Ministry

“How do I know I’m called?” Spurgeon and the Call to Pastoral Ministry

March 17, 2021

“How do I know if I’ve been called to pastoral ministry?” This was a question that Spurgeon frequently encountered. As the president of the Pastors’ College, Spurgeon interviewed a lot of young men aspiring to pastoral ministry, and he had to turn many of them away. Some criticized Spurgeon for having such a strict view …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

March 24, 1887

Three Sights Worth Seeing   “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. For ye, brethren, …

1 Thessalonians:2:13-14

The Proof of Our Ministry

June 29, 1884

THE PROOF OF OUR MINISTRY.   “Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the …

2 Corinthians:8:3-5

The Ministry of Gentiles

September 15, 1872

Luke:4:39

Three Homilies from One Text

September 2, 1860

Three Homilies from One Text   “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers …

Matthew:4:23-25

The Minister’s Farewell

December 11, 1859

The Minister's Farewell   "Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."—Acts 20:26-27        When Paul was parting from his Ephesian friends, who had come to bid him farewell at Miletus, he did not …

Acts:20:26-27

A Home Mission Sermon

June 26, 1859

A Home Mission Sermon   "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."—Ecclesiastes 9:10        If God had willed it we might each one of us have entered heaven at the moment of our conversion. It was …

Ecclesiastes:9:10

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

May 31, 1857

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees   "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 the host of the Philistines."—2 Sam. 5:24        David had just fought the Philistines in this very valley, …

2 Samuel:5:24