I have read several books about the life and ministry of the great preacher Charles Spurgeon, including the recent Spurgeon: A Life by Alex DiPrima. Our former lead pastor quoted Spurgeon so often in his sermons that after a while, he just began referring to him as “Spurgie”.
Spurgeon had an incredible ministry in London. So incredible, that when I first read about him, I thought that some of his accomplishments were legend, rather than fact. I first read about Spurgeon’s accomplishments in John Piper’s 1997 book A Godward Life, in a reading titled “Mountains Are Not Meant To Envy: Awed Thoughts on Charles Spurgeon”.
Piper tells us that Spurgeon preached as a Baptist pastor in London from 1854 until 1891 – thirty-eight years of ministry in one place. He died January 31, 1892, at the age of fifty-seven.
Here are some of Spurgeon’s incredible accomplishments. I’m trusting that you will be as amazed by this man as I am: Continue reading →