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The Soulwinner

Spurgeon On Infant Baptism – An Abomination!

October 28, 2008

I think I will let these words from Spurgeon stand without further comment from me. I’m probably already in enough hot water just for repeating them. Why, there are those who pretend to save souls by curious tricks, intricate manoeuvres, and dexterous posture-making! A basin of water, half-a-dozen drops, certain syllables—heigh, presto—the infant is made [...]

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Spurgeon – Conversions are God’s Stamp of Approval on Preaching

October 4, 2008

I’ve been sharing a number of quotes from Spurgeon’s The Soul Winner. Today I thought I’d share one which is quite striking. It argues that since conversion is a miracle, it is by a trail of such miracles we can know if someone is called to preach. “A new and heavenly mind must be created [...]

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Spurgeon on Preaching to Stir Emotions

September 30, 2008

I have been quoting from Spurgeon’s The Soul Winner a fair bit lately. He is like a breath of fresh air. O for God to raise an army of preachers who truly understand the point he makes in the following quote: “… to win a soul, it is necessary, not only to instruct our hearer, [...]

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Spurgeon on the Gospel

September 14, 2008

I have recently shared a couple of quotes from The Soul Winner here and here, and a few years back I shared another bunch of them. Today I thought I’d share some great comments from Spurgeon about the gospel. “The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men’s understanding; it is a matter [...]

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Spurgeon on Revivalism

September 9, 2008

A few days ago, I quoted from Spurgeon’s The Soul Winner. I thought I would share another quote from that first chapter again today. It is interesting in the context of today that some argue against emotionalism in preaching, while others try and by human effort create an atmosphere. Spurgeon would disagree with both approaches: [...]

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Spurgeon on Church Statistics

September 6, 2008

Spurgeon’s book, The Soul Winner, is the kind of book you really need to read several times over the course of your life. I decided to dip into it once more over the summer, and read just the first chapter. It’s a book I have recommended previously. I found the following quote which is interesting. [...]

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Spurgeon "Wins" Stolen Warnie Award

July 22, 2006

Well, there are no lengths that some people won’t go to in order to honour their heroes. Spurgeon isn’t even alive to thank him, but Phil Johnson has stolen the graphic he created for me and has unilaterally decided to award one to The Prince of Preachers. All I can say is that Spurgeon deserves [...]

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Stewardship: entrusted with the gospel

February 19, 2006

Here are my notes from this mornings sermon. The audio is now available for download from the Jubilee Sermons website.Bible verses1 Cor 4:1-5; 2 Cor 5:9 6:4; Ro 1:15-17;1 Peter 3:15-16; 1Th 2:4; Col 1:25; 1 tim 1:11-12; Luke 12:48 Now that we have been entrusted with the gospel what should we do? LOVE IT! [...]

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What does true preaching look like?

April 19, 2005

Blogging is great for keeping us sharp and surely The SHEEP’S CRIB is determined to help all of us think clearly about preaching. Anyone who can read a raft of preaching posts by yours truly with as much attention to detail as he clearly has is worthy of a much better response than I am [...]

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Books every Christian should read: The Soulwinner

April 3, 2005

Many years ago, I participated in a week of outreach led by Lex Loizidesat the end of the week he presented everyone with a copy of a paperback Christian book- C. H . Spurgeon’s the soulwinner. Why that book you might well ask. Why would a book written during the Victorian era in London make [...]

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The Cost of and rewards of preaching to be a Soul-Winner

March 30, 2005

Preaching the simple gospel is not as easy as it looks. I think that what Spurgeon says below is true to a greater or lesser degree of all preachers used significantly by God. Paul was not the only preacher of whom God has said “I will show him how much he must suffer for the [...]

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Keep them hanging on……. more on the power of preaching

March 15, 2005

Blogotional quotes someone who says: “As Christians, we are first and foremost a people with whom God dwells. We are a people of His presence…..So often, we seek to know God through many methods other than the one thing needful which is direct personal knowledge.” and is sceptical that such personal knoweldge can be imparted [...]

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The simple gospel changes us

February 13, 2005

One thing that I hope I have made clear enough is that although God saves us entirely as a result of grace and not because of anything we have done, because it is hime that has changed us on the inside, we should expect such a work to have an impact in lives for the [...]

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Preach the simple gospel!

February 13, 2005

More from the Soulwinner: “The best attraction is the gospel in its purity. The weapon with which the Lord conquers men is the truth as it is in Jesus. The gospel will be found equal to every emergency; an arrow which can pierce the hardest heart, a balm which will heal the deadliest wound. Preach [...]

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