Preaching & Ministry

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… Many persons have come to think that oratorical ability is essential in the minister. It is not enough, some think, to preach the Truth with the Holy Spirit …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

Psalm 11 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher SUBJECT. Charles Simeon gives an excellent summary of this Psalm in the following sentences:—"The …

Our Lord's Trial before the Sanhedrin

Mark 14:64

… I suppose that was one of the great differences between the first preaching of all and the preaching after the Reformation. After the Reformation we had clearly ringing …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… Persons who come to hear the Word of God preached often find that, within two or three days, there is a reason why the preacher delivered that particular …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… he can cleanse me"? May God bless the preaching of Christ crucified to you who hear me this day! Is not this used of the Lord, and made …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… he that believes not shall be damned." God has given to the preacher two hands, that he may set the people on each side and deal out the …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… Jesus wears all the beauty which the pomp of Heaven can bestow upon Him, all the glory which 10,000 times 10,000 angels can minister to Him …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… I have no doubt that they minister to the heirs of salvation, for it is written that when Lazarus died angels carried him into Abraham's bosom. The …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… let everyone—preacher, deacon, people, ye of the church, and ye of the world, everyone of you, go home, and ere you feast your bodies, pour out your …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… May the Lord, in His mercy, do the same to many here! Oh, how often has it happened that when I least know it, I was preaching to …

Meat Indeed, and Drink Indeed

John 6:55

… May a preacher sometimes be offensive in his preaching? He must be! He must sometimes feel that such a truth will only move men's wrath if he …

An Astounding Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

… He was so absorbed in what He had to teach that His hearers did not exclaim, "What a preacher is this!" but, "What a Word of God is …

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… Whoever opposes God should know that he is not dealing with a man like himself If you hear a preacher make a statement, and you feel, "That is …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… There is a minister here who has been preaching the Word of God—he has so proclaimed it that God has been pleased to own it in some …

Safe, Though Surrounded By Sin

Psalm 28:1

… But in reading the other day Masillon's Reflections of the Psalms, I noticed that that eminent French preacher gives quite another turn to the passage, and he …

'Nevertheless at Your Word'

Luke 5:5

… There are the regular divines of the country—what have you, as a tinker, to do with preaching?" John Bunyan did not say, "Well, now, I can see …

Joy in God

Romans 5:11

… I have told you before what the old Welsh preacher answered when his friend said to him, "While you are preaching, this morning, may you have the smile …

For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?

Mark 2:17

… tell us that the preaching ofjustification by faith is overdone and that we are leading people to think less of morality by preaching up the Grace of God …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… mighty enough to bring in 3,000 in one day by the simple preaching of Peter. She believes that her God was with her in olden times so …

Satan's Arrows and God's

Lamentations 3:12

… Do you not remember being in a certain Chapel one Sunday night when the minister was so earnestly pleading with sinners and many were smitten down under conviction …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… I have known fathers go on preaching who ought to have stayed at home to teach their own children. And good women who have been very busy at …

Morning, August 14

Ps 92:4

… Holy gladness and holy boldness will make you a good preacher, and all the world will be a pulpit for you to preach in. Cheerful holiness is the …

Evening, January 18

Lu 24:27

… The Lord Jesus condescended to become a preacher of the gospel, and he was not ashamed to exercise his calling before an audience of two persons, neither does …

Evening, September 30

Ec 9:4

… A living dog keeps better watch than a dead lion, and is of more service to his master; and so the poorest spiritual preacher is infinitely to be …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… I have been preaching thus in order to catch you who do not come because you have terrors—not to frighten those who come with- out them. There …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

Psalm 27 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE AND SUBJECT. Nothing whatever can be drawn from the title as to …

Psalm 1

Psalm 1

Psalm 1 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. This Psalm may be regarded as THE PREFACE PSALM, having in it …

Evening, October 5

Mk 16:16

… decent creed had been made up, they all looked and listened for the preacher’s approbation, but they had aroused his deepest pity. The carnal mind always maps …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… But, who is this anointed one who comes to comfort mourners? He is described in the preface to the text as a preacher. “The Spirit of the Lord …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… If you are like the preacher, you are by no means a stranger to inward sinking. Though you do not give up your faith, but are, still, like …

Evening, June 15

Rev 3:7

… pick-lock, which will fail thee at last? Hear this parable of the preacher, and remember it. The great King has made a banquet, and he has proclaimed …

Another Royal Procession

Matthew 21:5

… There are times when the preacher feels that he is sowing on stony ground, but on other days when God's Spirit is abroad, the soil seems broken …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… One may be an eloquent preacher, or a diligent officer in the Church of God and yet know nothing of the mysterious power of the Spirit of Truth …

Psalm 70

Psalm 70

Psalm 70 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. So far the title corresponds with …

Final Perseverance

Hebrews 6:4-6

… No doubt the minister would say, “Our brother Charles is a little unstable at times.” A little unstable! He does not know anything about grace; for grace engenders …

Manasseh

… Send you a preacher who would not tell you of your sins and you would hear him peaceably; but when the gospel comes with power, then it is …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… A few do, but many say, "Send for the minister, call in some praying friends and let us prepare to meet our God." They go about that solemn …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… How often, too, will the Lord prepare the mind of a hearer till the preacher's words shall be as suitable as if he had been told all …

Grace For Grace

1 Corinthians 2:12

… Hear that preaching which comes from God—for that alone will lead you to Him. You can soon tell what sort the preaching is—I do not think …

Magdalene at the Sepulcher—an Instructive Scene

John 20:10-16

… No matter whether the preacher is a doctor of divinity or a converted coal heaver, so long as he preaches Christ, you will be glad to learn from …