Real Estate for Souls
Today, I listened to a sermon that I preached back in September 2023 on 2 Samuel 17:1-14, 23. It was just over two years ago but I’d forgotten this quote by the 19th Century preacher Charles Spurgeon who spoke of…
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Bishop Hall
In my previous post, CH Spurgeon referred to one ‘Bishop Hall’. I had not heard of Joseph Hall who lived from 1574 to 1656. He was the Bishop of Exeter in the 1630s. The church historian, Thomas Fuller, said he…
Spurgeon on Ahithophel – ‘the Nestor of debate’
Charles Spurgeon preached these words in a sermon on the death of the traitor, Ahithophel, based on 2 Samuel 17:23: “He…put his household in order, and hanged himself.” Spurgeon comments: “His case teaches us that the greatest worldly wisdom will…
Spurgeon and the Lord’s remedy
CH Spurgeon is often noted as not only an extraordinary preacher but a pastor who had to deal with melancholy and depression. Some years ago I came across this wonderful ‘God-give remedy for melancholy’. (It was quoted by John Piper…