Preaching & Ministry

The Shameful Sufferer

Hebrews 12:2

… As the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all the descriptions of the preacher but skim the surface, while depths immeasurable must …

Coming—Always Coming

1 Peter 2:4

… The preacher is a "little odd" and he does not cut the bread exactly into dice pieces, and so we do not like the manner of service, for …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… It was a very painful discourse to the preacher, and it was not less so to many of his hearers. Some of us will never forget that fig …

Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever

Zechariah 3:9

… May the Holy Spirit now instruct both the preacher and the congregation. While all our eyes are gazing upon the promise of Grace, may it be fulfilled in …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… Were we to believe half we read, Protestantism, in a few years, would become no more! We might have the Pope preaching in St. Paul's Cathedral! Not …

The Great Attraction

John 12:32

… The preaching of the Cross does no mischief. Its sacred stream bears no man towards the rock of ruin, but its tendencies are everywhere and at all times …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… Noah, the preacher of righteousness endured during his one hundred and twenty years, the hardness of heart and carelessness of an unthinking world; he and his family, who …

A Prince and a Savior

Acts 5:31

… If sin were not a madness, it would only need the preacher to come and tell about this blessed Gospel and you would begin to sing, "How beautiful …

The Death of Moses

Deuteronomy 34:5

… to be admitted to the glorious society of Heaven! As Noah was a preacher of righteousness for 120 years and then entered into the ark, so Moses, after …

God's Desire for Us, and His Work in Us

Psalm 51:6

… say in prayer, I fear, more than our heart says, and perhaps the preacher, in talking to you tonight, may say more than he, himself, knows. We are …

The Foundation and Its Seal—a Sermon for the Times

2Timothy 2:19

… It is no trifling matter to be a Church member and no small business to be a preacher of the Gospel. If you name the name of Christ …

What Is Your Life?

James 4:14

… less substance than those which delight the child! "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity." Let the lower lights burn dimly before your eyes—they are …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… It is not knowledge communicated by the preacher alone which will bless you; for however much he may be taught of God himself, he cannot preach to the …

Paul in the Tempest

Acts 27:18-25

… Let preacher and hearer be amazed that we should ever dare to say that we find faith in God to be difficult. It is a grievous imputation upon …

Secret Drawings Graciously Explained

Jeremiah 31:3

… When the "Essays and Reviews" made a great deal of stir, an experienced preacher said, concerning them, "'Essays and Reviews' do not trouble me, nor any of the …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… I would like to be looked upon, just now, less as a preacher than as a friend who is talking to the lingering one, the one almost decided …

Stand Fast

Colossians 1:23

… We have not been inside to see what is there, but the preacher talks much of his thought and culture. He tells you that you are behind the …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:131

… It is a sad sign when a man cannot bear to hear of the precepts, but must always have the preacher touching the string of privileges. To the …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… The preacher standing here begs God to search him in that matter. If he has merely discharged the business of public prayer because it is his official duty …

The Lord's Knowledge, Our Safeguard

2 Peter 2:9

… And spared not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. Which some …

Marvelous Light

1 Peter 2:9

… Be sure that it is heart-work, soul-work and that the Spirit of God has worked it—not the preacher—not an excited evangelist—not a book …

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… It is a very sad thing when you hear of a Christian man that he is a very excellent deacon, that he is a very admirable local preacher …

God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel

Psalm 78:51

… verse means! I am glad that it is not the duty of the preacher to look into the future and to see even one of you perishing in …

The Secret of Love to God

1 John 4:19

… So, for this poor world's sake, confess your love to your Lord! Perhaps you will never be a preacher and you need not wish to be one …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… Your common service as a domestic servant, or your public service as a preacher, you do in the Presence, not of the great Taskmaster, but of your great …

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… I will set His hand, also, in the sea and His right hand in the rivers." Glory be to God, Christ is still triumphant! Still in the preaching …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… Now, if the Lord shall teach us to imitate them and, by His Grace, enable us in doing it, we shall have learned a great lesson! The preacher …

The Peace of the Devil and the Peace of God

Luke 11:21

… poison the stream at the fountainhead! He rejoices if he can make the preacher of the Gospel a mere moral essayist, or a talker of his own inventions …

Present Privilege And Future Favor

Deuteronomy 33:27

… THERE is a great satisfaction in having such a text as this, for even if the preacher should not be able to say anything to edification, yet the …

The Unknown Ways of Love

John 13:7

… He also entreats his kind readers to pray for him whenever the sermons are useful to themselves, for the preacher growingly needs to be upheld by Grace in …

Mistaken Notions About Repentance

Ezekiel 36:31

… Him, alone, and repentance must come into your soul! Old Donne, the famous preacher, used to say, "Hang on Him that did hang on the tree," and that …

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… good many years—why need we question ourselves?" They look upon a faithful preacher with suspicion—he comes a deal too close to home. When he begins to …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… You would have found on the other hand, the Puritan party rigidly preaching up Justification by Faith and Salvation by Grace. Now, Sirs, where did you find the …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… It is a good thing when the preacher finds his own heart breaking. Heart-broken ministers are very soon made heart-breaking ministers! Love to others has a …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… I do believe that we slander Christ when we think that we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ Crucified. We know …

The Place of Prayer and Pardon

2 Chronicles 6:28-30

… less drowsiness, perhaps, if the congregation had to stand to listen to the preacher's message. 3, 4. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

Psalm 144 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Albeit that this Psalm is in some measure very similar to Ps 18:1-50 …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… moaning sinner! God earnest in thoughts of love, even when He bids the preacher tell the offender of the wrath to come. He says, Go and thunder at …

The Joy of Redemption

Isaiah 44:23

… employs? Sometimes a soul is saved by Christ's Grace through a poor preacher who is despised by many and who, in himself, is humble, weak and feeble …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… He that goes forth to fight against evil in other men by preaching the Gospel has that same Holy Spirit going with the Truth of God to make …