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Charles Spurgeon

(1834–1892) Pastor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Charles Spurgeon was a pastor from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for Old Testament Readings & Devotionals.

Quick Facts About Charles Spurgeon

Born: June 19, 1834
Died: January 31, 1892
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession: Pastor
Notable works: Old Testament Readings & Devotionals
Spouse: Susannah Spurgeon

About Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Baptist preacher often called the 'Prince of Preachers.' He was influential among Christians of many denominations, defended the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposed the liberal and pragmatic theological trends of his time.

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A child's cry touches a father's heart.

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Giving is true having.

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Generosity

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We are all damaged goods in recovery.

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.

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Being wise

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Never be afraid of your Bibles.

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Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.

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Feel for others - in your pocket

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Faith is reason at rest in God.

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Faith

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A thousand lives are not equal to the eternal life which abides in Jehovah's smile

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Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.

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Adversity

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

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Books

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If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.

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“We must meditate, brothers. These grapes will yield no wine till we tread upon them.”

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Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

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

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There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

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The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not…

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If you meet with a system of theology which magnifies man, flee from it as far as you can.

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Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase…

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From all the afflictions, Your glory shall spring. And the deeper the sorrow, the louder you'll sing.

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Affliction

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I believe a very large majority of church goers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God.

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It is the surest proof of man's natural enmity against God that he dares to impute falsehood to one who is truth…

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Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak…

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Fear

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The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

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The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are utterly contemptible…

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

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Christ

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In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never…

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Ability

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If Christ has died for me - ungodly as I am, without strength as I am - then I can no longer…

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Best friend

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There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I…

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Christ

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“All the flowers of the field, and many of the beasts of the plain, and now the very orbs of heaven, are…

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Many books in my library are now behind and beneath me. They were good in their way once, and so were the…

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It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for…

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Divine

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Avoid a sugared gospel as you would shun sugar of lead. Seek the gospel which rips up and tears and cuts and…

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Alive

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But you are not under a system similar to that by which the Jews were obliged to pay tithes to the priests.…

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Affection

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Brethren, do something; do something, do something! While societies and unions make constitutions, let us win souls. I pray you, be men…

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Action

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I am content to live and die as the mere repeater of Scriptural teaching - as a person who has thought out…

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Ability

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The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up, nay, you have to cut every…

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Christian

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A high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it…

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Acquaintance

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“Debarred from public worship, David was heartsick. Ease he did not seek, honour he did not covet, but the enjoyment of communion…

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Christianity

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Ho, Ho, Sir Surgeon. You are too delicate to tell the man that he is ill. You hope to heal the sick…

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Charles Spurgeon by topic

Men (242) Inspirational (204) Christ (204) Religion (201) Christian (193) God (157) Love (149) Prayer (143) Jesus (141) Lord (137) Christianity (126) Heart (113) Sin (107) Soul (105) Faith (98) Life (83) Heaven (82)