If you're new here to Servants of Grace, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Inerrancy, Olson, Spurgeon, and Evangelicalism              Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s influence today is felt more than ever, as he is the most published Christian author in church history.[1] Helmut Thielicke helpfully points out the impact and influence of Spurgeon’s ministry when he notes that, “The fire Spurgeon...

Charles Spurgeon and A Theology of the Holy Spirit In Preaching             Spurgeon’s understanding of the connection between the Holy Spirit, prayer and preaching is paradigm shifting. His understanding of the connection between preaching and the ministry of the Holy Spirit is not new, but it does need to be brought to the forefront for the modern reader. John Broadus in On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons stated that...

Spurgeon and the Word of God             Spurgeon sought to preach the Word of God faithfully to his people, week in and week out. Spurgeon– on verbal plenary inspiration– stated that it is a fact and not a hypothesis.[1] He believed that the Bible was inerrant, authorative, and sufficient, and stated concerning the Word of God, “I am the Book of God: Read me. I am God’s writing: Open my pages, for I was penned by...

Spurgeon’s Conversion       The earliest recorded instance about Charles Spurgeon’s conversion is found in his diary that detailed the period from April 6, 1850 to June 20, 1850.[1] In that diary he wrote, “Saved men and women date from the drawn of their true lives; to from their first birthday but from the day wherein they were born again.”[2] Spurgeon in a sermon at New Park Baptist Church on Sunday morning, the sixth of...