Preaching & Ministry

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… In Puritan times there was an eminent and godly minister named Mr. Deering, who has left some writings that are still valuable. While sitting at a table one …

What Are We At?

… A minister called upon a poor woman, intending to give her help; for he knew that she was very poor. With his money in his hand, he knocked …

Leaning On Our Beloved

Solomon 8:5

… There are other seasons when, under a sense of sin, I have started back from God and felt that none but the Man Christ Jesus could minister peace …

He Ran, and He Ran

Mark 5:6

… and all men did marvel This is the kind of ready-made preacher whose service for his Lord is usually most effectual. The man who, though he has …

"He Comes With Clouds"

Revelation 1:7

… We shall make lame work of preaching and teaching if we leave out either advent. And next, it is to be unquestionably asserted. "Behold, He comes!" It is …

Obedience Better Than Sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:2

… Oh Soul, you will find then that these Sundays, and these services, and this preaching, and this old Book are something more and better than you thought they …

The Great Physician And His Patients

Matthew 9:12

… A minister, when he had done preaching in a country village, said to a farm-laborer who had been listening to him, "Do you think Jesus Christ died …

Paul's Desire to Depart

Philippians 1:23

… I shall endeavor while preaching to search myself, and I pray that each one of you may be led to hear for himself, and I beseech you to …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… But there will come a time when there will be no voice of mine from this pulpit, and no glance of your eyes towards the minister here. We …

God Rejoicing in the New Creation

Isaiah 65:17-19

… If he listens to the preaching of the Gospel and discovers in it new and better principles such as the old worn-out world could never have discovered …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… I heard a Primitive Methodist minister speaking last Friday night, make use of a very strong expression while describing what a man could do by faith. He said …

Faith and Life

2 Peter 1:1-4

… The voice of the minister called to you, but you did not hear. You were often bidden to come forth, but ye did not and could not come …

A High Day in Heaven

Luke 15:10

… Some ministers whom I know scarcely even mention it in their preaching, so that their hearers may well imagine that it is out of date. They seem to …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… for the worship of God, even if I could not enjoy the preaching of the minister, I would go there to join in the singing of Christ's …

Days of Heaven Upon the Earth

Deuteronomy 11:21

… say that! And do not tell me, my dear Brother minister, of all the toils of preaching to a people who seem weary of hearing—and of endeavoring …

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… If I had 50 friends, they would not know how to minister to such mental disease as mine. I am too far gone for relief." But listen, my …

Our Lord's Substitution

1 Peter 2:24

… I always like to be as practical as possible in my preaching and I think there are, in this great Truth of our Lord's Substitution, some practical …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… The minister is no priest, but still, God does enable some men, by His Spirit, to teach others. He does raise up pastors after His own heart. We …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… to his notion the Lord is shut up to converting him under one minister and bringing him to Jesus in one particular way. That is many a man …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… Ritualistic matters were so far required as they might minister to the good of the people and, while they stood, they could not neglect them without loss. But …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… minister who put in the margin of his manuscript sermons, "Cry here." And in another place, "Here lift up your eyes." It must be very dreadful preaching when …

The Lord's Own View of His Church and People

Solomon 4:12

… There was not much in the preaching, itself, but it was all about Jesus Christ and I found myself, within a few minutes, weeping freely. The Gospel had …

"Now Then, Do It"

2 Samuel 3:17

… In process of time Abner, the commander-in-chief and prime minister who was at the head of Saul's party, because it served his own purposes, changed …

The Safeguards of Forgiveness

2 Samuel 12:13

… One fears, however, lest, by the preaching up of the abounding mercy of God in suddenly putting away great sin, some might be led to think lightly of …

A Strange Yet Gracious Choice

Psalm 135:4

… in these days that I mean to be all the more emphatic in preaching it, for I believe that this doctrine largely helps in producing that state of …

A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED

Romans 8:7

… My Hearer, your non-searching of the Scriptures, your weariness under Gospel preaching, your lack of care to understand the mind of God is prima facie evidence that …

The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living

Numbers 16:47-48

… There are no priests now specially to minister among men. Jesus Christ, and he only is the priest of his Church, and he hath made all of us …

The Church's Probation

Psalm 66:10

… much better are you? And I, sometimes, in the early days of my preaching, was known to speak of the cool, freezing lips of some ministers and of …

The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening

1 Corinthians 11:32

… If they can detect a minister in sin. If they can discover a deacon or an elder indulging in iniquity. If they can quote a justification for sin …

A Plain Man's Sermon

Leviticus 22:21

… There is a notion among some people that the priest is to save them, alias the minister, for men easily, in these charitable days, make even Dissenting ministers …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

Psalm 139 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher One of the most notable of the sacred hymns. It sings the omniscience and omnipresence …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

Psalm 108 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE AND SUBJECT. A Song or Psalm of David. To be sung jubilantly as a …

A Caution for Sin-sick Souls

Hosea 5:13

… I am only a Dissenting minister." I told him how the Lord Jesus Christ had paid the debts of sinners. How those that reposed in Him and rested …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

Psalm 31 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician—a Psalm of David. The dedication to the …

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… When a minister is studying a sermon, his best preparation comes through his feeling, himself, the power of his subject. He rehearses his discourse before the little audience …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… If you are depending upon anything or any person beside your God, woe unto you! "Oh," you say, "I used to hear a dear old minister in my …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… The "dear minister," the "venerable man of God"—they have looked far too much to him. Alas, there has come a discovery that man is only man and …

Preventing Grace

1 Samuel 25:32

… I feel that sometimes when we are preaching, we seem to look after the scum and the riffraff and we forget many others. I would not forget one …

A Sermon for the Worst Man on Earth

Luke 18:13

… I have heard of a minister who was said to cry in the wrong place in his sermons—and it was found afterwards that he had written in …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

Psalm 32 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Psalm of David, Maschil. That David wrote this gloriously evangelic Psalm …