Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) is a towering figure in church history,
in most widely read preacher outside
of Scripture. So voluminous, in fact, was Spurgeon's output that more
written material exists from him than from any other Christian author,
living or dead.
A 15-year project in the making, Tom Nettles's new book, Living by Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Christian Focus), distills in 700 pages Spurgeon's life, ministry, and theology. According to one decent preacher, this biography will be the "standard for a long time."
I corresponded with Nettles, professor of historical theology at
Southern Seminary and one of America's foremost Baptist historians,
about whether the "Prince of Preachers" was a lousy theologian and
inadequate expositor, what Spurgeon would say to evangelicals today, and
more.
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You write that Spurgeon's soul was "spilled out into his
letters." What do these letters uniquely reveal about his life and
thought? Continue at
Matt Smethurst
Matt Smethurst
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