The definitive biography of C H Spurgeon
Tom Nettles is Senior Professor of Historical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
This is certainly deserving of the best book of 2013.
*Sam Storms (President, Enjoying God Ministries)*
... takes us into the heart of Charles Spurgeon's conviction and
his pastoral theology. This is a book that will encourage, educate,
and bless its readers.
*R. Albert Mohler (President, The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)*
... Nettles has given us an immense and monumental portrait of
almost every aspect of the life of "the prince of preachers,"...
educational, edifying, and enjoyable to read, this massive work is
a masterful contribution to Baptist history and Christian
biography.
*David S. Dockery (President, International Alliance for Christian
Education and Distinguished Professor of Theology, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas)*
Nettles presents the ministerial brilliance of the "Prince of
Preachers,"... readers will be encouraged and edified by this
engaging account of Spurgeon's life and ministry.
*Steven J. Lawson (President, OnePassion Ministries and Professor
of Preaching,The Master’s Seminary, Sun Valley, California)*
... an "all-round" study of Spurgeon that provides us with a fully
reliable, substantial examination of an extremely important figure
in the life of Victorian Evangelicalism and the world of that
era.
*Michael A. G. Haykin (Professor of Church History and Biblical
Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Kentucky)*
... worth its weight in gold. Do read, mark and learn to the profit
of your soul and to the praise of the Lord Jesus Christ whom
Spurgeon served so well.
*English Churchman*
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was the greatest preacher of the nineteenth
century in England and probably the whole world. The pungent and
passionate sermons of the Baptist pastor brought home the gospel
message to the hearts of his numerous hearers and more numerous
readers. Tom Nettles has retold Spurgeon's life as a warm admirer,
but he is careful to rest his judgements on detailed evidence. In
particular The Sword and the Trowel, the magazine Spurgeon edited
as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, is used as a
quarry for an abundance of fresh material. Consequently this
biography casts new light on Spurgeon's life, ministry and
theology.
*David Bebbington*
... for those growing to appreciate the man and wanting to get a
real handle on him, and who are eager for and able to digest a
thorough review of his life, this is the place to go.
*Evangelical Times*
Of the making of books about Spurgeon there is obviously no end,
but this one enters the list as one of the best. This is a book to
read and digest, to meditate and come back to- a monumental and
well documented tome on one of the finest preachers.
*Evangelicals Now*
Nettles gives the reader insights into Spurgeon's views on
theology, the ministry, and church life that will pay rich
dividends to any who will take the time to read this compelling
story. If a minister reads only one biography of the great
preacher, let it be this one!
*Professor of Historical Theology Central Baptist Theological
Seminary Plymouth, MN*
Pastors and elders, especially those mentoring young men for gospel
ministry, will find Tom Nettles' Living By Revealed Truth to be a
treasure of pastoral theology. Written winsomely and
comprehensively, the book presents a remarkable picture of how C.
H. Spurgeon embraced the whole of pastoral ministry, and how he
continues to influence yet another generation of gospel workers
through his legacy. Much more than a biography or a pastor's
manual, Living By Revealed Truth sets forth the details of a
gospel-centered ministry in ways that give contemporary ministers
motivation and direction for every stage of pastoral work.
*Phillip Newton, Senior Pastor, South Woods Baptist Church,
Memphis, Tennessee*
Readers are inspired to holiness of life, faithfulness in Christ's
service, and perseverance in godliness by the moving account of
this great Victorian evangelist who held and maintained through his
preaching and pastoral ministry endeavors the great truths
generally known as "the doctrines of grace."
*C. Berry Driver Jr.*
... one of those rare gems of Christian biography: it places in
your hands the life of a great man, written by an outstanding
historical theologian. The combination brings Charles Spurgeon's
life and thought to life. Tom Nettles's portrait of Spurgeon is
eminently personal, historically vivid and theologically rich. I
recommend it to anyone interested in seeing how theology and
ministry, gospel and life, can unite in a single narrative of a
life lived for the glory of God.
*Robert Caldwell*
... a monumental work. It combines the best features of a Christian
biography and a pastor's manual in an eminently readable style,
with meticulous attention to detail.
*Peace and Truth Magazine*
Tom Nettles has produced a fine and very valuable study of Spurgeon
the pastor and teacher. This is a volume that will be of great
interest not only to historians but to pastors and all those
concerned for the spread of biblical truth and gospel life.
*Robert Strivens- Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society*
Despite his ongoing popularity, Charles Spurgeon has only recently
begun to attract the serious attention he deserves. Tom Nettles'
work now makes a major contribution to this growing appreciation of
the man and his ministry. Mining neglected but important sources,
he has given sharper definition to our picture of Spurgeon, and
produced a highly stimulating and readable account.
*Michael Reeves*
What Nettles makes plain is that for Spurgeon, all theology is
pastoral theology. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It
should be widely distributed by all who love the gospel of God's
grace that Spurgeon preached. Every pastor, ministerial student and
those who work to train men for the ministry should carefully learn
from the life and labors of Charles Haddon Spurgeon as Tom Nettles
elucidates them. Nearly everyone who knows of Spurgeon admires him
for his great accomplishments. Nettles helps us understand the
theological underpinnings of those accomplishments. In doing so,
the author, like his subject, has served the church well.
*Tom Ascol*
Fresh and unique, this book will be enjoyable to laymen, profitable
to pastors, and indispensable for scholars. Nettles' volume now
takes an honored place among the most valuable of all resources
pertaining to the Prince of Preachers.
*Steven J. Lawson*
In my opinion, when one combines the scope of this biography with
its intention to instruct its readers in a vision of ministry that
glorifies God, it will not only break fresh ground on the life of
Spurgeon, it will also set a new standard for how to write
biographies.
*Dave Jenkins*
As the title suggests, this massively researched biography of
Charles Haddon Spurgeon is more than a biography. It is also an
examination of how Spurgeon's foundational adherence to the
doctrine of the plenary inspiration of the Scriptures, along with
the attendant doctrines of inerrancy and sufficiency, guided every
aspect of his life and ministry. Spurgeon was born in 1834 and died
in 1892. His all-too-brief lifespan is lovingly chronicled by
Nettles.
*Alan Pontier, New Horizons*
While numerous biographies of Spurgeon have been published over the
decades, Spurgeon's thought normally receives short shrift from his
biographers. This is why this new biography is so important. By
focusing on Spurgeon's memoirs and published articles, Tom Nettles
has filled an important gap in scholarship related to Spurgeon with
this exhaustive intellectual biography of the Prince of Preachers.
Many pastors and other casual readers will be encouraged by
Spurgeon's commitment to a high view of Scripture and historic
Baptist orthodoxy from a Reformed perspective. Scholars will be
forced to reckon with Spurgeon the theologian as they pursue their
own studies of the famed Victorian pastor.
*Nathan A. Finn*
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