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 differences matter
Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.
perfect church sin
The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.
christian prayer church
We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.
children cost too-much
Child of God, you cost Christ too much for him to forget you.
faith character conformity
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
beloved sin feels
Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin?
wise prayer heart
God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.
men feet six
Six feet of dirt make all men equal.
dull originality plagiarism
All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.
church world missionary
It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.
half praise blasphemy
The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.
men thinking littles
It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others.
church likes world
That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.
christ no-hope
Without Christ there is no hope.