"I bear my willing testimony that I have no reason, nor even the shadow of a reason, to doubt my Lord, and I challenge heaven, and earth, and hell, to bring any proof that God is untrue. From the depths of hell I call the fiends, and from this earth I call the tried and afflicted believers, and to heaven I appeal, and challenge the long experience of the blood-washed host, and there is not to be found in the three realms a single person who can bear witness to one fact which can disprove the faithfulness of God, or weaken his claim to be trusted by his servants. There are many things that may or may not happen, but this I know shall happen -
He shall present my soul,
Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of His face,
With joys divinely great."
- CH Spurgeon
If you never read any old fellows, try to read something by or about Spurgeon. He was called the Prince of Preachers, and he is an excellent mix of interesting, funny, and really good at proclaiming truth clearly. I am thankful to God for the man and for the rather uninteresting book, Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism, that first introduced me to him.
This post is of a bit of a different flavor than normal, but I think it might serve some to be exposed to this brilliant preacher. If this whets your appetite, than start with Wikipedia or something, but then move on to The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray, or Spurgeon's own short little book, All of Grace.
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