Crumbs from the Master's Table

Spurgeon on Owen: It is unnecessary to say that he is the prince of divines. To master his works is to be a profound theologian. Owen is s...

C. H. Spurgeon: The motto of all true servants of God must be, "We preach Christ, and him crucified." A sermon without Christ in...

"To desire my fellow creatures' good and to seek after it, to desire God's glory, and so to live as to promote it, is the trues...

"Oh to have done with all glory but glorying in the cross! . . . I am so sure about the whole matter, that if I were left alone in the ...

C. H. Spurgeon on John Buynan's depiction of the Christian life in the Pilgrim's Progress : John Buynan has not pictured Christian...

I'm not a pastor. But I still find this to be an important word about guarding time to read. More to the point, it is an important word...

C. H. Spurgeon sees Christian in Pilgrim's Progress as an example of being charitable toward all who profess to be Christians. In the wo...

The apostle Paul commands the redeemed of the Lord to "rejoice always" (1 Thess. 5:16). And seeing the importance of this, he urge...

C. H. Spurgeon on the preacher humbling himself in the pulpit for the sake of coming clear to his listeners: It is said that many of the s...

Recalling the man named "Help" in Pilgrim's Progress , C. H. Spurgeon has a wonderful chapter in his  Pictures from Pilgrim...

C. H. Spurgeon on a man's public conduct as a preacher called of God: My brethren, if the Lord has indeed ordained you to the ministry...

C. H. Spurgeon on the value of learning languages to the expositor of sacred Scripture: The acquisition of another language affords a fine...

C. H. Spurgeon on devouring the Word à la John Buynan: Oh, that you and I might get into the very heart of the Word of God, and get that Wo...

"All the rules of rhetoric, and all the artifices of oratory cannot make a man eloquent, it is a gift from heaven, and where it is with...

This  is undoubtedly true.

C. H. Spurgeon gives a "diamond rule" for gaining and holding hearers' attention: I will now give you a diamond rule, and co...

C. H. Spurgeon on gaining your hearers' attention: In order to secure attention all through a discourse we must make the people feel th...

C. H. Spurgeon's counsel on being interesting enough to be heard: Your subject must weigh so much upon your own mind that you dedicate ...

C. H. Spurgeon's counsel on the sermon's length: A man with a great deal of well-prepared matter will probably not exceed forty min...

C. H. Spurgeon's counsel on the preacher's introduction: As a rule, do not make the introduction too long. It is always a pity to b...