May 27, 2025

A. T. Pierson, the American Presbyterian evangelist, had the responsibility of preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle during the fall and winter of 1891-1892, while C. H. Spurgeon recovered from his illness.[1] During those months, Pierson had a front-row seat to the ministry at the largest church in evangelicalism with a membership of over 5,300. As …

May 20, 2025

The Downgrade Controversy in the latter part of the 19th century was the most significant conflict of C. H. Spurgeon's ministry, changing the course of British evangelicalism into the following century. But while those events were going on, there was a growing zeal in the Pastors' College among the students for missions. Sometime in the …

May 13, 2025

What is the great mystery of the Christian religion that Paul speaks of in 1 Timothy? What is that reality which infuses wonder in our everyday lives? It is that God, though the Creator and Sustainer of all things, became man. In short, it is the incarnation of Christ. “My brethren, if you will carefully consider …

April 24, 2025

Are you in need of encouragement today? Are you looking for a truth that provides strength and comfort no matter the difficulties you face? This is what the New Covenant provides for every believer, because the covenant brings us to Christ Himself, and “in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily” (Col. 2:9). Spurgeon …

April 14, 2025

There are many questions that preachers are perennially debating: Should I preach sequentially through books of the Bible, or can I preach in different portions of Scripture from week to week? What tools should I use in my sermon preparation? Should I preach from a manuscript, or an outline, or without any notes? Of course, there is no one …

April 9, 2025

Sometimes as Christians, we are tempted to think that sin is less serious for the Christian than for the non-Christian. Since our sins are forgiven and Christ has paid for them, we think they don’t really matter anymore. But in this sermon, Spurgeon shows from Scripture that the opposite is true: Sin is even more …

March 27, 2025

Have you ever considered the gift that sleep is? “Sleep, sleep, my child; I give thee sleep.” Spurgeon teaches that such is the blessing which the Lord grants to His beloved. From Psalm 127:2, he conveys that the gift of sleep is a tangibly sweet blessing of God which ought to be enjoyed and appreciated, …

March 19, 2025

Annie Dunn loved her church. She was the daughter of J. T. Dunn, an elder at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Under Spurgeon’s preaching, it was in the church that she came to hear the gospel of grace and love her Savior. Eventually, she professed her faith in Christ through baptism and joined the church. Now, as …

March 14, 2025

This edited excerpt comes from Christ Our All: Poems for the Christian Pilgrim, a never-before-published collection of Spurgeon's private devotional poems. For a limited time, download a free copy here. Spurgeon’s love of poetry can be seen today in the Spurgeon Library in Kansas City, MO. In his collection, we find over 200 books of poetry …

March 14, 2025

What was the subject matter with which Christ bookended His earthly ministry? This subject was His command of repentance to all His hearers, and more broadly, to the whole world. Spurgeon noted that “nothing could set forth Jesus Christ's idea of the high value of repentance, more fully and effectually than the fact that he …