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
flower giving perfume
Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.
wheels infinite providence
The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.
religious teaching men
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see all religious teaching built upon the solid rock of truth and not upon the sand of imagination. At the same time, our grand object is not the revision of opinions, but the regeneration of natures. We should bring men to Christ, not to our own particular views of Christianity.
angel heaven sin
The angels did not merely sin and lose heaven, but they passed beyond all other beings in sin and made themselves fit denizens for hell.
easter heart sorrow
Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle, there abide. And often say to your heart, when you are in distress and sorrow, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
christianity born dies
We wept when we were born though all around us smiled; so shall we smile when we die while all around us weep.
believe men christianity
I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.
philosophy simple christianity
We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the simple gospel.
too-much fables labels
Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables
woe christianity fit
Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel
heart grace doe
Hell itself does not contain greater monsters of iniquity than you and I might become. Within the magazine of our hearts there is power enough to destroy us in an instant, if omnipotent grace did not prevent
jesus soul christianity
Jesus poured out his soul in life before he poured it out unto death
mind christianity holy
When filled with holy truth the mind rests.
christian men trifles
Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