill a peculiar ministry and, therefore, we …

A Prayer for Everybody

Matthew 15:25

… Then how often have you had good Words from Christ through the preacher of the Gospel! How often has He let fall handfuls on purpose for you, poor …

The Priesthood of Believers

1 Peter 2:5

… prayers and praises—and this belongs not to me because I am a minister, nor to any number of men who are called "Reverend," or "Very Reverend," or …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

Psalm 47 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician. Many songs were dedicated to this leader of …

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… In this one Church and under one ministry for nearly 32 years, we have almost continually enjoyed the converting power of God's Grace. There has been a …

That Horrible East Wind!

Colossians 3:15

… the wind, for trials are necessary to one who is called to this ministry. Troubles and east winds will come to the servants of God and they are …

Life's Ever-Springing Well

John 4:14

… You whose religion depends upon the elocution of the preacher, you whose piety depends on sacraments, you whose godliness rests in your own doings—you may very well …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… Beloved, no man was ever begotten again by preaching to him the Law. The Law may smite him, and lay him low in his death and ruin, and …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… I can anticipate the difficulty in preaching and the regret in concluding we shall experience this evening because we are not able to dig out all the gold …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… of a child great in the sight of the Lord, one who should minister in the spirit and power of Elias, and become the forerunner of the Messiah …

Faith in Christ

Acts 16:31

… What are the facts? Has Gospel preaching produced morality, purity, holiness, or the reverse? There are some of us who have been preaching the Doctrine of Justification by …