Tag Archives: Spurgeon

What motivates your personal devotion (quiet time)?

Posted on November 22, 2010 by neilrobbie

My ministry trainee has been asked by the DDO (Diocesan Director of Ordinands) to spend some time using the Anglican daily office in preparation for selection conference. He has also been asked to interview me about my devotional life. In … Continue reading →

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Spurgeon – remember the fact of Christ’s love

Posted on January 25, 2010 by neilrobbie

To help start the week on the right note, here’s an extract from Charles Spurgeon’s sermon the memory of Christ’s love. What a wonderful thing it is that the Son of God should love us! I do not wonder so … Continue reading →

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I do not think I can preach tonight

Posted on January 12, 2010 by neilrobbie

I love this opening line of Charles Spurgeon’s sermon on Song of Solomon 1:4, The memory of Christ’s love: I Do not think I can preach tonight. I feel so weary, and worn, and ill. Still, I can talk to … Continue reading →

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Why Christ’s love is better than wine #1

Posted on October 14, 2009 by neilrobbie

I’ve started reading CH Spurgeon’s sermons on Song of Solomon and really loved his first meditation on why Christ’s love is better than wine. These are the first Spurgeon sermons I remember reading. His work is not expository but what … Continue reading →

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Down Grading Christ (2)

Posted on February 11, 2009 by neilrobbie

In this extract from The Down Grade Controversy, Charles Spurgeon highlights the danger of both theological and practical Arianism. The former denies the theological principles of Christ as fully God and fully man and the latter denies Christ by an … Continue reading →

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Down Grading Christ (1)

Posted on February 10, 2009 by neilrobbie

I’ve begun reading Charles Spurgeon’s The Down Grade Controversy. The following clips from the first chapter briefly outline all sorts of ways in which ministers can drift away from the central wonders of Christ crucified: By some means or other, … Continue reading →

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Liberals, conservatives, and the fit between the gospel and the law

Posted on November 3, 2008 by neilrobbie

This post might seem obvious to some people, but I think I’ve put the final piece of the gospel and law puzzle in place in my mind. I know that it’s really important that I work this though, as Spurgeon … Continue reading →

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Mixing Grace and Works

Posted on December 28, 2007 by neilrobbie

I’m a preacher and teacher of the bible. Yet, even with the bible open in front of me, I’ve been guilty until recently of the following accusation made by Charles Spurgeon. This excerpt comes from Michael Horton’s article The Law … Continue reading →

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