Preaching & Ministry

Barriers Obliterated

Isaiah 44:22

… taught to his boys, or when the man who was once a street preacher, or even the pastor of a Christian Church has himself become a profaner of …

The Water of Life

John 4:15

… What a blessed thing it is for the preacher that he has not to give his hearers soft hearts, nor even to find tender hearts in them to …

Unity In Christ

John 17:20

… Here is a Brother preaching. I do not care about that white thing he has on, but if he is a genuine Christian, he is preaching Christ Crucified …

Ziklag—or David Encouraging Himself In God

1 Samuel 30:6

… afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept Your Word." I, the preacher of this hour, beg to bear my little witness that the worst days I …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… pray." "We shall all come in, Sir," said the landlord, hardly realizing the preacher's purpose. Then the Bible was read and Mr. Hill said, "Now, Sir, you …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… I want every child of God whom I am addressing to feel, "The preacher's talk is to be about me and about what Christ has done for …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… of their omission by seeing in that fact the wisdom of the great Preacher who did not speak upon cheering Truths of God when they were not needed …

The Drought of Nature, the Rain of Grace and the Lesson Therefrom

Jeremiah 14:3

… And preaching and reading, liturgy and song, are all in vain to bring the refreshing dew of Divine Grace. Job truly says, "If God will not withdraw His …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… But if every hearer of the Gospel is to say, "Come," certainly every preacher of it is especially called to repeat the invitation again and again. I seemed …

Pictures of Life

James 4:14

… William Olney, and was published in the very week that the Beloved preacher was "called Home" in January 1892] IT well behooves me, now that another year of …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

Psalm 18 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. To the Chief Musician a Psalm of David, the servant of the …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… And that, if we go in for preaching the free pardon of sin, we shall demoralize this wonderfully pious country! And if we preach Lutheranism and Calvinism, we …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… This morning, being myself more than usually compassed with infirmities, I desire to speak, as a weak and suffering preacher, of that High Priest who is full of …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… I was talking with an old saint this week— once a renowned preacher of the Gospel—who is now some 84 years of age. He shook my hands …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

Psalm 143 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Works TITLE. A Psalm of David. It is so much like other Davidic psalms …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… Stand still in your black sorrow and say, "O Lord, the preacher tells me that Your Cross once stood in such darkness as this—O Jesus hear me …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… I am His child, and He is my Parent." I half wish that instead of my preaching now, we could stand up, each of us who feel the …

Who Is This?

Jeremiah 30:21

… Oh, if only you did value and enjoy them! If you could but taste and handle them you would say, "Go on, Preacher! Go on! You are a …

No Difference

Matthew 5:45

… The preacher seems to know my case and character." Every time he came, something was said which so accurately described himself that he could not understand and interpret …

Spiritual Knowledge and Its Practical Results

Colossians 1:9

… How can a man be fruitful as a preacher if he does not know what to preach? True, he may preach the elementary doctrine of the Cross, but …

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… May the preaching of Christ today be peculiarly efficacious. Oh! that Thou wouldst raise up many that would preach Christ, simply, boldly, and with the Holy Ghost sent …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… A Bible could scarcely be found and a preacher of the Gospel, if found, was put to death! That was the result of human power coming in with …

Eternal Life!

John 17:3

… Everyone who has ever proven the power of prayer may use the same words as David did! The preacher certainly does and with the Psalmist, he exclaims, "Wait …

The Holy Child, Jesus

Acts 4:30

… The carpenter's shop must witness to the toils of a Savior, and when He becomes the Preacher and the Prophet, still we read such significant words as …

Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

… 2502) INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JANUARY 31, 1897— THE FITH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BELOVED PREACHER'S ENTRANCE INTO "GLORY." DELIVERED BY C. H, SPURGEON, AT …

God Justified, Though Man Believes Not

Romans 3:3

… A Brother writes to me, saying, "You do not put so much mirth into your preaching as you used to do. When the captain at sea whistles, then …

"Speak, Lord!"

1 Samuel 3:10

… There is a kind of incarnation of the Spirit of God in every true preacher—God speaks through him. Oh, that men had but ears to hear! But …

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… THE reader, if a believer in Christ, is requested to unite with the preacher in praising the Lord for grace abundantly given in connection with these sermons. This …

Prayer, The Cure for Care

Philippians 4:6

… It is well when a preacher can speak like that—when he has not to say, "Do as I say and not as I do," but when, like …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… Why is that? It is, first, because if God would make you greatly useful, He must teach you how to pray! The man who is a great preacher …

Labor In Vain

Jonah 1:12

… then they fancy that all must be well! "I never can hear a preacher," this man will say, "who is not sound. I can tell at once when …

A String Of Pearls

1 Peter 1:3-5

… who are begotten unto a lively hope by the abundant mercy of God. Preacher, live more intensely and ardently than ever you have done. Deacons, serve the Church …

Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits

John 8:30-32

… Our Lord went on preaching, all the same, and He did not conceal objectionable Truth because of opposition—say, rather, that He set it forth with greater boldness …

Achsah's Asking—a Pattern of Prayer

Judges 1:12-15

… could so speak, tonight, that every child of God here would say, "The preacher is talking to me. He means that I have to pray and that God …

The Modern Dead Sea and the Living Waters

Ezekiel 47:8

… There is no preaching the Gospel unless you declare the terrors of the Lord. God has winked at the times of man's ignorance, but now commands all …

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… Justification is by faith in Jesus Christ and that faith comes by hearing and that hearing by the preaching of the Word." And what happened? Why, the world …

The Priest Ordained by the Oath of God

Hebrews 7:20-22

… If I had been sent, this day, to be the preacher of the shadows of the Law I would have done my best to obey my Master, but …

A Gospel Sermon To Outsiders

Mark 10:49

… I feel something like Luther when preaching to a mixed assembly. He said, as nearly as I can remember, words to this effect, "I perceive in the Church …

Moses' Decision

Hebrews 11:24

… and their places of worship are so far from being architecturally beautiful! Their preacher is a plain, blunt man and they themselves are not refined. Scarcely a dozen …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… O preacher of the Gospel, what can you receive like the things of Christ? And what can you talk of so precious to the souls of men as …