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Holy Work for Christmas

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

This sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon on Luke 2:17-20 is about celebrating the savior's birth. Spurgeon speaks on doing this by publishing abroad the good news, giving praise to God, and by pondering and preserving Christmas.

Luke 2:17-20

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Christmas, God's Holiness, God, Heart

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

This sermon on Mark 5:3 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon is on the ramifications of Jesus being angry at the hardened hearts that witnessed His healing of a man, and reacted to accuse instead of rejoicing.

Mark 3:5

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Anger, Jesus Christ, Heart, Healing

Our Lord Before Herod

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Spurgeon examines Luke 23:8-9 and the state of Herod when Jesus arrived - his prior religiosity, his current depravity, and the influences he lived under when he condemned the Christ.

Luke 23:8-9

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Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate, Power

Effects of Sound Doctrine

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

This sermon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon on Matthew 24:24 is about the importance of "the elect" doctrine. Spurgeon speaks on how election helps our opinions, our emotions, and on our experience.

Matthew 24:24

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Grace, Election, Truth, Doctrine

How to Read the Bible

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon preaches from Matthew 12:3-7 that the true reading of the scriptures requires an understanding, that we should seek out the spiritual teaching of the word, and that this way of reading is profitable.

Matthew 12:3-7

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Scripture Reading, Word Of God (god Speaking), Listening To God

The Sluggard’s Farm

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon preaches on Proverbs 24:30-32, considering Solomon's description of a sluggard, the state of the sluggard’s land, and the lessons gleaned from those descriptions.

Proverbs 24:30-32

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Wisdom, Laziness, Work, Grace

Those Who Would Be Saved from Sin

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Psalm 4, Charles Spurgeon notes that David lays out four stepping stones to help us avoid sin. They are (1) Awe (2) Prayer (3) Practicing self-control; and (4) Trust in God.

Psalm 4:4-5

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Sin, Reverence, Self-control, Prayer

The Rule of the Race

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Hebrews 12:1-2, Charles Spurgeon emphasizes the importance of keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ in order to run properly the race set before us.

Hebrews 12:1-2

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Race, Perseverance, Heart, Faithfulness

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon from Jeremiah 47, Charles Spurgeon explains that true repentance requires being cut to the heart, not the cutting of one's flesh. A repentant heart turns to a merciful God for forgiveness of sin.

Jeremiah 47:5

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Repentance, Sin, Grace, Forgiveness

The Man Greatly Beloved

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon preaches on Daniel 10:19, commenting on Daniel's title as a man greatly beloved, the command to "fear not," and the peaceful consolation for that fear.

Daniel 10:19

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Fear, Daniel (prophet), God's Love, Peace (spiritual)

A New Year's Benediction

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Benediction or Blessing

Charles Haddon Spurgeon reflects on the blessing of 1 Peter 5:10, taking it as a benediction for a new year and emphasizing the need for ministers of Christ to pray for the people in their charge.

1 Peter 5:10

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Faith, Grace, Prayer, Strength

Messengers Wanted

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon looks at how God uses messengers. He looks at three specific aspects the person wanted, the person offering himself, and the work the person will be asked to undertake.

Isaiah 6:8

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Work, God's Will, Working For God, Messenger

Two Essential Things

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Acts 20:21 C.H. Spurgeon compares repentance and faith to a door and its post. Repentance is the door which shuts out sin. Faith is the post upon which its hinges are fixed.

Acts 20:21

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Repentance, Faith, Doctrine, Discipleship

A Glorious Church

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon preaches on Ephesians 5:25, considering the object of the Savior’s love, the work of love which is sanctification, and the status of the “beloved object" of love when sanctification is accomplished.

Ephesians 5:25

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Church, Sanctification, God's Love

Seeing and not Seeing, or Men as Trees Walking

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon discusses in his sermon the story of the blind man by focusing on the picture, the means of the cure, the hope, and the completion of the cure.

Mark 8:22-25

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Spiritual Blindness, Blind, Healing, Jesus Christ

A God Ready to Pardon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon preaches on Nehemiah 9:17, arguing that the history of Israel shows the readiness of God to pardon.

Nehemiah 9:17

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Sin, Mercy, God's Mercy, Pardon

Crossing the Jordan

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Joshua 1:10-11, Charles Spurgeon uses the crossing of the Jordan as "a type of our passage out of this world into the place appointed for our rest."

Joshua 1:10-11

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Cross, Jordan River, Metaphor, Canaan

A New Year’s Promise

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon on Deuteronomy 33:24-25, C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) demonstrates how God's promise to Asher encourages us to trust the Lord by knowing his promises and by faithfully following him wherever he leads us.

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

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Faithfulness, God's Provision, Promises, Trust

What is the Wedding Garment?

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon from Matthew 22, Charles Spurgeon explains the meaning of the wedding garment: it is worn by all who hear the gospel and respond to its call to confess trust in Jesus Christ.

Matthew 22:11-13

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Wedding, Parables, Redemption, Judgment

The Charge of the Angel

Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Spurgeon Center

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this sermon, Charles Spurgeon encourages Christians to heed the command of the angel to the apostles to preach boldly since the preaching of the gospel is the best antidote to the doctrine of death.

Acts 5:19-20

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Angel, Witness, Evangelism