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
men holiness god-love
Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation.
love atmosphere should
We should shun ingratitude, and live daily in the heavenly atmosphere of thankful love.
jesus heart love-is
The saints are sinners still. Our best tears need to be wept over, the strongest faith is mixed with unbelief, our most flaming love is cold compared with what Jesus deserves, and our intensest zeal still lacks the full fervor which the bleeding wounds and pierced heart of the crucified might claim at our hands. Our best things need a sin offering, or they would condemn us.
being-in-love being-thankful world
Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.
men hands lovely
To a hungry man, Christ is very lovely when He has a loaf of bread in His hand.
heart self his-love
If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.
love stars heart
Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
sacrifice lovely may
Do what you may, strive as earnestly as you can, live as excellently as you please, make what sacrifices you choose, be as eminent as you can for everything that is lovely and of good repute, yet none of these things can be pleaseing to God unless they be mixed with faith.
love inspirational kindness
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
amazing-love gone sides
Oh, the stoop of the Redeemer's amazing love! Let us, henceforth, contend how low we can go side by side with Him, but remember when we have gone to the lowest He descends lower still, so that we can truly feel that the very lowest place is too high for us, because He has gone lower still.
his-love lord broads
The seasons change and you change, but the Lord abides evermore the same, and the streams of His love are as deep, as broad and as full as ever.
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