Preaching & Ministry

The Lesson of the Almond Tree

Jeremiah 1:11

… was nothing that they could learn from the minister to whom they had been accustomed to listen. The preacher had seen nothing and, therefore, when he described what …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… within—and no preaching will suit them unless it makes them thoroughly melancholy—and if it makes them unutterably wretched, they consider that the preacher is a deeply …

The Sweetness of God's Word

Psalm 119:103

… If your servants minister them, I say they are gendering bondage and I go away from them, and leave them to Arminians, or duty-faith men or something …

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… But our Lord Jesus Christ was fully equipped for his blessed ministry. He was a great preacher, with a great message, full of a great love, with a …

The Rough Hewer

Hosea 6:4

… Lord, how quietly you heard your minister and were comfortable and sleepy under him? But the Lord came forth by that ministry against you and you were sorely …

The Ministry Of Gratitude

Luke 4:39

… did not need her to minister to Him! He who had power to heal diseases had certainly power to subsist without human ministry. If Christ could raise her …

A Typical Week’s Work

… The week must consist of seven days, for the Day of Rest was, in many respects, the beloved preacher's busiest time ; and, although he often tried hard …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… minister, but--which is most remarkable--the very mistake or forgetfulness of a minister hath been improved by Providence for this end and purpose. Augustine, once preaching to …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… And when that is gone the very joy of the Gospel is gone from the preacher and, to a very large extent, from the people. They invite him …

Five Links in a Golden Chain

Titus 1:4

… Timothy would well serve as a preacher to the circumcision, but Titus would be a man after Paul's heart as a preacher to the Gentiles. He seems …

Public Meeting Of Our London Baptist Brethren

… Long may the pastor be spared to minister to a devoted, loving, and affectionate people! Long may he be surrounded by deacons who are able and willing to …

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… you—short, deep, earnest cries to God for a blessing—and the preacher cannot help preaching when he is prayed for like that! As that Prayer Meeting has …

God's Work Upon Minister and Convert

Acts 26:16-20

… THE MINISTER. "It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." "Faith comes by hearing." "How shall they hear without a preacher? And how …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… The largest expressions that can ever be used by the boldest minister of free grace, cannot here be exaggerations. Luther may exhaust his thunders, and Calvin may spend …

Struggles of Conscience

Job 13:23

… Then let me advise you next to hear a personal ministry. Sit not where the preacher preaches to you in the plural number, but where he deals with …

A Home Mission Sermon

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… Many say, I wish I could become a preacher.” Yes, but you are not called to be a preacher it may be. Serve God in that which your …

Psalm 93

Psalm 93

Psalm 93 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher This brief Psalm is without title or name of author, but its subject is obvious …

Our Public Prayer

… The biographer of that remarkable American Methodist preacher, Jacob Gruber, mentions as an instance of his ready wit, that after having heard a young Calvinistic minister violently attack …

In the Sunny South (Continued)

… It is scarcely possible to tell how many people were blessed under the semi-private ministry which Mr. Spurgeon was able to exercise during his holiday. He used …

Human Responsibility

John 15:22

… with a plain, outspoken, earnest, and honest ministry. I have not kept back the glorious doctrines of grace, although by preaching them the enemies of the cross have …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… And what are the means of’ salvation? Why, first and foremost stands the preaching of the Word of God. More men are brought to Christ by preaching than …

On the Voice

… How easy that would be! Above all, how very natural!” In imitation of a popular preacher, to whom it was unavoidable, a certain minister was accustomed in the …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… minister. I was staying in a country town and it was requisite to borrow an edifice for the preaching. One Chapel could not be had, for the preacher …

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"

Micah 2:7

… And the man said, "It is very much like our minister and his sermons. There is no work being done, but the wheel goes round—clickety click, clickety …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… the subscribers towards the preacher’s support add ten per cent or more to their subscriptions, expressly to provide food for the minister’s brain. They would get …

The Loved Ones Chastened

Revelation 3:19

… Sometimes God rebukes his children under the ministry. The minister of the gospel is not always to be a minister of consolation. The same Spirit that is the …

The Tabernacle Opened

… College; he came into the ministry totally unprepared for it in literary attainments; he is only fit to address the poor; his preaching is not polite and polished …

Spiritual Sight and Eternal Life

John 14:19

… This distinction which our Lord kept up so strikingly, should always be made clear in every ministry. I feel that much evil comes of a mode of address …

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… You may depend upon it that a minister with his heart at all divided will make a failure of his ministry. It must be so. I have watched …

God Fighting Sin

Isaiah 63:10

… by such preaching? Shall I get the applause of men? No, the whole current of this generation's liking rushes the other way! Let the preacher tell men …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… preacher, but he had been very successful—not only in attracting the crowds—but in baptizing them. The whole nation felt the effects of John's ministry and …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… The minister shall be just as much a preacher of the mere letter as ever he was; the Church officers shall be as formal and official as ever …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… As to the  unbelieving  business, my brethren, I bear my witness that the preaching of the gospel confronts it well. I was speaking to a brother-minister concerning …

The Sieve

Matthew 7:21

… He knows exactly what a preacher ought to say upon a text. And it is one of his great delights to sit down and listen to a sermon …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… It was a Church that did not have any minister. It had an open ministry and nobody knows what mischief comes of that kind of thing. Paul recommended …

Cheer Up, My Comrades!

2 Chronicles 35:2

… not know what was the result of Noah’s ministry, but I do know that he was a preacher of righteousness for a hundred and twenty years, and …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… The dear preacher has had a light repast, and now rests in his easy chair by a bright fire, while, on a low cushion at his feet, sits …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… to the work of preaching, He was fed and cared for by the kindness of these godly women who were glad to minister unto Him of their substance …

A Simple Sermon for Seeking Souls

Romans 10:13

… Nevertheless for edification, all Christians love the ministry, though not for salvation; though neither in priest nor preacher do they trust, yet the word of God is sweet …

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… John Campbell's house, one day, when he told me that a minister was preaching at Whitefield's old Tabernacle in Moorfields, one evening, when there were present …