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Charles Spurgeon

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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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Catching Up With Mark Driscoll

August 18, 2008

I have now published all the Mark Driscoll material from his recent visit to the UK. Don’t miss the video interviews, and the Dwell material, as well as the talks from Brighton. There is a lot to absorb there. There are also three talks for church elders that I was not present at. Since his [...]

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Spurgeon on Prayer

October 31, 2007

I just had to share this quote from Spurgeon on prayer: If some of the prayers at certain prayer meetings were less doctrinal, less experimental, and more argumentative with God, they would be more like true prayer should be, for true prayer is just pleading with the Most High, spreading our case before him, and [...]

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John Owen and Charles Spurgeon on John Bunyan

October 24, 2007

I want to mention today a man who both John Owen and Charles Spurgeon held in high regard. Most know of John Bunyan as a writer, but he was also one of the most famous preachers of his era. Here is what one of the Pyromaniacs said of Bunyan, his preaching, and and his book, [...]

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Spurgeon on the Atonement

July 5, 2007

Yesterday I shared a quote from Wayne Grudem on the atonement. Today it’s Spurgeon’s turn: “All the love and acceptance which perfect obedience could have obtained of God belong to you because Christ was perfectly obedient on your behalf. Those who set aside the atonement as a satisfaction for sin also murder the doctrine of [...]

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Spurgeon’s Challenge to Preachers

March 19, 2007

This week’s dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs is well worth reading in its entirety. It fits in nicely with my current series on preaching, and in many ways parallels what the Doctor’s quote says about “dead orthodoxy” on my blog this morning. Spurgeon believed in Spirit and Word. What a tragedy that many of today’s [...]

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Spurgeon and Millennial Mud Slinging

March 14, 2007

Well, I knew it would happen. People on both sides of the great premillennialist versus amillennialist debate sparked by John MacArthur have started throwing Spurgeon quotes at each other. I have been doing my best to stay on the sidelines on this one, and I haven’t even read the rest of Tim’s summaries of the [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – The Doctor, Spurgeon, and Plagiarism

March 12, 2007

In today’s Lloyd-Jones Monday, the Doctor discusses the issue of “preaching other people’s sermons,” which he states is “a not uncommon practice.” “I have but one comment to make about this—it is utterly dishonest unless you acknowledge what you are doing. I never have understood how a man can live with himself, who preaches other [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Lloyd-Jones on Spurgeon: Are Sermon Series Compulsory?

March 5, 2007

In today’s Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday, I come to one of the most fascinating questions about preaching. I am not sure exactly what was in the minds of the people who crafted the T4G statement which highlighted the importance of expository preaching. As we shall see in later posts, people differ on whether to define expository [...]

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Should We be Optimistic or Pessimistic About the Future?

February 22, 2007

Mark Dever over at Together for the Gospel has written about how we should expect persecution. He may well be right. As I read his post, however, and also a few of his buddy, Al Mohler’s, cultural observations, I wonder if I detect a more general note of pessimism about the future of the church. [...]

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Spurgeon on the Extent of Salvation – Will More be Saved than Lost?

February 17, 2007

There is no doubt that of all the doctrines of Calvinism, the so-called limited atonement is the most misunderstood and controversial. Sadly, many interpret this as indicating that salvation itself is “limited” and that few will be saved. Spurgeon clearly didn’t think so as this extract from one of his sermons will show. Incidentally, this [...]

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SERMON – How to Define Revival and be Revived Personally

February 15, 2007

This past Sunday I preached on revival. You can download the audio or listen right here using the following embedded player. I have shared my notes almost exactly as I preached from them. They might not make a great deal of sense to someone else, for which I apologise. Hopefully the audio is easier to [...]

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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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