I wanted this e-mail title to be "splurgin' about Spurgeon." I had to do a class presentation on Charles Spurgeon who is nothing short of a madman (in a passionately good way) for the Lord. Some random facts about Mr. Spurgeon:
He wrote enough sermons and Christian literature to fill the 27 volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
He asked regulars in his congregation to skip the service so new comers could have a seat.
He preached 600 sermons by the time he was 20. (He came to personal relationship with Christ at 15.)
One of his sermon writings was used by a merchant as a wrapper for butter. The customer gave her life to Christ.
He had a weakness for fine cigars.
He studied the book of Psalms for 20 years and wrote a commentary about them called The Treasury of David
His autobiography is like a 1000 pages.
In going through the Truth Project i remember the narrator saying that Christians today don't intellectualize. The Christian mentality is weak and embarrassed. If that's the case we need to turn up some Spurgeon and start turning in some book reports! The dude is oh so quotable, he had simple words to convey deeply the truth of God. Lookie hear:
"The glory of the church is when she lays aside her respectability and her dignity, and counts it to be her glory to gather together the outcast, and her highest honor to seek amid the foulest mire the priceless jewels for which
Jesus shed His blood."
"I take it the highest proof of Christ's power is not that He offers salvation, not that He bids you take it if you will, but that when you reject it, when you hate it, when you despise it, He has a power whereby He can change your mind, make you think differently from your former thoughts, and turn you from the error of your ways."
"by perseverance the snail reached the ark"
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes."
"anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength." ETC...
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