I think this quote from Spurgeon is very appropriate for today. These are not days in which whole hearted commitment to the scriptures are encouraged. Many evangelicals think they want revival but very few are willing to pay the price for true revival.
“We admire a man who was firm in the faith, say four hundred [...]
“Yet one does not have to look long at the prevailing Christianity of the 1850’s to observe some signs that are hardly akin to what we find in the New Testament- it was too fashionable, too respectable, too much at peace with the world. It was as though such texts as ‘the whole world lieth [...]
“Election is ascribed to God the Father, sanctification to the Spirit and reconciliation to Jesus Christ. This is the chain of salvation and never a link of this chain must be broken. The Son cannot die for them the Father never elected, and the Spirit will never sanctify them whom the Father has not elected [...]
Since discovering that most of Charles Spurgeon’s sermons are available online, I decided to incorporate some his sermons into my quiet time. I’ve decided to work through them in chronological order. This will have many benefits, it will give me a deeper and wider insight into the preaching and theology of Charles Spurgeon. It will, [...]
I’ve started reading Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening again, this particular entry made an impact on me.
Morning—September 25
“Who of God is made unto us wisdom.“ 1 Cor. 1:30
Man’s intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the [...]
