The revival of the Church seems to be
closely connected with the condition of
its ministry. Bridges sub-titled the
study of the Christian Ministry, ‘An
Inquiry into the Causes of its
Inefficiency’, and, rightly used, it is
well suited to promote a faithful and
effective ministry.
The Christian Ministry is Bridges’ best
known literary work, but his
expositions of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
and Psalm 119 are also highly valued.
Bridges begins by considering the
general and personal cause of
ministerial ineffectiveness, and goes
on to examine comprehensively preaching
and pastoral work. This book was one of
the few which the godly Robert Murray
M’Cheyne took with him to the Holy
Land, and, in its field, it is without
an equal.