May 2, 2019

“Preach you Christ, and Christ, and Christ, and Christ, and nothing else but Christ.”   When Charles Spurgeon surveyed the preaching of his own day he lamented that, “There is very much rubbish about, brethren.” Now, after a century and a half his observation appears equally penetrating and applicable. Spurgeon advised pastors to, “Preach you Christ, and …

June 6, 2018

Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon? Known as the “Prince of Preachers,” this Victorian, Calvinistic, Baptist minister testified as a powerful gospel witness in his time, but his influence endures today. So much so that Carl F. H. Henry, the dean of twentieth-century evangelical theologians, once called Spurgeon “one of evangelical Christianity’s immortals.” But what makes Spurgeon …

April 21, 1889

 The Power of His Resurrection “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection.”— Philippians iii. 10. PAUL, in the verses before the text, had deliberately laid aside his own personal righteousness. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, …

Philippians:3:10

February 18, 1871

The Wedding Garment   "And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and …

Matthew:22:11-14

March 19, 1870

Nathanael and the Fig Tree “Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus …

John:1:45-51

April 16, 1865

Jesus Appearing to Mary Magdalene   “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.” — Mark 16:9.   THE doctrine of a risen Saviour is exceedingly precious. The resurrection is the corner-stone of the entire building of Christianity. It is the …

Mark:16:9