Preaching & Ministry

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… The devil is never more devoid of wisdom than when he meddles with God’s people, and tries to run down God’s minister. “Run him down!” Sir …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… the Covenanter, was dying, he sent for one of his brethren, a fellow-minister of the Word, James Renwick, and he bade him stand out in the room …

The Stronghold

Nahum 1:7

… Last Monday night, one of our Brothers, a neighboring minister, told us that, 45 years ago, he gave his soul to Christ and, he said, "It has been …

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… I shall be well rewarded this morning if I shall minister comfort to one heavy spirit by leading it to remember the Glory which is yet to be …

The First Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22

… are a, "dear Sister," or a, "dear Brother," and you hear a, "dear minister." And you come to the "dear Tabernacle" and sing dear hymns to those dear …

God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!

Psalm 108:7

… has spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice." Perhaps I am addressing a minister whose public labors are apparently unsuccessful. My Brother, you have been exceedingly grieved because …

Christ's Dying Word for His Church

John 19:30

… The minister also had seen her and thought that, at least for a while, she should wait. I wish I could speak Scotch, so as to give you …

Three Names High on the Muster Roll

Daniel 3:16-18

… Every minister who has a congregation of any considerable size must have met with such people. I remember one who, being at a Prayer Meeting where there was …

A Man of God Alone With God

Psalm 119:26

… The minister said, "I do not mean you, Sambo, for you only know your A B C." "Ah," said Sambo, "but there are some brethren and little children …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… Oh, Lord, why have You sent us to this people to speak and minister among them, that they should play the hypocrite before You?" These are they who …

Chastisement—Now And Afterward

Hebrews 12:11

… But God overrules and makes the very thing which would make Christians worse, to minister unto their growth in holiness and spirituality. It is not the natural fruit …

The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)

Hebrews 12:24

… Perhaps your hope lies in saying so many prayers, and going to church, or attending chapel; or you are so unwise as to trust to a minister or …

Unmitigated Prosperity

Isaiah 53:10

… Christ!" Ah, but if you do not, then what a poor man your minister is to have the reputation of being so rich in the efforts of his …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… I trust that this sermon may minister comfort to mourners. But as for those who believe not in Christ at all, I can administer to them no comfort …

True Learning

Ephesians 4:20

… Dear Brothers and Sisters, do you say that you know Christ, that you have learned Christ? Tell me howyou have learned Him. "I heard our minister preach." Yes …

"God With Us"

Matthew 1:23

… you need the intercession of a saint, or the intervention of priest or minister! Anyone could have come to the Babe in Bethlehem. The horned oxen, I think …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… He is, perhaps, in other respects, an excellent minister, but he is unsound on one important point. Just so and, before long, his unsoundness on one point will …

Why the Heavenly Robes are White

Revelation 7:14

… They were chosen before all worlds to be kings and priests unto God—but a priest might not stand before the Lord to minister until he had put …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: whom I have sent …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… It was not so with our Master! He came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister! And He does so by saying to the rabble throng, "If …

Israel's Cry and God's Answer

… An Israelite in Egypt was at first a gentleman—in fact, a nobleman—for was he not related to the great prime minister, Joseph, who was second only …

Comfort for Tried Believers

1 Corinthians 10:13

… The Word of God has been peculiarly sweet at such a time and the minister has seemed to preach better than he ever did before—his message exactly …

A Straight Talk

Luke 14:20

… We had better let her stay with us, and go where she likes." "Yes," said the husband, "and I think we had better go and hear the minister …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… And that old Puritan minister was surely a tried man, for when his family had only a herring and a few potatoes for dinner, he said, “Lord, we …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Have you not sometimes felt that if the minister preached more about Jesus Christ, you would be very glad to hear him? I hope that is your inclination …

A Royal Funeral

John 19:38-42

… You see the Holy Child in the manger and you notice how all things round about minister strangely to Him. Throughout His life all things worked together for …

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… If we have been turned from nature's darkness to marvelous light, it was not through the oratory or eloquence of the minister. If so, our religion would …

Altogether Lovely

Solomon 5:16

… WHEN THE OLD PURITAN MINISTER had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, and secondly, and thirdly, and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down he usually …

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… I stand up to preach in a village where all are cold and callous—where even my minister tells me I am a rash, bold young man, and …

Intercession and Supplication

Jeremiah 14:22

… then Jeremiah uses a very strong expression—for using which, I understand, a minister has recently been called to account and I do not wonder at that, for …

Pleading and Encouragement

Ezekiel 18:23

… Chrysostom used to wonder that any minister could be saved, seeing our responsibilities are so great; I am entirely of his mind. Pray for me that I may …

The Necessity of Growing Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… When the minister who holds them together dies, they will disintegrate. When certain reasons that now make them cohere, cease to exist, the Church will divide like quicksilver …

Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

… their Lord—and to fulfill their own destiny as ministering spirits appointed to minister to the heirs of salvation. No pride will be possible to the perfected, but …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… No arm, angelic or human, could minister to His aid. He was alone in the grasp of Death, unsupported and unsustained, forsaken of earth and Heaven, and left …

Faith's Firm Resolve

Psalm 71:16

… Forget minister and congregation and go straight to Him who is far greater than Churches and pastors! Pour out your troubles where they will meet with Divine sympathy …

A Traveller’s Letters Home (Continued)

… Jobson, a Wesleyan minister, has had an hour’s happy chat with me, and very much interested me. He is a holy, liberal-hearted soul, and we enjoy …

For Christ'S Sake

Ephesians 4:32

… of His kingdom and the welfare of His subjects? Ought we not to minister to the wants of His servants and comfort the sorrows of His friends? If …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… Why, you are a man of experience, are you not? And you, young man, why, you are a well developed minister now! You can do a great deal …

The Mission of Affliction

2 Samuel 16:11

… Her minister said to her, "You need not be so grieved about it if it is not true." "No, Sir," she said, "I should not be grieved about …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… right hand and His holy arm, there is little in that confession to minister to self-conceit. The wine that is pressed from the grapes of Christian gratitude …