The Spurgeon Speaks Series is a new series on Spurgeon by Moody Publishers. In this series, Jason K. Allen, the president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Spurgeon College, compiled several Spurgeon’s sermons and organized them topically. This is the second volume of the series, and it’s titled Spurgeon on the Power of Scripture.
Besides his powerful preaching, Spurgeon is well known for his high view of Scripture. He fiercely affirmed Scripture’s inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility and frequently preached about its power in the pulpit. In the second volume of the Spurgeon Speaks series, Allen curated Spurgeon’s best seven sermons on the power of Scripture. They are the Word of a King, The Bible Tried and Proved, The Infallibility of Scripture, Christ’s Indwelling Word, The Bible, The Warnings and Rewards of the Word of God, and How to Read the Bible. Each sermon also features a summary and a few notable quotes.
As with the previous volume, Spurgeon on the Priority of prayer, I absolutely enjoyed reading this book! Spurgeon unleashes the power of the Bible and lets it free to work in the reader’s heart. He speaks not only about the authority of Scripture in our lives but also of its beauty, perfection, and infallibility. It is evident that Spurgeon loved and treasured Scripture, and his excitement is contagious!
My only “critique” of this book and (series) is that the sermons are slightly edited and abridged. But Allen’s revision does not affect the contents except to make them more readable. I am just a purist.
I highly recommend Spurgeon on the Power of Scripture to all Christians. This book will bless you and undoubtedly give you a higher view of God’s Sacred Word and appreciation for its power in your life.
Moody Publishers graciously gave me a copy for an honest review.
Favorite Quotes
“Whenever God gives a word of command, it comes to us clothed with authority, and its power over our mind should be immediate and unquestioned.”
“Christians should more diligently search the word to find out what the will of the Lord is on all matters affecting their everyday life.”
“Keep in the Lord’s presence and favor, no matter where you may have to go in order to do so. Walk in communion with Christ in whatever path He may point out to you. Never mind how rough it is, do not imagine it is the wrong road because it is rough, rather reckon it to be right because it is rough, for seldom do smoothness and rightness go together.”
“May you minister stick to the gospel, the old-fashioned gospel and preach nothing else but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. If people will not hear that, do not let them hear anything at all; it is better to be silent than to preach anything else.”
“Spiritual work can only be done by spiritual power.”
“God’s words, whether of doctrine, of practice, of comfort, are of solid metal to the man of God who knows how to put them in the purse of personal faith.
“When we love the Word of God and keep it, the beauty of holiness is upon us. This is the true ornament of character and life, and we receive it as a love gift from the Bridegroom of our souls.”
“The Bible itself works no wonders until its truths are published abroad.”
“These words of God are a firm foundation, and our eternal hopes are wisely built thereon.”
“When friends forsake me, and foes belie me, and my own spirit goes down below zero, and I am depressed almost to despair, I am resolved to hang onto the bare Word of the Lord and prove it to be in itself an all-sufficiency stay and support.”
“Every word which God has given us in this Book claims our attention, because of the infinite majesty of Him that spoke it.”
“It is enough to have a Bible on the shelf; it is infinitely better to have its truths stored up within your soul. It is a good thing to carry your Testament un your pocket, it is far better to carry its message in your heart.”
“Yet if there is any book that can thrill the soul, it is the Bible. If we read it aright, we shall lay our fingers among its wondrous harp strings and bring out from them matchless music.”
“Come and drink out of this fair fount of knowledge and wisdom, and you shall find yourselves made wise unto salvation.”
“There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write “damnation” with your fingers.”
“The Bible is the thesaurus of heavenly knowledge, the encyclopedia of divine science: read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the same, and then you will be keeping the saying of God.”
“Sinning will make you leave off communion with God, or else communion with God will make you leave off sinning: one of the things must occur.”
“Nothing ever plays on the cords of a man soul like the finger of God’s Spirit. This Book can touch the deep springs of my being and make the life floods to flow forth.”
“You have mines of treasure if you have the Word of God dwelling richly in your hearts.”
“God’s Word is our keeper, the watcher of our souls, and when a danger is approaching, it rings the alarm.”
“The Word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it.”
