Preaching & Ministry

Psalm 120

Psalm 120

Psalm 120 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Suddenly we have left the continent of the vast Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm for the …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… Take the preacher, for instance, who has to preach twice a day and be the pastor of a multitude of souls. Well, he succeeds upon some one occasion …

Conversion and Character

Acts 16:24-34

… Now the preacher's mouth would be stopped, as far as the people of Philippi outside the jail gates were concerned. No more of those delightful Prayer Meetings …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… We have all read of the preacher who, while preaching, used to cry most unaccountably when others were untouched. The reason was that he had put in the …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… Now, mark well that the angel was a symbolical preacher with his brow of lightning and his robe of snow! But you will please to notice for whom …

The Victory of Faith

1 John 5:4

… A very kind friend has told me that while I was preaching in Exeter Hall I ought to pay deference to the varied opinions of my hearers; that …

Without Faith No Salvation

… I shall not attend to the preacher’s talk about sacrifice and blood-shedding.” Then, when you perish, the verdict given by your conscience, which will sit upon …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… I have heard many of you say, "We listen to the preacher and he seems to know what we have been saying on the road. The Word comes …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… I distinctly remember hearing a blind old minister talk of the loving kindness of the Lord when I was 16 or 17—and the encouragement that he gave …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… made to live anew by His quickening power—and it is through the ministry of this Church that an abundant feast is spread for all nations—a feast …

Christ's One Sacrifice for Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… is well pleased! Thus Christ, anointed at Jordan, appeared to inaugurate His public ministry and, by His Baptism, to begin working a robe of righteousness which is forever …

The Memorable Hymn

Matthew 26:30

… That is the right kind of teaching which a man first receives from God, and then delivers to the people! Nothing is of authority in the Christian ministry …

The King and His Court

Psalm 101:6

… I remember how good old Latimer, preaching, once, at Paul's Cross, said that he knew a man who had some wheat, poor stuff it was, and he …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… Perhaps some of you are living in a district just now where the ministry is painfully devoid of power. The lamp burns very low in your sanctuary—the …

God's Memorial Of His People

Isaiah 49:16

… For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? And what Isaiah says, many and many a preacher since has had to say. "Woe, woe to us for …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… Then comes there an Antinomian minister into the pulpit. The devil says, “Ah, though he rails against the Pope of Rome, I like them both, the one as …

Prayer 19 — God's Unspeakable Gift

… see God." Bless every Sunday school teacher, every tract distributor, every open-air preacher. Bless, we pray Thee, all Bible-women and nurses, deacons and missionaries of the …

Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior

Mark 5:9

… you are made spiritually to live, be sure to attend a soul-feeding ministry—and diligently read the Word—that you may get all necessary nourishment for your …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… Try all—like the preacher of wisdom, open each cabinet in the palace of pleasure and ransack each corner of her treasure house! Have you found the long …

Christ Asleep in the Vessel

Mark 4:38

… There is nothing doing, no great revival of religion and but little power with the ministry. I am, however, comforted by the reflection that Jesus sleeps, but He …

'The Time Is Short'

1 Corinthians 7:29

… breath! How few the opportunities that remain! Some of you have attended my ministry all the while I have been in London. I wonder how much longer you …

Psalm 134

Psalm 134

Psalm 134 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. A Song of Degrees. We have now reached the last of the Gradual Psalms …

Christ's Word with You

Matthew 11:28

… What is the way of salvation? If any minister replies, "I should need a week or two to explain it to you," he does not know the way …

Love's Lamentation

Malachi 1:2

… from your very childhood! I will not speak in praise of my own ministry, but I will say this—I have always preached the Gospel to the best …

Plain Words With the Careless

Luke 8:28

… They have been pleased, either with the greatness of the congregation, or else with the particular manner of the minister and they have come again and again! And …

Exceeding Gladness

Psalm 21:6

… smile upon me, and make me His child, and put me into the ministry and permit me the great privilege of telling of the wonders of His Grace …

The King's Weighings

1 Samuel 2:3

… The godly life of a poor bedridden woman may have been more highly esteemed by the Lord than the flaming eloquence of the great preacher. Ah me! How …

Why Men Do Not Believe

John 5:46

… how will God call us to account if such is our way of ministry! But I beseech you, men and women, if you have not believed in Christ …

"Jesus Wept"

John 11:35

… Remember that our Lord Jesus exercised three years of ministry and each year was signalized by a resurrection. He began by raising the little daughter of Jairus, upon …

A Defence of Calvinism

… One week-night, when I was sitting in the house of God, I was not thinking much about the preacher’s sermon, for I did not believe it …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:5

… Will you blame me for preaching, this morning? Suppose you answer, No. Then can you blame me that I formed a resolution last night that I would preach …

Very Singular

2 Samuel 17:23

… I will remember what the preacher said when I look at them. My God, my Father, I will turn to You—do turn me, and I shall be …

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… This makes it easy work for the preacher and what a blessing it is to you who are Believers, for, suppose you had to say, "Well, I have …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… The man who is honest and hopeful, desires a thorough examination and invites the preacher to deal truthfully with him, even if the result should cause distress of …

Fearful Of Coming Short

Hebrews 4:1

… Nor would He send His Son to be The minister of sin." Faith works in us separation from sinners. Those who believe in Jesus cannot enter into the …

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

Psalm 100 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. A Psalm of Praise; or rather of thanksgiving. This is the only psalm bearing …

Jesus Known by Personal Revelation

Matthew 16:13-17

… There is a certain style of preaching in which the Church is the leading idea— meaning, to a great extent, by "the Church," the priest, as the dispenser …

April 2 — TRUE HEART-ENERGY

I Tim. 4:15

… Am I a minister? Let me be a minister wholly, and not spend my energies upon secondary concerns. What have I to do with party politics, or vain …

The Suffering Christ Satisfied

Isaiah 53:11

… Shun that ministry which dishonors either of these blessed Persons and seek to be fully built up and instructed in the Gospel teaching which glorifies Father, Son and …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… Spurgeon would not have kept to preaching the Doctrines of Grace, and would not have been so able to comfort God's poor people if he did not …