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
god sea space
God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.
prayer philosophical eye
Beloved, there are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God that the eagles discerning eye and philosophical thought have never seen...God alone can take us there, but the chariot in which He takes us up and the fiery steeds that pull the chariot, are prevailing prayers.
prayer smart hair
You have no time for the prayer meeting, but you have time enough to be brushing your hair to all eternity; you have no time to bend your knee, but plenty of time to make yourselves look smart and grand.
real lying home
The only real argument against the Bible is an unholy life. When a man argues against the Word of God, follow him home, and see if you cannot discover the reason of his enmity to the Word of the Lord. It lies in some sort of sin.
crowns want thorns
You cannot be Christ’s servant if you are not willing to follow him, cross and all. What do you crave? A crown? Then it must be a crown of thorns if you are to be like him. Do you want to be lifted up? So you shall, but it will be upon a cross.
riches misery mercy
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery.
fall biblical falling-apart
A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.
prayer regret men
...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his disposal.
children army house
You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, & training them up in God’s fear, & minding the house, & making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.
beard growing habit
Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.
christian satisfaction pleasure
If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.
jesus guilt doe
Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt
mother nurse grace
Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.
mercy found
When all else is changing within and around, in God and His mercy no change can be found.