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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Show me 12 drunkards and I will show you 12 nagging wives.
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Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. . . That doctrine makes the Lord Jesus Christ to be practically a nobody; for if salvation be of works, then the way of salvation through faith in a Savior is superfluous, and even mischievous
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Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ.
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A child of five, if properly instructed, can, as truly believe, and be regenerated, as an adult.
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A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it so full of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a Christian, but a little sin can make him miserable....
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The full he empties, and the empty he fills.
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God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength
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Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading.
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So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.
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Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it.
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Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.
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Ah! dear friend, you little know the possibilities which are in you.
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Don’t go where it is all fine music and grand talk and beautiful architecture; those things will neither fill anybody’s stomach, nor feed his soul. Go where the gospel is preached, the gospel that really feeds your soul, and go often.
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Like Jonah, you may lose your gourd, but you cannot lose your God.