Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon
Charles HaddonSpurgeonwas a British Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth19 June 1834
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The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.
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Anger does a man more hurt than that which made him angry.
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Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.
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...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his disposal.
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He who does not hate the false does not love the true; and he to whom it is all the same whether it be God's word or man's, is himself unrenewed at heart.
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The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.
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There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.
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Every generation needs regeneration
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If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.
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This is the holy reasoning of love; it draws no license from grace, but rather feels the strong constraints of gratitude leading it to holiness.
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No man ever made himself to live. No preacher, however earnest, can make one hearer to live. No parent, however prayerful, no teacher, however tearful, can make a child live unto God. “You hath HE quickened,” is true of all who are quickened.
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It may be very well to do this and that for good fellowship; but it will never do to lose the friendship of God in order to keep on good terms with men.
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The word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it.
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The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.