Category Archives: Preaching & Ministry

A Threefold Cord: Strand #1 – The Doctrinal Preacher

2 Timothy 4:2,3        Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): It has … Continue reading

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Preaching with Tears

Acts 19:31        Remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. J. W. ALEXANDER (1804-1859): No man can be a great preacher without great feeling. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): … Continue reading

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The Right Word at the Right Time

Proverbs 25:11        A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. A. P. GIBBS (1890-1967): The Scriptures have a great deal to say about the value of right words. It likens “fitly chosen” words to … Continue reading

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Presence of Mind in the Pulpit

II Samuel 5:24        And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite … Continue reading

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Religious Titles

Matthew 23:8-10        Be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be … Continue reading

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The Berean Protestant

Acts 17:11; Isaiah 8:20; Romans 4:3       They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, to see if these things were so—To the law and the testimony—What saith the scripture?  C. H. MACKINTOSH (1820-1896): … Continue reading

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Spiritually Strange Birds

Leviticus 11:16       And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow… C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Old Mr. Sutton of Cottenham! I became acquainted [with him] early in my ministry [circa 1851]. I shall never forget Mr. Sutton’s description … Continue reading

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Sovereign Grace

James 1:18        Of His own will begat He us by the word of truth.  A. W. PINK (1886-1952): Because grace is exercised toward those who are destitute of worthiness or merit, grace is sovereign; that is to say, God … Continue reading

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