The Pastor's Blog

“We must feel that woe is unto us if we preach not the gospel; the word of God must be unto us a fire in our bones, otherwise, if we undertake the ministry, we shall be unhappy in it, shall be unable to bear the self-denials incident to it, and shall be of little serviceRead more

“The first sign of the heavenly call is an intense, all-absorbing desire for the work” (Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 23).Read more

“As a general rule, I hate the fashions of society, and detest conventionalities, and if I conceived it best to put my foot through a law of etiquette, I should feel gratified in having it to do” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 17).Read more

“Let a man be afflicted with a disease of the heart, and all evils are wrapped up in that one – stomach, lungs, viscera, muscles, and nerves will all suffer; and so, let a man have his heart weakened in spiritual things, and very soon his entire life will feel the withering influence” (Spurgeon, Lectures toRead more

I hope I trigger you.  And I hope you trigger someone else. With three major universities nearby, our church is frequented by hundreds, if not thousands, of university students every year.  They’re some of the most devoted and passionate Christians I know.  I love them! Universities are to be creative places where young minds explore, imagine,Read more

“But when the Holy Spirit prophesies expressly through Paul’s lips that an apostasy is coming (II Thess. 2:3) – which cannot come unless the pastors are the first to forsake God – why are we here willfully blind to our own destruction?” (John Calvin, Institutes, Vol. 2, p. 1170).Read more

“…whatever ‘call’ a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).Read more

“You all know the injurious effects frequently produced upon water through flowing along leaden pipes; even so the gospel itself, in flowing through men who are spiritually unhealthy, may be debased until it grows injurious to hearers” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).Read more