Charles Spurgeon

Reverend Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) was an English Baptist preacher and writer. He was known for his skill as an orator and was a major influence on the Reformed Baptist movement.


He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves that he has no brains of his own!

I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day….

If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.

Jesus was a great worker, and his disciples must not be afraid of hard work.

Losses and crosses are heavy to bear; but when our hearts are right with God, it is wonderful how easy the yoke becomes.

Mind your till, and till your mind.

Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.

The church may go through her dark ages, but Christ is with her in the midnight….

The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted….

The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it.

There is much truth in that saying: A man will do little by firing off his gun if he has not learned to take aim.

This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ: first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.

To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.