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
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves
brought cheek facts native
When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.
prayer weight length
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length
prayer wheels providence
Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.
trying want scripture
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original
sea highways
That which,like a sea, threatens to drown you- shall be a highway for your escape
winning giving soul
You will win as many souls as God gives you, but no one will be converted by your own power.
men enmity natural
It is the surest proof of man's natural enmity against God that he dares to impute falsehood to one who is truth itself.
believe men law
If God requires of the sinner, dead in sin, that he should take the first step, then he requires just that which renders salvation as impossible under the gospel as it was under the law, since man is as unable to believe as he is to obey.
two truth-is teach
I cannot agree with those who say that they have 'new truth' to teach. The two words seem to me to contradict each other; that which is new is not true. It is the old that is true, for truth is as old as God himself.
men ministry easy
The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.
jesus fighting winning
But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him, you desire to put many crowns upon His head, and this you can best do by winning souls for Him. These are the spoils that He covets, these are the trophies for which He fights, these are the jewels that shall be His best adornment.
pity figures should
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.