Spiritual warfare in a believers life, charles spurgeon. Just after spurgeon began to pray, someone in a balcony shouted fire. Spurgeons sorrows zack eswine westminster bookstore. When we dont trust god, we can fall into a great depression and do things we wouldnt ordinarily do. Spurgeon june 19, 1834 january 31, 1892 was a british reformed baptist preacher who remains highly influential among christians of different denominations, among whom he is. At one end of the spectrum, depression shows up as the common, shortterm down or sinking feeling after hearing bad news. The anguish and agonies of charles spurgeon, darrel amundsen the iron bolt. The spurgeon library is the premier center spurgeon scholarship, housing nearly 6,000 volumes from charles spurgeon s personal library. And, better still, jesus will be in all these trials, and prove sufficient for them all. Overcoming depression and discouragement by charles.
Zach eswine has mined spurgeons sermons with the sort of care for detail a private investigator might employ in evaluating a targets email. This word comforteth is from the greek word parakaleo parakaleho which means to call to ones side and speak to. His mother eliza was born in nearby belchamp otten on 3 may 1815. Biography family background and childhood his family. Spurgeon on depression in 1858, at age 24 the stubborn darkness of depression first struck, arguably, the greatest preachers of all time. Charles spurgeon was given to deep and frequent bouts of depression. It was 1858, and charles spurgeon later recalled, my spirits were sunken so low that i could weep by the hour like a child, and yet i knew not what i wept for. As an introduction to his sermon we are providing the interview below. Spurgeon on the christian life, 166 king david also suffered from dire trials and depression. Matt woodley had a chance to interview mark meynell about preaching on depression. We have all experienced that kind of depression and probably fairly often.
It also provides a few tips for other preachers who want to talk about this topic. Spurgeon responded that if his critics only knew how much humor he suppressed, they would keep silent. Spurgeon remains highly influential among christians of various which. Or, maybe after learning of the loss of something or someone. Frequently during his ministry he was plunged into severe depression, due in part to gout but also for other reasons. His reputation as a famed and powerful preacher, his cheery wit, and his cigarsmoking manliness might lead us to imagine there could never be a chink in his victorian englishmans armor. We recommend pilgrim publications, where the ages disk may be purchased at a discount. Or depressed by a fear of failure, how shall we be comforted but. One woman was converted through reading a single page of one of spurgeon s sermons wrapped around some butter she had bought. He never once believed that his sufferings were by accident or an obstacle. They come with a lifetime guarantee and free shipping to the us, canada, and mexico. He said, my spirits were sunken so low that i could weep by the hour like a child, and yet i knew not what i wept for the anguish and agonies of charles spurgeon, p.
This small collection of sermons offers a small but healing taste of. The prince of preachers wrote numerous books, still in print today. Depression, gratitude and charles haddon spurgeon blog. But for some reason they dropped their confidence and lost their hope. Sermons that are part of our online collection are hotlinked to the index pages.
They remember those happy springtide days when they greatly rejoiced in god. This word has the idea of being discouraged or depressed. Depression is such a difficult topic to speak helpfully about, and zach eswine has nailed it. He was a strong figure in the reformed baptist tradition, defending the church in agreement with the 1689 london baptist confession of faith. Did you know that charles spurgeon struggled with depression. The anguish and agonies of charles spurgeon christian. Aged twentytwo, as pastor of a large church and with twin babies at home to look after, he was preaching to thousands in the surrey gardens.
To counteract that depression, he preached much on happiness and was very quick to laugh. Click the title of a sermon to view or save the pdf. He was the eldest child of eliza jarvis and john spurgeon. Charles spurgeon quotes about depression az quotes. Gloom, despair, and agony on me november, 2011 evening service immanuel baptist church, wagoner, ok rick boyne message point. Third and final on spurgeon, ministry and depression. Spurgeon within this set you can access other study helps bible, theology, commentary, sermons, and more.
Spurgeon gems largest collection of spurgeon resources. I could weep by the hour like a child, and yet i knew not what i wept for. Pastor charles spurgeon was a friend to those who physically and mentally. This brief book is an effective partnership between charles spurgeon, with his raw experience of depression and his forthright, honest and biblical preaching, and zach eswine, with his own experience of depression and his uniquely gentle writing style. He comes to us as he did to his disciples in the very midst of the tempest, and says, fear not. Below is a link to a john piper sermon on the lords. He read about depression, wrote about depression, and suffered from depression. People pushed and shoved to get out of the building, and a stair railing gave way under the pressure. Spurgeon pressed through his depression with an unwavering conviction that god was sovereign in all that happened to him.
