Religion Quotes by Charles Spurgeon

Great faith must have great trials.

— Charles Spurgeon

Periodical godliness is perpetual hypocrisy.

— Charles Spurgeon

The gospel is a gospel of giving and forgiving.

— Charles Spurgeon

Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.

— Charles Spurgeon

Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.

— Charles Spurgeon

All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching.

— Charles Spurgeon

A well marked Bible is the sign of a well-fed soul.

— Charles Spurgeon

Faith is reason at rest in God.

— Charles Spurgeon

Inconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.

— Charles Spurgeon

Some ministers would make good martyrs: they are so dry they would burn well.

— Charles Spurgeon

As a church we must love Jesus, or else we have lost our reason for existence.

— Charles Spurgeon

A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

— Charles Spurgeon

To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.

— Charles Spurgeon

The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern.

— Charles Spurgeon

We often forget that the author of our faith must be the finisher of it also.

— Charles Spurgeon

If you hear a man rail at the Bible, you can usually conclude that he never reads it.

— Charles Spurgeon

The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must…

— Charles Spurgeon

We must teach plainly that the faith which saves the soul is not a dead faith, but a faith which operates with…

— Charles Spurgeon

Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the…

— Charles Spurgeon

One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing.

— Charles Spurgeon

“That same spirit which makes us love the praise of men makes us dread the threats of men. You cannot be pleased…

— Charles Spurgeon

To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for…

— Charles Spurgeon

Faith is believing that Christ is what he is said to be, and that he will do what he has promised to…

— Charles Spurgeon

Jesus has redeemed not only our souls, but our bodies. When the Lord shall deliver His captive people out of the land…

— Charles Spurgeon

I have not much patience with a certain class of Christians nowadays who will hear anybody preach so long as they can…

— Charles Spurgeon

Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without…

— Charles Spurgeon

He that can toy with his ministry and count it to be like a trade, or like any other profession, was never…

— Charles Spurgeon

It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language,…

— Charles Spurgeon

The more a church flourishes, the more, I believe, do hypocrites get in, just as you see many a noxious creeping thing…

— Charles Spurgeon

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is one of the best attested facts on record. There were so many witnesses…

— Charles Spurgeon

Oh, Brethren, it is sickening work to think of your cushioned seats, your chants, your anthems, your choirs, your organs, your gowns,…

— Charles Spurgeon

Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. I believe I have read it through at…

— Charles Spurgeon

I will say broadly that I have more confidence in the spiritual life of the children that I have received into this…

— Charles Spurgeon

He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows Him. Some are disciples of the church,…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Reading has a kernel to it, and the mere shed is little worth. In prayer there is such a thing as praying…

— Charles Spurgeon

“If we do not love the Bible, we certainly do not love the God who gave it to us; but if we…

— Charles Spurgeon

“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we…

— Charles Spurgeon

The Spirit of God bears no witness to Christless sermons. Leave Jesus out of your preaching, and the Holy Spirit will never…

— Charles Spurgeon

Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit… The only…

— Charles Spurgeon

“The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in…

— Charles Spurgeon