Category Archives: Preaching & Ministry

When God Shuts Up a Preacher’s Mouth

Posted on February 11, 2017 by The Editor

Ezekiel 3:24-27 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. Behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with … Continue reading →

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Hammers & Nails in the Service of God

Posted on October 14, 2016 by The Editor

Jeremiah 23:29; Ecclesiastes 12:11 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Utterance & its Effects

Posted on July 8, 2016 by The Editor

Colossians 4:2, 3; Ephesians 6:19 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same, with thanksgiving; withal praying for also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ. And for me, … Continue reading →

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Are You Preparing a Sermon, or Writing an Essay?

Posted on February 12, 2016 by The Editor

Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the thing which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. MATTHEW POOLE (1624-1679): “My heart is inditing”― In Hebrew, it … Continue reading →

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Ministerial Individuality

Posted on November 13, 2015 by The Editor

I Corinthians 12:1,8 Now there are differences of gifts, but the same Spirit…For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): What qualifies men … Continue reading →

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Geriatric Giants: Old Preachers Graced With the Spirit of Caleb

Posted on April 17, 2015 by The Editor

Joshua 14:6-12        Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal.        And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning … Continue reading →

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Pride: The Popular Preacher’s Peril

Posted on June 13, 2014 by The Editor

I Corinthians 4:7; I Corinthians 5:6        Who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? … Continue reading →

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Mirror, Mirror, upon the Wall, Who shall be the Greatest of us All?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by The Editor

Jeremiah 45:5; Mark 10:35-37, 41-45        Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not.        And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we desire. … Continue reading →

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The Leading of the Holy Spirit in Selecting Preaching Material

Posted on March 8, 2014 by The Editor

Haggai 1:13; Ephesians 6:19        Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying…        [Pray] for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make know … Continue reading →

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Preachers that God Commissions are Given Preaching Gifts

Posted on January 29, 2014 by The Editor

Isaiah 61:1-3        The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, … Continue reading →

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