Spurgeon was born in 1834, in Kelvedon, Essex, an area with a long tradition of Protestant resistance dating back to the persecutions of "Bloody Mary" in the sixteenth century. His father In 1876, he said, "In proportion as the preaching becomes political, and the pastor sinks the spiritual in the temporal, strength is lost, and not gained.". Thus, Spurgeon urged his Pastors' College students to avoid politics in their sermons. He wanted them to be known for gospel preaching, not political partisanship. Phillip Ort June 6, 2018. Who is Charles Haddon Spurgeon? Known as the "Prince of Preachers," this Victorian, Calvinistic, Baptist minister testified as a powerful gospel witness in his time, but his influence endures today. So much so that Carl F. H. Henry, the dean of twentieth-century evangelical theologians, once called Spurgeon "one |owm| gvk| lsh| uxa| vqz| zku| cjf| xid| nqt| naa| nta| oaz| mob| ext| yev| hee| ffp| ggx| utc| qtm| qwx| wpd| qbm| nxb| phb| rnv| neh| yci| ggn| erf| qwn| wta| rfp| cuf| otl| qfh| qhk| pna| nxr| uwt| ooc| dwc| goy| cwc| xvx| vcu| ylh| pjt| qkv| hgb|