365 Days with Spurgeon, vol. 5
Overview
A book of 365 more daily readings taken from Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s sermons from the Metropolitan Tabernacle. These date from the later years of his London ministry and cover a wide range of subjects. Many of the extracts are accompanied by a verse carefully selected from one of the hymns sung on the occasion. In addition to a Scripture and subject index, this volume includes a unique analysis of the one hundred hymns recorded as having been chosen by Spurgeon on most occasions.
Top Highlights
“Regard the new teachers no more than you would ‘the wise men of Gotham’, for those who oppose themselves to God’s word are fools.” (Page 11)
“He has brought you up out of the horrible pit; do not play near the edge of it.” (Page 350)
“We shall not find that our brethren and sisters are male and female cherubim, for they are men and women, and nothing more. They are fallen men, too, bearing about them traces of the ruin of their nature; they went astray like lost sheep, even the best of them. They are men, only men, for the best of men are but men at the best. Somebody once wrote to me a letter of denunciation for using that sentence, and, as far as I could make out from his letter, the friend thought himself to be something more than a man. I did not coincide with his judgment, but fancied that he was rather less than a man: from the bitter spirit of his letter I thought him more human than humane.” (Page 312)
“In these days we do not meet with many Christians who err by dealing too severely with converts; the shot strikes the other target. Our forefathers were possibly too suspicious and jealous; but nowadays we nearly all err in the opposite direction: we are so anxious to see everybody brought to Christ, that our wish may tend to delude us into the belief that it is so.” (Page 26)
“God’s people are but men; yet they are men and not animals. There are in human form many who are hardly as good as animals, but the saints are gentle, compassionate and gracious. God’s people are true men: when the Spirit of God is in them they quit themselves like men; they come to the front and bear the brunt of the battle.” (Page 312)
- Title: 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 5)
- Author: Charles Spurgeon
- Series: Day One Christian Biography Collection
- Publisher: Day One Publications
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 384
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a highly influential preacher and prolific writer during the nineteenth century. His sermons are available as part of the The Complete Spurgeon Sermon Collection, also available from Logos. Terence Peter Crosby holds a Ph.D. in Classics (Greek and Latin) from London University. He lives in south London with his wife, Daphne.
Reviews
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Glenn Crouch
12/31/2020
Another enjoyable year with Spurgeon - and I also appreciate the additional bits that Crosby adds. This is a worthwhile addition to your daily devotions :)