"His ministry was going so well! He was being so fruitful! Why would God let something like this happen?" We don’t know all the answers. But we have Jesus’ words, "Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit."
Whether you are new to Spurgeon, or a familiar friend, here are a few things you should know about Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
For the first time ever: Spurgeon’s own writings & select volumes from Spurgeon’s personal library, complete with annotations, now available digitally and free of charge.
The Spurgeon Library is the premier center of Spurgeon scholarship, housing nearly 6,000 volumes from Charles Spurgeon’s personal library.
The Spurgeon Library Conference is an annual academic conference that engages Spurgeon scholarship for pastors and church leaders. View the lectures from the 2024 conference here.
September 9, 2024
By the summer of 1856, C. H. Spurgeon's ministry was bearing so much fruit. Church membership was growing. People were being converted under his preaching. Young men were being trained for the ministry. Sermons were being sold by the thousands. And yet all would seemingly come to an end in the Surrey Gardens Music Hall …
August 29, 2024
In partnership with Midwestern Seminary, Reformation Heritage Book has undertaken an ambitious publishing venture: republishing Spurgeon’s sermons. Beginning in 1855, Spurgeon edited and published one weekly sermon, out of his many preached sermons. At the end of the year, all these weekly sermons were collected and published in an annual volume. This continued for 37 …
August 15, 2024
Psalm 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse. Not to great and strong animals doth the Creator in any measure direct his special thought; but in lesser living things he has equal pleasure. If man could act the Creator's part, he would take peculiar delight in producing noble quadrupeds like horses, whose …
August 5, 2024
In 2 Corinthians, Paul defends his apostolic ministry by describing the suffering he experienced because of his work in the gospel: stoning, shipwrecks, beatings, imprisonments, and more. But then Paul concludes his catalog with one last hardship: “And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.” …