Preaching & Ministry

Before Daybreak with Christ

Mark 1:35-39

… ministry, the preachers of the Word of God will rise into higher rank in esteem. When, instead of a man's being set apart for a minister because …

Blessing on the Printed Sermons

… Spurgeon, preaching on “The True Apostolical Succession,” said:— “How many there are, in our midst, who have been raised up by God to fill similar positions in the …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… Let some of the very feeblest of God’s people sit down under a fluent ministry, with all the beauties of rhetoric, and let the minister preach up …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… The preaching of the wrath of God has come to be sneered at nowadays, and even good people are half ashamed of it. A mushy sentimentality about love …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… preacher knew nothing about it, only the preacher's Master made his tongue to speak the Word so as to fit the case! Now by Paul's preaching …

“A New Departure”

… What a weariness it is!” Preaching ought to be a joy, and yet it may become a task. Constant preaching should be constant enjoyment, and yet, when the …

The Long Illness

… Of course, there was a reaction for the one who was the centre of all this ; and, for the first time in a ministry of forty years, we …

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… This same exhortation so peculiarly suitable to the minister, will suit all his hearers, too, because the ministry is not a religious caste peculiar to some few, but …

The Sower

Matthew 13:3

… the ministry, we must always go to the granary, must we not? Without the diligent and constant study of Scripture, of what use will our preaching be? "I …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… I think that the best preaching of the Gospel is when the preacher, himself, enjoys it—when he himself is heartily in love with it—that is a …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… ministry is this: "You see, Sir, I could not get on at anything else, and therefore I thought Providence must have ordained me to be a minister." I …

Mr. Spurgeon’s Opinions on Subjects of General Interest

… Spurgeon's ministry, comparatively few of the members of his church embraced erroneous opinions ; but when they did, they usually resigned their membership, and united with those who …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… As Jonah's ministry was certified by his restoration from the sea, so is our Lord's ministry attested by His rising from the dead. The man who …

The Gospel in Power

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

… Now it is not wrong for a Christian minister to speak about the conversions that have been worked under his ministry, for Paul says that he would have …

A Message From God

Judges 3:20

… Through these printed appeals God spoke to you! Yet, again, it might have been through some preacher of the Gospel. God's ministers have been God's messengers …

Christ's Death And Ours

John 12:23-24

… That although in His earthly ministry, He was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, yet, after His death the Gospel should be …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… To every preacher of righteousness as well as to Noah, wisdom gives the command, "A window shalt thou make in the ark." You may build up laborious definitions …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Does it not say to us, my Brothers in the ministry, that we should be instant in …

The Preparatory Prayers of Christ

Luke 3:21

… If you fear that a minister is somewhat turning aside from the faith, or if you think that his ministry is not so profitable as it used to …

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 10:44

… And many persons have been converted by some striking saying of the preacher. But why was it the preacher uttered that saying? Simply because he was led thereunto …

The Pentecostal Wind and Fire

Acts 2:2-4

… objective of all true preaching is the heart—we aim at divorcing the heart from sin and wedding it to Christ! Our ministry has failed and has not …

Urging Lot

Genesis 19:15

… He resisted all that and for 20 years attended the ministry of a very earnest preacher. There was a great revival and many were saved, but he was …

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… I passed by a preacher, one evening, who was addressing certain villagers in the most terrific strains. He was telling them, "The Lord is coming! The Lord is …

Jesus Affirmed To Be Alive

Acts 25:18

… The Apostle Paul, whom we may regard as a model in preaching, exercised a ministry which was always full of our Lord Jesus Christ. Following the historical connection …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… I was a minister of the Gospel when I was 16 years of age. I have gone on preaching Christ ever since. I wish that I could have …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… Brown so strongly recommends. “Above all, we desire affectionately to caution those in the ministry, who are younger than ourselves, against that style of preaching which, under the …

A Cheery Word in Troublous Times

Acts 27:25

… Slapdash, as Rowland Hill called the bold preacher, will, after all, succeed! Let no minister say, "That is too Calvinistic and Calvinism is at a discount. That is …

The Cripple at Lystra

Acts 14:9-10

… But Paul’s preaching had not been in vain. There were some few disciples who remained faithful. His ministry was rewarded and owned of God. There are two …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… A young minister had been preaching in a country village, and the sermon apparently took deep effect on the minds of the hearers. In the congregation there was …

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… shall be saved." The preaching of the Cross will win the world, but all else is vanity of vanities! Therefore, Brethren, let our ministry be full of Christ …

Knowing and Believing

2 Timothy 1:12

… So let us be thankful if God sends us a glowing and zealous minister, for even those who count it an affliction to have a minister, would be …

How To Become Fishers of Men

Matthew 4:19

… It is a great boon to any man to be associated with a Christian minister whose heart is on fire. The best training for a young man is …

Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2

… And some preaching seems to me just like that! The preacher assumes, in his opening prayer, that all his hearers are converted, and the whole service goes on …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… a ministry where the preaching is “If you have felt this, if you have felt that, then you may believe.” When you went to your minister in trouble …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… a great deal may be said for pantheism.” Such men creep into the ministry, but they are generally cunning enough to conceal the breadth of their minds beneath …

Illustrations in Preaching

… To every preacher of righteousness as well as to Noah, wisdom gives the command, “A window shalt thou make in the ark.” You may build up laborious definitions …

Preface to the First Series

… The institution receives no man in order to make him a preacher, but it is established to help in the further education of brethren who have been preaching …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… Remark how Paul calls his ministry a "Grace." Every true preacher of the Gospel will have to thank God that he has been permitted to preach. I do …

The Whole Gospel In A Single Verse

1 Timothy 1:15

… I SPOKE, yesterday, with a brother minister who had been a pastor in America, and I asked him why he was so anxious to go back again where …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… Oh! what a mercy to have a gospel ministry! What an awful thing to sit under a half-and-half milk-and-water, yea-and-nay ministry, as …