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
teaching men trying
The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity.
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Depend on it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to worship Jesus Christ as God.
needs lions cages
The Gospel is like a caged lion. It does not need to be defended, it just needs to be let out of its cage.
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there.
hypocrite doe existence
The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.
men dying savior
Nothing puts life into men like a dying Savior.
christian prayer honor
Prayer is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian.
doe sin unhappiness
It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.
brother children father
I can admire the solemn and stately language of worship that recognizes the greatness of God, but it will not warm my heart or express my soul until it has also blended therewith the joyful nearness of that perfect love that casts out fear and ventures to speak with our Father in heaven as a child speaks with its father on earth. My brother, no veil remains.
jesus tears wipe
A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.
mistake believe men
A man who knows that he is saved by believing in Christ does not, when he is baptized, lift his baptism into a saving ordinance. In fact, he is the very best protester against that mistake, because he holds that he has no right to be baptized until he is saved.
kings becoming ministers
If God calls you to be a minister, don't stoop to becoming a king.
home servant-of-god bread
The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.
prayer chance habit
Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.