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
christian looks power-of-god
The holiest of Christians, and those who understand best the gospel of Christ, find in themselves a constant inclination to look to the power of the creature, instead of looking to the power of God and the power of God alone.
jesus looks salvation
The love of Jesus is the source of salvation. He loves, he looks, he touches us, we live.
heart looks littles
Sin is no little thing. It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced his heart . . . Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be ‘exceeding sinful’.
ties looks bread
Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as with it; and we must not tie Him down to one mode of operation. Let us not be too eager after the visible, but let us look to the invisible God.
men firsts looks
...never go to look on man till you have first looked on your God.
encouraging looks christ
Do not look to your hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope.
eye son looks
When God accepts a sinner, He is, in fact, only accepting Christ. He looks into the sinner's eyes, and He sees His own dear Son's image there, and He takes him in.
brought cheek facts native
When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through
prayer weight length
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length
trying want scripture
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves
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.
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.