Preaching & Ministry

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… So it is in the preaching of the Gospel—we preach it to every creature within our reach. Lovingly, tenderly, earnestly. Not so well as we would, but …

The Deceitfulness of Sin

Hebrews 3:13

… Do not listen to the preacher of the Gospel, it is impossible that you should be forgiven. Your case is hopeless—you are finally condemned—and there is …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… of the man that helped him as he could do to the preaching of the minister. Beloved brethren, the bridegroom cometh! Awake! Awake! The earth must soon be …

For The Troubled

Psalm 88:7

… Many a minister has helped to injure another by believing a bad report against him and, by-and-by, he has, himself, been the victim of slander. "With …

Our Lord's First Appearance before Pilate

John 18:38

… If so, it will be the fault of the preacher, for the subject is always full and fresh. Or if the preacher is not to blame, there will …

The Prodigal's Return

Luke 15:20

… On the other hand, those who hear the Calvinistic preacher, are very apt to misinterpret God. Although we trust we would never speak of God in any other …

Eccentric Preachers

… Judge the preacher, but do remember there is something better to be done, namely, to get all the good you can out of him ; and if odd and …

Five Divine Declarations

Isaiah 45:24

… I said to one individual of that kind, when I met him in the street—and he was a preacher, too—"Well, what are you now!" He said …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… I would much rather cease to preach than be allowed to go on preaching but never to gather souls to God! I can truly say that I have …

Joy, a Duty

Philippians 4:4

… with holy acquiescence, and still rejoicing in God—is a real preacher of the Gospel, preaching with an eloquence which is mightier than words can ever be and …

The Chariots Of Amminadib

Solomon 6:12

… If they have occupied their seats, joined in the hymns and the prayers, and listened to the preaching, they go away quite content and easy. They would not …

Revelation and Conversion

Psalm 19:7

… I had been, for a long while, preaching to others and I thought I should like to feel the power of the Word in hearing it myself. I …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… The minister would preach so much better if he did it in the patent way which his critics have invented. Why do not these fellows attempt the work …

Psalm 51

Psalm 51

Psalm 51 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician. Therefore not written for private meditation only, but …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… I was preaching this week for a young minister, and being anxious to know his character, I spoke of him with apparent coolness to an estimable lady of …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… And then, lastly, it was not long before Peter was preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And oh, you who have been wondering what has become of some …

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… Hill!" "I beg your pardon, my Friend," said the preacher, "go on, go on, go on with your singing if it comes from your heart!" So we would …

A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ

John 9:35-38

… our Lord did, "Do you believe?" "See, Friend," you can say, "the minister has been preaching about faith. 'Do you believe?'" This is what nine people out of …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… I know not whether you feel as I do, but in preaching upon this theme, I mourn a scantiness of words, and a slowness of language. If I …

The Joy of Holy Households

Psalm 118:15

… Why should it not be? May we not often chide ourselves that we have been forgetful of those who minister to our comfort? Oh, that all who serve …

The Church Encouraged and Exhorted

Isaiah 43:6

… Thorpe should imitate Whitefield, so he went to hear that mighty preacher of the Gospel, got the sermon well memorized, preached it to his infidel companions and, by …

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… in His own loving, pleading, earnest style? The preacher's Model should be His Lord. This is our preaching gown, our praying surplice, our pastoral robe— the Character …

A Test for True Seekers

Jeremiah 50:5

… Go and hear the Gospel! Do not go where there is fine preaching and clever preaching—unless it is true Gospel preaching. The people of this land have …

'Where Are the Nine?' Where?

Luke 17:17

… Your street-preaching does much more than critics will allow. I believe that there is more good being done by the preaching in the streets than by the …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… Pray, also, that if some have kept the door of their hearts fast closed against the Lord Jesus till now, He may, Himself, come in the preaching of …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… Oh, I delight to see this done! It is the minister's joy! We know men that have been, for years, set in opposition to God, and we …

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… Are you any nearer Christ now than you were then? Say, does the preaching affect you any more than it did in those bygone days? "No," you say …

Our Heavenly Father's Pity

Psalm 103:13

… How God pities some of His children who are thus led astray! One of them, perhaps, says of their minister, "Is he not intellectual? Is he not a …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… Our work out of doors in preaching at the corners of the streets is Christ's mission—it is His trumpet that is blown when the Gospel is …

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… This is a vital doctrine, but there is a possibility of preaching it so baldly and so out of relation to the rest of God's Word that …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… our need of a Savior, we shall never be worth much in preaching Him. That preacher who has never been converted, what can he say about it? And …

The Candle

Matthew 5:15

… The light that burns in one true minister of Christ is the same which shines forth from another and yet one star differs from another star in Glory …

The Woman Which Was a Sinner

Luke 7:37-38

… In a former part of this chapter it appears He had been preaching the Gospel, and more especially preaching it to the poor. Perhaps she stood in the …

The Glorious Gospel

1 Timothy 1:15

… No threatening and no thunders compose the theme of the gospel minister. All is mercy; love is the sum and substance of our gospel—love undeserved; love to …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… A certain minister called, some time ago, to see a mother, having heard that a child about 12 years old was dead. The mother was in very deep …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… O, when shall each member bring in 25 in a day by preaching the Word of God? Those 3,000 souls were due to the testimony of Jesus …

To Lovers of Jesus—an Example

Mark 14:6

… My own belief is that when she sat at Jesus' feet, she learned much more than any of the disciples had ever gathered from His public preaching. She …

Communion With Christ And His People

… Our life-ministry is the same: we are workers together with God. We live out the one desire,—“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as …

The Good Man’s Life and Death

Philippians 1:21

… Every minister must sometimes chasten himself and say, “Am I not sometimes a little warped in my utterances? Did I not in some sermon aim to bring out …

The Weary Dove's Return

Genesis 8:9

… When I cannot preach, I always wish that all of you may be preaching. If the preacher seems to speak feebly, take up what he has said and …