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Charles Simeon

Review of the Blog – January to March 2007: Preaching and the Voice of God

December 18, 2007

It’s time once again to review another year’s worth of blogging here at my place. I have made it something of a tradition to look back and reflect on the year that has passed. I have done this previously in December 2006, 2005, and 2004. The format is simple: I highlight some of the posts [...]

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The Unstoppable Saviour – Irresistible Grace

August 29, 2007

As regular readers will realize, this week I am swiftly working through the glorious doctrines of grace—the so-called “TULIP.” Today we reach irresistible grace.
Today’s first quote comes once more from Charles Simeon:
“A river flowing with a rapid and majestic current to the sea would defy the efforts of the whole world to turn it back [...]

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Credit God, Blame Man, Or Why Double Predestination is Error – Charles Simeon

August 27, 2007

Last week, as you may know, I preached on Jacob. During my preparation I was, not surprisingly, taken once more to the glorious doctrines of grace—the so-called “TULIP.” Jacob is used in Romans as a supreme example of God’s free grace.
This post is part of a mini-series highlighting quotes from others on each of these [...]

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One Charles Echoes Another Charles

February 10, 2007

Phil is back with a quote from Charles Spurgeon that sounds like it could have come from Charles Simeon. I wonder whether those guys will comment on the great news that Simeon’s works will now live again?

“I bless God I love the doctrines of grace, but I never considered the doctrines of grace to [...]

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Charles Simeon – The Full Story

February 9, 2007

Here it is! The full story from Logos of how my e-mail to them led to one of the most exciting pre-pub offers they have had for a long time.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you – you definitely have to move fast to get these at the low price!
This is an e-mail from a regular [...]

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Charles Simeon’s Horae Homileticae to be Definitely Published by Logos Bible Software

February 8, 2007

Clearly the demand for Charles Simeon’s brand of biblically-centered preaching is far from dead. Just over a week ago, as I reported here, Logos agreed to place Horae Homileticae on their pre-publication list. The deal is, when enough people pledge to buy it to cover their initial costs, they will hit the “go” button. Today, [...]

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Charles Simeon’s Works to Live Again?

January 30, 2007

UPDATE Logos have now posted a large number of scanned pages from Simeon’s Sermons. Go and read them, they will thrill your heart and I trust stir your desire to obtain these amazing volumes

Back in November last year, I discovered a biographical article by John Piper on Charles Simeon. The article made a great [...]

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PIPER FRIDAY – Charles Simeon and John Wesley

November 17, 2006

Today I want to bring you quotes from a talk given by John Piper about Charles Simeon. We begin with a description of Simeon’s recollection of a conversation he had with the Arminian, John Wesley, when he was a young man. The conversation is instructive about how we should deal with people we disagree [...]

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