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
two church world
There are, in truth, but two denominations upon this earth: the Church and the world.
thinking people church
I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them.
church christ
Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.
christian men church
It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a “call” is the man who devotes all his time to what is called “the ministry,” whereas all Christian service is ministry, and every Christian has a call to some kind of ministry or another.
wall men church
Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within its life.
jesus church reason
As a church we must love Jesus, or else we have lost our reason for existence.
should-have perfect church
If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earthto us.
prayer church neglect
Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.
prayer church firsts
If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.
church chapel one-thing
My friends, it is one thing to go to church or chapel; it is quite another thing to go to God.
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.
church world missionary
It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.
church likes world
That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.