Most of the sermons not included in our collection are available from emmet odonnells excellent website in. The silent shades of sorrow zack dd christian focus. Spurgeon sermons, complete set browse the complete set of charles spurgeon s 63 volumes of sermons below by expanding a section as you go, or perform a search here. Spurgeon on suffering depression and trials sharper iron. Charles spurgeon 18341892 was a noted pastor in england who, in his lifetime, spoke to over 10 million people, often speaking ten times a week. He himself has passed through these flames, braved these floods, and bowed his guiltless head to these storms. A complete set of spurgeon s sermons is available in etext format from ages software. This shapeless, undefinable, yet allbeclouding hopelessness, he wrote, cannot be reasoned with. We shall hear in the midst of the great fight of afflictions the sound of our masters footsteps. I begin with the issue of despondency and depression because if this one. Spurgeon on depression spurgeon, prince of preachers. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of londons famed new park street church formerly pastored by.
Debilitating gout, poisonous slander, recurring depression. The spurgeon center 11 reasons spurgeon was depressed. It comes as a surprise to some that charles spurgeon had a lifelong battle with depression. Charles haddon spurgeon 183492 was englands bestknown preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. There are some whose years have been eaten by the locust through great sorrow, depression and disappointment. The 810 sermons in this fourvolume set are a great treasure for the saints edification. Spurgeon battled against causeless depression his whole life. Spurgeon discusses extensively the fact that we can defeat satan through the power of the gospel. This interview provides a little more background on why mark preached a sermon on depression. Spurgeon was both a sufferer of depression as well as a comforter of the depressed. Encouragement for the depressed charles spurgeon audio. Yet spurgeon openly admitted that he often struggled with depression. Thus he spurgeon found, depression would often come over him before any period of special blessing on his ministry. Charles haddon spurgeon 18341892 was called to pastor the new park street chapel, london, when he was only nineteen.
Spurgeon was no stranger to depression, and therefore his words have all the more credibility. Spurgeon s sorrows zack eswine realistic hope for those who suffer from depression sspurgeons sorrows zack dd 3purgeons sorrows zack dd 3. Spurgeon free online sermon fret not because of evil doers by greg price free swrb mp3 the sexual revolution is a fraud lust, free lovesex, aids, adultery, pornography, etc. And as spurgeon was a great champion of gods sovereignty in all things, he serves as a reminder that people of great faith and trust in god can nonetheless be brought low in depression. I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Divine blessing would loom over him like a black cloud before breaking and yielding its shower of goodness. Depression is one of the most common psychological problems, affecting nearly everyone through either personal experience or through depression. On october 19, 1856, the 22yearold spurgeon was preaching for the. Charles spurgeon simple english wikipedia, the free. Realistic hope for those who suffer from depression, zack eswine outlines spurgeon s struggle with depression, quoting judiciously from his sermons and ultimately using the legendary pastor as a case study and manual for giving instruction on how to deal with this fartoocommon ailment among godcalled men. Sermons and books from charles haddon spurgeon, the prince of preachers and other christhonoring resources.
Charles haddon spurgeon 19 june 1834 31 january 1892 was an english particular baptist preacher. At the same time, spurgeon s life was saturated with suffering. Encouragement for the depressed charles spurgeon audio sermons zechariah 4. Spurgeon can help your preaching isbn 9781845501174. The mission of sermonindex is the preservation and propagation of classical biblical preaching and the promotion of christcentered revival to this generation.
First, spurgeon saw his depression as ordained by god, for gods glory and his own sanctification. These sermons are preached by tony capoccia and are available on our sister website. At age 22, as a very young senior pastor of one of the firstever megachurches, spurgeon and his church underwent a terrible tragedy. Depression is a broad range of negative states of mind, in the general sense. Spurgeon s letters contain numerous references to his sinking spirits.
Sometimes spurgeons depression was the direct result of his various illnesses, perhaps simply psychologically, and in the case of his gout, probably physiologically as well. Worse yet, he suffered perennially from deep, dark depression, a spiritual. Spiritual warfare in a believers life, charles spurgeon details. This website is brought to you by chapel library as a ministry of mt zion bible church, pensacola, florida. He often called himself a prisoner and wept without knowing why. His humor also found expression in his sermons and writings, for. Debilitating gout, poisonous slander, recurring depressionspurgeon suffered. Charles spurgeon was born on 19 june 1834, in kelvedon, in the english county of essex. These christhonoring sermons will lift you up and move you to grasp more deeply the riches we have in christ. Spurgeon read the pilgrims progress at age 6 and went on to read.
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