“C.H. Spurgeon is best remembered today for the remarkable ministry he exercised in London during the Victorian era. His influence was incalculable. Thousands listened to his preaching every week, while hundreds of thousands throughout the world later read his sermons in published form.
A man of great natural gifts, charm and wit, Spurgeon’s master passion was evident in everything he did - to preach Jesus Christ to all as the only Saviour. But as early as 1855 this brought him into a serious and prolonged doctrinal controversy with Hyper-Calvinism.
By tracing this conflict, exploring the issues involved in it and showing what was at stake in them, Iain H. Murray underlines the contemporary relevance and importance of sharing C.H. Spurgeon’s convictions. “
The above best describes the book and is quoted from the inside cover.. This book is exquisitely written by Iain H. Murray. The Author gives a thorough historical account of Spurgeon’s ministry and life, and the book was helpful in understanding not only the life of Spurgeon and who he was, but what was going on within the Baptist denomination at that time of the controversial issues that are written about which is best remember as “The Downgrade Controversy. This book gave me a better understand of the issues that revolve around Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism.
Copyright © 1995 by Banner of Truth Trust
Publisher Banner of Truth Trust
ISBN - 0 85151 692 o
Reading /Review date: Sept 2003
Reading /Review date: Sept 2003