Preaching & Ministry

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

Psalm 36 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. To the Chief Musician, He who had the leadership of the Temple service was …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… Then the Incarnate God, their Lord and yet their Brother, interposes His sacred ministry. First, He comes to them. Wycliffe's version puts it, "He came near." He …

The Believer Catechized

John 11:26

… Do we wish to do this? The Lord Jesus Christ, at the very outset of His ministry, prepares us to believe hard things. He bids us count the …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… How in common things He displayed His brotherhood with them? He began His ministry at a feast at Cana of Galilee, working His first miracle at a wedding …

Buying Without Money

Isaiah 55:1

… To strain after eloquence when preaching the Gospel is a sin worthy of eternal destruction! To point the sinner to Christ must be our only desire! Pray for …

Reasons For Doubting Christ

Matthew 14:31

… The preacher need scarcely tell how disgusted he has been with himself when he has passed through a trial to think that he could not have left it …

Exposition: 1 John 3:1-10

… We ought not to read it as a preacher his text, with the intention of making something out of every word; but we should read it as we …

Sin Subdued

Micah 7:19

… It is very possible that there is no such power in the blood of Jesus as the preacher wants you to think." Once get a man upon the …

The Sick Man Left Behind

2 Timothy 4:20

… And if we hear that another Trophimus lies sick not far from our own home, let us accept the information as in itself a sufficient summons to minister …

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… At that period, I was but a very young man in preaching and he showed special spite against me. He put my portrait in his window, with certain …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… The preaching of the Gospel, or the writing of it. The teaching of the young and every other form of Christian service should be combined with the spirit …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… You do not care for the preacher whose objective is to display his own powers. You go away dissatisfied after hearing his bravest orations! But if any man …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… Do not think that I am preaching, but consider that you are alone in your chamber, and that I am speaking through a telephone to you. Let me …

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… been confined by sickness, or have been compelled to sit under an unprofitable ministry. We may, then, well sigh for the very walls which enclose the people whom …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… Oh may my ministry never help to lull you into such a state as that! If Jesus Christ does not deserve everything of you he does not deserve …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. On account of the similarity of the structure of this Psalm to …

Frost and Thaw

… Do not speak of the minister. It was well that he preached earnestly: God has used him as an instrument, but God worketh all. When the thaw of …

For the Sick and Afflicted

Job 34:31

… People said to me years ago, "You will break your constitution down with preaching ten times a week," and the like. Well, if I have done so, I …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… is past and the true Light shines—since the name of Jesus, the preaching of His Word, and the power of His Truth have, in this respect, in …

The Blind Beggar of the Temple and His Wonderful Cure

John 9:5

… They say that it is only fit for old women and idiots—and such fossils of the past ages as the preacher who is now addressing you! We …

Reasons for Turning to the Lord

Hosea 6:1

… sermon, during which the congregation sang part of a hymn to enable the preacher to gain strength enough to resume his discourse. This was the last sermon before …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… However diligent may be the oversight there will be pretenders creeping in unawares who have no true part or lot in the matter, and hence, when the preacher …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… So I went to that same Primitive Methodist Chapel where I first received peace with God, through the simple preaching of the Word. The text happened to be …

Psalm 150

Psalm 150

Psalm 150 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher We have now reached the last summit of the mountain chain of Psalms. It rises …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… By what means shall they be brought into contact with Christ and a Savior become the Savior of their souls? The constant aim of the Gospel ministry should …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… A minister of Christ, who was always in the habit of visiting those whom he knew to be eminent for piety, in order that he might learn from …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

Psalm 67 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician. Who he was matters not, and who we …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

Psalm 86 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. A Prayer of David. We have here one of the five psalms entitled Tephillahs …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… Watts' words seem appropriate— "Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys." The preacher, too, is sometimes fertile enough and, at another time barren. Truly …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… A minister asked him if he did not get tempted and worried sometimes by Satan. "Yes," he said, "I have known much about being tempted by Satan in …

Psalm 48

Psalm 48

Psalm 48 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. A song for joyfulness and …

Faith in the Person of the Lord Jesus

… decent creed had been made up, they all looked and listened for the preacher’s approbation; but they had aroused his deepest pity: he had to begin at …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… At length the good minister said, "The fact is, we never found any. Mr. Hill used to study in the garden, in the parlor, in the bedroom, in …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… You more andmore. [See Sermons #2318, Volume 39—GOD'S PUPIL, GOD'S PREACHER—AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY and #3271, Volume 57—GOD, THE CHILDREN'S TEACHER.] How was he …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… It is a strange conglomerate of amazing things—a Savior full of love and man full of hate—a preacher with a heart so broken that he rather …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… Education for the ministry. 1. The student at college: "Make me to understand." His lesson. His instructor. His application. 2. The preacher at his work: "So shall I …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

Psalm 61 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. To the Chief Musician upon Neginah, a Psalm of David. The original indicates that …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… The preacher came and spoke as best he could and besought you, as a brother, that you would turn—that you would not perish, but would turn to …

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

Psalm 131 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Song of Degrees of David. It is both by David and …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… of Inspiration before me I trust to be able to show that "the Preacher" spoke the Truth of God when he said, "It is better to go to …