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
forgiving unjust favors
He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.
men light forgiving
What is it to bring the man out of his sepulchre if you leave him dead? Why lead him into the light if he is still blind? We thank God, that he who forgives our iniquities also heals our diseases.
forgiving may calvary
Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to learn how to forgive.
forgive-me forgiving ready
God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend.
giving forgiving
The gospel is a gospel of giving and forgiving.
brought cheek facts native
When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through
scripture needs should
You need not bring life to the scripture. You should draw life from the scripture.
prayer weight length
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length
prayer wheels providence
Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.
trying want scripture
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original
thinking light grace
The more grace we have, the less we shall think of ourselves, for grace, like light, reveals our impurity.
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves
sea highways
That which,like a sea, threatens to drown you- shall be a highway for your escape
moving grace firsts
True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes of a wheel move at once when the wheel moves, and so all the graces commence action when regeneration is wrought by the Holy Ghost. Repentance, however, there must be.