This is a guest post by Brandon D. Myers (@brandon_myers). J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) was a faithful pastor of another generation in the Church of England. He lived in a time when death and sickness was something a person could not avoid or sanitize as we try to conveniently do today. Ryle’s message Sickness became a […]
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What Happens When You Grieve the Holy Spirit
“And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”—Eph. 4:30. Charles Spurgeon shared the following in a sermon featured in the new volume Walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit (emphasis mine): [V]ery briefly—much too briefly—[I will share on] the lamentable result of the Spirit’s being grieved. […]
John Calvin’s Tips for Right and Worshipful Prayer
If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you’ll probably know I enjoy Calvin’s writing on prayer from The Institutes of Christian Religion—that’s why I made it accessible in the stand-alone volume The Chief Exercise of Faith: John Calvin on Prayer.”” This post shares tips gleaned from Calvin. The tips are more scattered than systematic, […]
50 Encouraging Charles Spurgeon Quotes on Prayer
These encouraging quotes about prayer come from Encouraged to Pray: Classic Sermons on Prayer by Charles Spurgeon. To make prayer of any value, there should be definite objects for which to plead. My brethren, we often ramble in our prayers after this, that, and the other, and we get nothing because in each we do not really […]
100 of the Best Charles Spurgeon Quotes
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) is one of the most influential preachers of the last several centuries and served at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London preaching lively and compelling sermons. He began preaching at the age of sixteen and became pastor two years later at eighteen, preaching well over 600 sermons before the age of twenty. […]
