Quotes about Spurgeon
The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.
- Charles Spurgeon
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled.
- Charles Spurgeon
It is the surest proof of man's natural enmity against God that he dares to impute falsehood to one who is truth itself.
- Charles Spurgeon
A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats
- Charles Spurgeon
Once, while visiting the continent, Spurgeon was asked about the secret of his ministry. After a moment s pause Mr. Spurgeon said, "My people pray for me.
- John Piper
Charles Spurgeon underscored this point, saying, "For every text in Scripture, there is a road to the metropolis of the Scriptures, that is Christ. And my dear brother, your business is, when you get to a text, to say, 'Now what is the road to Christ?' . . . I have never yet found a text that had not got a road to Christ in it."51
- Leonard Sweet
The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.
- Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon used his wit to provoke laughter in private and in public. He said in one of his sermons, "If by a laugh I can make men see the folly of an error better than in any other way, they shall laugh.
- Randy Alcorn
Charles Spurgeon said of 1 Timothy 1:11, "The Gospel is also the Gospel of happiness. It is called 'the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.' A more correct translation would be, 'the happy God.' Well, then, adorn the Gospel by being happy!"[17]
- Randy Alcorn
The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.
- Charles Spurgeon
The grandest discourse ever delivered is an ostentatious failure if the doctrine of the grace of God be absent from it.
- Charles Spurgeon