Friday, June 03, 2005

"The Secrets of Spurgeon's Preaching"

Lewis Drummond writes:

The noted German pastor and theologian Helmut Thielicke once said, "Sell all [the books] that you have … and buy Spurgeon."

Today—nearly a century after Spurgeon's death—there is more material in print by Charles Haddon Spurgeon than by any other Christian author, living or dead.

What was it about the Victorian London orator that enabled him to captivate the minds and hearts of multitudes—then and now?


For Drummond's answers, see his Christianity Today article.