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Charles Spurgeon

New Spurgeon Sermons

January 31, 2010

Phil Johnson describes the release of a volume of previously unpublished sermons from the undisputed prince of preachers. Pray that God will raise up men like this to declare boldly his word, going after lost souls and complacent saints in the same message. His was a voice you simply couldn’t ignore. Out of love for [...]

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God Breaks Those He Wants To Make Great

October 18, 2009

Spurgeon is at his best in the following quote. He speaks about the way in which God likes to bring people to the very end of themselves before taking ahold of them and using them for his glory:

Is it not a curious thing that whenever God means to make a man great, He always [...]

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Spurgeon On Second (& Third, Forth and Fifth) Blessings

October 6, 2009

Had a great email from a reader of my blog in Asia which I reproduce with permission in its entirety:
I’m a faithful reader of your blog and a missionary in China. Thanks for being a place to go over the last couple years as God has increased my desire to “have it all“. [...]

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Christ Himself – The Gospel Coalition Blog

October 3, 2009

From Christ Himself – The Gospel Coalition Blog:
“Our faith is a person; the gospel that we have to preach is a person; and go wherever we may, we have something solid and tangible to preach, for our gospel is a person. If you had asked the twelve Apostles in their day, ‘What do you believe [...]

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Spurgeon Atonement Illustration

August 28, 2009

This would win the wrath of many neo-liberals but I am sure that Piper would be glad to make room this Friday for the following quote I found on the pyromaniacs site from C.H. Spurgeon:
Suppose,” said I, “you had killed some one. You were a murderer; you were condemned to die, and you deserved it.”
“Faith,” [...]

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Spurgeon – We Know Jesus Rose From the Dead, Because the Spirit Tells Us So.

April 10, 2009

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. So it seems appropriate to share a quote today from Spurgeon. This is in my forthcoming book “Raised With Christ, How the Resurrection Changes Everything.”
In an age of human pride, it is sad how much a purely intellectual approach to faith has infiltrated the church. It is also sad that [...]

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The Immediately Present Help

December 22, 2008

I know, I know — I’m supposed to be on a blogging break! But last night’s news about David Wayne was weighing on me this morning, and then I saw in my inbox this from Spurgeon’s Faith Checkbook devotion. It lifted me as only God’s Word can. May God be immediately present to you this [...]

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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 a [...]

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Spurgeon – Conviction of Sin Essential for Salvation

October 9, 2008

I wonder—when was the last time you heard another Christian preach or speak about conviction of sin? When was the last time you saw someone on the brink of salvation in tears of anxiety and burden because of a distinct awareness of their sinfulness? It seems to me that true conviction is not present as [...]

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Is Man Bipartate or Tripartate?

October 2, 2008

One of the interesting controversies of theology is the nature of man. Many assume we are tripartate — body, soul, and spirit. Others argue strongly that Scripture suggests we only have two parts — body and soul/spirit. In today’s quote from Spurgeon, he seems to suggest we have two parts before salvation and three parts [...]

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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, and [...]

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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 for [...]

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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:
“Nor [...]

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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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