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Episode 244
In the aftermath of a particular effort on the part of the Tabernacle congregation, Spurgeon calls on the people to consider the spirit in which they have gone about their business: was their service…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Two Good Things (S1629)
Episode 243
This is a shorter sermon, preached on a Thursday evening, and in it Spurgeon contrasts and compares two texts, each speaking of something good. The first is, perhaps, more surprising: it is good when…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Without Christ—Nothing (S1625)
Episode 242
This sermon unfolds gradually but surely. We do not know exactly where the preacher will take us, but he is evidently following a planned route, and so we are content to take each development of his …
Published on 5 months ago
Love’s Labours (S1617)
Episode 241
Love labours. In doing so, it overcomes a multitude of difficulties. It triumphs over those difficulties in a way which demonstrates the heavenly source of its energies. Spurgeon actually begins the …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Faith: What is It? How can it be Obtained? (S1609)
Episode 240
Though Spurgeon typically preaches from fairly brief texts, he occasionally takes longer sections, and sometimes—as on this occasion—hangs his thoughts on a single phrase. This is not an easy mode of…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
What the Farm Labourers Can Do and what they Cannot Do (S1603)
Episode 239
While Spurgeon usually preaches on single texts he does not invariably preach isolated sermons. On Sunday 5th June, 1881, he preached from 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 about God’s co-labourers. On Sunday 12th…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Substance of True Religion (S1598)
Episode 238
Spurgeon regularly throws a little exegetical advice into his sermons, often at the beginning, and he does so here, encouraging his hearers to interpret each portion of Scripture in its context, whic…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Holy Longings (S1586)
Episode 237
A man’s heart-longings provide an accurate index of his present and future character. Put simply, “Tell me what a man really wants and I will tell you what he is really like and what he will one day …
Published on 6 months ago
The Fruit of the Spirit—Joy (S1582)
Episode 236
How much is joy a feature of your life as a Christian? While he recognizes that the fruit of the Spirit is one cluster, nevertheless Spurgeon wants us to focus in this sermon on joy as part of the be…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
I Was Before (S1574)
Episode 235
This is the last sermon in Volume 26 of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit. After a fairly extended introduction in which the preacher sets out to demonstrate that “true penitents do not seek to exte…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago