Preaching & Ministry

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

Psalm 140 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher This Psalm is in its proper place, and so fitly follows 139 that you might …

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… The foolishness of preaching will turn out to be the great proof of the Wisdom of God! Brothers, you that teach in the school, or you that preach …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… Permitted to complete 36 years of consecutive sermons, the full heart of the Preacher exclaims, "Bless the Lord, O my Soul!" The spring has never ceased to flow …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… Well, may this evening's congregation in this day of July rise up before your minds, and if you forget the preacher (and that will not matter), yet …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… May they continue to be blest of God long after the preacher and his present readers have entered into rest. The speaker is still laid aside by weakness …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… Take this from one who has been a preacher of the Gospel for more than 35 years—and a soul-winner who needs not to be ashamed—I …

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

Psalm 146 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher DIVISION. We are now among the Hallelujahs. The rest of our journey lies through the …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… comfortably provided for with Joseph at the head of the whole country—prime minister of Egypt— reflecting honor upon his old father and taking care that none of …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… There are many that live in villages and there is no Gospel preaching near them. Lord! set them preaching themselves. Wilt Thou move some hearts so powerfully that …

Psalm 118

Psalm 118

Psalm 118 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works AUTHOR AND SUBJECT. In the book Ezr 3:10-11, we read that …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… Agents are generally used—the minister speaks, the Bible becomes a living light, the Providence is a warning which is not misunderstood—but neither minister, nor Bible, nor …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… But sure I am that never minister ascends the pulpit, if he be a true minister of Christ; never missionary crosses the sea, never Sunday school teacher goes …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… I was not preaching to thee, when I said, “Be reconciled.” I was preaching to thee, poor afflicted conscience; I was preaching to thee—thou that hast been …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… it is—they are dreadfully shaken; and the strangest thing is that the minister they hated most when they were well—becomes the very man they have the …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… Hate that preaching—I say not less than that— hate that preaching which does not discriminate between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace, for it …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… I will send an angel to minister to you. Yes, I will, Myself, be with you and you shall rejoice in My salvation while your heart is glad …

Things Present

1 Corinthians 3:22

… Has this ever struck you? You wish to win souls? Before you enter upon the actual service, you say to yourself, "I wish I were a minister," but …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… I know some persons who come into chapel and who are very glad when they hear the minister pronounce the benediction and dismiss the assembly. They are very …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Abraham asked her, ‘Why weepest thou? Then the mother said, ‘Alas, this my son eateth and drinketh, and we minister unto him; but he knows not the face …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… Tell me, Sir, what it is to be born again." "Well," said the minister, "I was educated at Cambridge, but I do not know what it is to …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… Light of God in the morning! This man of God said to the minister who visited him, "O Sir, although I have trusted Christ for years and have …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… like, but he has a good heart at the bottom." The shrewd old preacher replied, "When you go to market and buy fruit and there are none but …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… Man refused to obey His Creator—the time will come when the Creator will refuse to succor man! Man refused to minister to God—the time will come …

Messages to Sinners and Saints

Isaiah 30:15

… My dear Hearers, I shall be very unhappy if while I am preaching to you, some of you are not following me and doing just what I am …

Mocking the King

Matthew 27:28-30

… Or rather, I should say that they would do so if they could! It is thus that Jesus is still mocked and shamefully entreated by some whose preaching …

Spiritual Resurrection

Ephesians 2:1

… Young people, search after an instructive minister; seek after instructive books; search the Scriptures, and seek to be instructed: that is your principal business. “Give her meat.” The …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… long, I faint to see The place of Your abode." I remember a minister, an old friend of mine, who went into the pulpit one Lord's-Day …

The New Nature

1 Peter 1:23-25

… I have read, I have even heard sermons, in which the minister seemed to me rather to play the part of a physician than of a divine, exposing …

The Memory Of Christ's Love

Solomon 1:4

… If you are a minister of the Gospel, I should not wonder if those have been your most fruitful seasons. When you have been most empty, God has …

David's Sublime Consolation

2 Samuel 23:5

… The faithful minister makes the Church that he serves his family. The earnest deacon, the truly-called elder, considers the Church, too, to be his household. The excellent …

The Root Of The Matter

Job 19:28

… It is very desirable that all Christians should be full of zeal, should be vehemently earnest, should go about doing good, should minister to the poor, should teach …

Salvation As It Is Now Received

1 Peter 1:8

… In the good old Puritan times, they had an hourglass on the pulpit and when the sands were running out, the minister was warned that it was time …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared unto you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things …

Our Lord's Triumphant Ascension

Psalm 68:18

… Every God-sent minister, if he discharges his duty aright, waits upon the bride of Christ with loving diligence and delights greatly to hear the Bridegroom's voice …

The Prodigal'S Reception

Luke 15:20

… The minister tells us that many are brought to such a state before they are saved. I will stop here." My dear Friend, it is a good state …

Witnesses for God

Isaiah 43:10

… own Christian Brothers and Sisters and relate their experience, it is more their minister's fault than theirs! I am not going to gather together a horde of …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

Psalm 95 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher TITLE. This Psalm has no title, and all we know of its authorship is that …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… But it shall not be so among you; but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister (that is, your servant), and whoever will be …

The Lion-slayer—the Giant-killer

1 Samuel 17:36

… I used to go out preaching in the villages and so on." Oh, Brother, and why not do it now? I think you ought to be doing more …

The Incarnation and Birth of Christ

Micah 5:2

… his Father pour grace into his lips, that he might be an able minister of the new covenant? If his Father did forsake him when he drank the …