Sermons on great prayers of the Bible C H Spurgeon, Hendrickson Press (2015) five stars
It is likely that any preachers out there – among whom I count myself – will have heard of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Affectionately known as the ‘Prince of Preachers’, he was one of England’s best known preachers in the second half of the nineteenth century (1834–1892). It seems almost unbelievable now, with so many of our churches facing dwindling congregations and a sermon that you might have spent a few days sweating over and preparing being finally delivered to less than thirty, that Spurgeon routinely preached to 6,000 in London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle (a stone’s throw from Elephant and Castle tube station). It beggars belief that he also did this in an age before microphones and any amplification systems. The fact that books like these, comprising a selection of his best sermons, are still being published is testimony to the quality, power and message of those original sermons.
In this volume we have thirteen of Spurgeon’s sermons that are all based on great prayers that have been prayed at different times throughout the Bible, ranging from Moses on Mount Sinai with God (Exodus) to John in exile on Patmos (Revelation). The others include the Psalms, Judges, 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Daniel and all four Gospels. My own particular favourite is that which focuses on the ‘preparatory prayers of Christ
