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October 2025

October 28, 2025

Spurgeon on Sharing the Divine Nature — Evangelical Theosis?

To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God....

October 13, 2024

Charles Spurgeon was depressed more frequently than most

Charles Spurgeon, the renowned preacher, suffered with severe depression which he described as probably worse...

June 2024

June 24, 2024

John Stott on Sovereignty, Responsibility, and Calvinism

Many people will abuse the sovereignty of God to minimise and deny our human responsibility....

April 2024

April 21, 2024

Calvinism vs Arminianism: Both Wrong but Both Important

Don't let your theology trump the Bible. Arminians and Calvinists have a lot to offer...

March 2024

March 15, 2024

Stott: Reform, Don’t Follow Church Traditions.

How attached are you to what your church teaches you? Many Christians are committed to...

February 2024

February 02, 2024

Spurgeon: “Faith Doesn’t Save You”

In this morning and evening meditation Spurgeon explains how it is subtly incorrect to rely...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

Spurgeon on the role of prayer in the blessing his ministry received

If most people were asked what was the reason for Spurgeon's success, they would probably...

October 19, 2016

Remembering Spurgeon: not just his success but also his depression

Today in 1856 my friends at Christian Heritage London reminded us, a great trial of...

September 2015

September 19, 2015

The simple sermon that saved Charles Spurgeon

An unknown, unheralded, unremembered, unlearned substitute preacher impacted Victorian London, and the English speaking world...

May 2015

May 02, 2015

Charles Spurgeon on Tithing

Lined up today toe to toe are two camps of people when it comes to...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Spurgeon on the vital place of prayer

I came across the following two quotes about Spurgeon's view of prayer on a website...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

Win a FREE complete set of Spurgeon sermons for Logos

Thanks to my friends at Logos Bible Software readers of this blog enjoy a 15%...

December 2013

December 09, 2013

Spurgeon on the correct place of excitement and emotion in the Church

I love this quote from Spurgeon, and thanks to Michael Brown for citing a line...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Strange Fire – A Charismatic Response to John MacArthur

Christians have a long history of disagreeing with each other over doctrine. There is nothing...

March 2013

March 08, 2013

Spurgeon: Prayer is vital for the success of ministry

Regular readers will know only too well that I have been looking afresh recently at...

March 06, 2013

A personal note on the planned Spurgeon Documentary

I wanted to share a bit more about the Spurgeon documentary we are currently seeking...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Faithfully Pursuing Fruitfulness

This is taken from a guest post I have written this morning on the Desiring...

February 15, 2013

Don’t read the Puritans, read Spurgeon!

This post was a guest post about Spurgeon, surprisingly enough given my current interest in...

February 13, 2013

“No God? I live in him!” Spurgeon’s divine experience

In this quote from Spurgeon he reveals a depth of spiritual experience that frankly surpasses...

February 04, 2013

Help us make a documentary on the life of Spurgeon

A few weeks ago, Steve McCaskell approached me with an interesting idea to crowd source...

February 01, 2013

Spurgeon’s last words from his last sermon

I thought I would share the following which constitute the final words of the final...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Facts about Spurgeon 121 years since his death

121 years ago today Spurgeon died. 100,000 people lined his funeral route to mourn the...

January 23, 2013

Spurgeon on receiving the whole counsel of God

How easy is it for us to become lop sided in our faith? The answer...

January 17, 2013

Spurgeon e-mail devotional

I want to today introduce to my blog readership a new friend of mine, Stephen...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

New book of Spurgeon quotes

I have recently got to know the bundle of productive energy that is Stephen McCaskell....

April 2011

April 12, 2011

The Apostle Paul's Blogging Checklist, Hell, and Rob Bell

Now that Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins is on sale on both sides of...

April 07, 2011

The folly of imagining hell is not real and sin is not deadly – Spurgeon

"The sinner is a fool, because he is told in God’s word that the path...

March 2011

March 14, 2011

10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan

As Japan braces itself for a possible further serious earthquake, and deals with the consequences...

February 2011

February 07, 2011

Ministers need to be filled with the Holy Spirit – Spurgeon

Spurgeon spent a whole sermon arguing for the desperate need of the preacher to be...

February 02, 2011

Do you despise authority?

It is very easy to despise authority without even realizing that you are doing so....