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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 24 views • 13:35
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 14 views
In many of our dissenting places of worship very great encouragement is held out to doubting. A person comes before the pastor, and says, “Oh! Sir, I am so afraid I am not converted; I tremble lest I should not be a child of God. Oh! I fear I am not one of the Lord’s elect.” The pastor will put out his…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 41 views
When a ship first leaves the stocks it is well for it to go on a trial trip, but to have a ship always being tried would be very absurd. It is time that it took voyages in earnest, and was registered in the merchant service; there will be trial enough in the actual execution of service. Some Christians,…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 21 views
Guilt is very suspicious. When you have done wrong to a man, you cannot believe him. Nothing renders you so full of doubt toward another as your own consciousness of having acted unjustly toward him. Now, when a sense of guilt comes over the soul, nature begins to say, “Can the Lord be a sin-pardoning…
Illustrations
Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 44 views
Summer is a time for family vacations. I hope none of you have the same experience as the lady in this story.
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 53 views
Some years ago there went into a Methodist class meeting a lawyer who was a doubter, but at the same time a man of candid spirit. Sitting down on one of the benches, he listened to a certain number of poor people, his neighbors, whom he knew to be honest people. He heard some 13 or 14 of these persons…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 20 views
We may not ask for any witness to begin with beyond the testimony of God, nor will any other witness be given. I charge you not to say, “I will believe in God when I obtain the inward witness.” No, you are bound to believe in God first, on the sure testimony of His Word. If you believe His Word you shall…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
When a dove flies over a landscape it sees the clear streams and the fields of corn, but when a vulture passes over the same landscape what does it see? A dead horse here and there, a carcass, or a piece of carrion. Everybody sees according to his eyes. A graceless, impure-minded man cannot see purity.…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 19 views
An oath for confirmation among men is the end of all strife. When an honest man has sworn to it, the testimony stands in evidence and may not be questioned. When God not only gives His promise and His word, but swears to His declaration, who shall dare to doubt? Spurgeon, C. (2014). Spurgeon Commentary:…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 1,455 views
I saw one the other day who was about to suffer from the surgeon’s knife. It was a serious operation, about which all stood in doubt, but I was happy to see her as composed in the prospect of it as though it had been a pleasure rather than a pain. Thus calmly resigned should a Christian be. How many…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 210 views
As Abraham was less than Melchizedek, for without doubt the less is blessed of the greater, so also Levi was less than Melchizedek, for he was in the loins of Abraham when Melchizedek met him. As Levi was in the loins of Abraham and paid tithes to Melchizedek, so we were in the loins of Christ and paid…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 19 views
Some of our teachers wanted us to learn the big doctrines first, and they did not like it because we could not at once see all the sublime truths of election and predestination. Certain of the old standards who are very orthodox expect all newborn babes to eat meat at once; as soon as ever a person is…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 9 views
The Israelites in Egypt had no doubt caught very much the spirit of the Egyptians, and the spirit of the Egyptians was the exact opposite of the spirit of a true-born Englishman. We rejoice that we are free. We are in the habit of discussing laws and criticizing statutes, and if there were an unjust…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 8 views
To say that we save ourselves is to utter a manifest absurdity. We are called in Scripture “a temple”—a holy temple in the Lord. But shall anyone assert that the stones of the edifice were their own architect? Shall it be said that the stones of the building in which we are now assembled cut themselves…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
When Patrick Hamilton was burned in Scotland, there was such an impetus given to the gospel through his burning that the adversaries of the gospel said, “Let us burn no more martyrs in public, for the smoke of Hamilton’s burning has made many eyes to smart until they were opened.” So, no doubt, it always…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 6 views
When the children of Israel went through the Jordan, they were told that the Jordan would divide before them. But they were still more fully assured when the priests went forward with the ark, for as soon as the feet of the priests touched the margin of the river, the waters began to divide. As they…
Spurgeon Commentary
Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 3 views
The Christian feels that when Christ is exalted, it is himself exalted in some degree, seeing he has sympathy with his desire of promoting the great cause and honor of God in the world. I have no doubt that every common soldier who stood by the side of the Duke of Wellington felt honored when the commander…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 12 views
There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I can do all things.” Their destruction has been sure, and near at hand. Nebuchadnezzar walks through the midst of the great city; he sees its stupendous tower threading the clouds. He marks the majestic and colossal size…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 28 views
I have seen in the army a number of veterans marching in front, an ornament and an honor to the whole company. Your short-service men come and go, but these tried men stick to the colors and are the backbone of the regiment. If a tough bit of fighting has to be done, you must rely upon such as these.…
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Charles Spurgeon • Logos Sermons • Illustration • • 96 views
A young minister had been preaching in a country village, and the sermon apparently took deep effect on the minds of the hearers. In the congregation there was a young man who felt acutely the truth of the solemn words to which the preacher had given utterance. He sought the preacher after the service,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
NFL referee Sarah Thomas said her biggest achievement in 2020 was not reaching the milestone of becoming the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl, but rather the growth she saw because of her faith. During an interview, Thomas said in the height of the pandemic in June 2020, she was out of control,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Fear, phobias, and anxiety have always been a prevalent issue facing humankind. For some, it can be quite debilitating, and lead to serious mental health issues. The latest appears to be “eco-anxiety,” described by the American Psychological Association as “a chronic fear of environmental doom.” Notwithstanding…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
While the coronavirus pandemic spread across America in 2020, a poll taken by the University of Chicago Divinity School and The Associated Press indicated the event may have prompted people to look for a deeper meaning. The poll was conducted among people who claimed to believe in God, without specifying…