Of all the attitudes that might be cultivated towards God, one of the most dangerous is complacency. Because God is majestic and supreme to be bored with Him is sin. Because God is infinitely gracious to all mankind and particularly gracious towards those who belong to Him, to take His work for granted is an […]
Read More The innumerable works of GodContemplating Psalm 16:8-9, Spurgeon [in The Treasury of David] outlines the importance and benefits of an ongoing consideration of and meditation on God: A sense of the divine presence our best support. It yields, 1. Good confidence concerning things without. I shall not be moved. 2. Good cheer within. My heart is glad. 3. Good […]
Read More I have set the Lord continually before meCharles Spurgeon: There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it be sickness; and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health. It is a good thing to be without a trouble; but it is a better thing to have a trouble, and know how […]
Read More The mercy of sicknessHere is one value of sin — redemption from it stimulates our heart to love Christ more deeply than those who are not redeemed: We are now capable of a joy which unfallen spirits could not have known: the bliss of pardoned sin, the heaven of deep conscious obligation to eternal mercy. The bonds which […]
Read More What your sin does for youChristian Audio has a number of books on sale for $0.98 through the end of the month. Several of the books are pamphlets (including ones by John Piper and John MacArthur). Additionally, the full length book All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon and a collection of the best sermons of Jonathan Edwards are available. Go […]
Read More Inexpensive audio booksTitle: The Suffering Letters of C. H. Spurgeon Author: Charles Spurgeon Publisher: Wakeman Trust, 2007; 155 pp. $13.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): I first came across this title a few years when Phil Johnson wrote a post about it: “Broken in Two by the Hammer of Pain.” I was unable to find a copy somewhat locally, […]
Read More Book Review: The Suffering Letters of C. H. SpurgeonIs suffering inherently bad? Would it not be better to have every good thing we desire? Charles Spurgeon, who suffered from Bright’s Disease and depression, and yet was able to maintain an amazing amount of productivity and ministry, answers: Happily for us our happiness does not depend upon our understanding the providence of God: we […]
Read More Would it be good to have everything you desire?This morning we read in Hosea the accusation that “Ephraim has become a cake not turned” (7:8). If you are reading carefully, you have to ask what the prophet means. Spurgeon provided one answer: A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by divine grace: though […]
Read More A cake not turned…Echoing the thoughts of the privilege of ministry and service from last Sunday are two comments from pastors from other centuries: If anyone, therefore, appears before you who is in need of your kind services, you have no reason to refuse him your help. Suppose he is a stranger; yet the Lord has pressed his […]
Read More Our duty and privilegeCharles Spurgeon, “The Minister’s Fainting Fits” (in Lectures to My Students): Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy. […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Discouragement (Spurgeon)Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: The Spirit of God is peculiarly precious to us, because he especially instructs us as to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that is the main point of our preaching. He takes of the things of Christ, and shows them unto us.
Read More Today’s Quote – Holy Spirit (Spurgeon)Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: Watch the twists and turns and singularities of your own mind, and the strangeness of your own experience; the depravity of your heart, and the work of divine grace; your tendency to sin, and your capacity for holiness; how akin you are to a devil, and yet how allied […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Indwelling Sin (Spurgeon)Charles H. Spurgeon, All of Grace: Trust is the lifeblood of faith; there is no saving faith without it. The Puritans were accustomed to explain faith by the word “recumbency.” It meant leaning upon a thing. Lean with all your weight upon Christ. It would be a better illustration still if I said, fall at […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Faith (Spurgeon)Charles Spurgeon, The Power of the Cross: But herein is a wonderful thing. The Lord Jesus has lost no influence by having been hanged upon the tree. Rather, it is because of His shameful death that He is able to draw all men unto Himself. His glory rises from His humiliation; His adorable conquest from […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Cross (Spurgeon)Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening: Happy are we to have God’s Word always to guide us! What were the mariner without his compass? And what were the Christian without the Bible? This is the unerring chart, the map in which every shoal is described, and all the channels from the quicksands of destruction to the […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible (Spurgeon)
Words of Grace 