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He who does not hate the false does not love the true; and he to whom it is all the same whether it be God’s word or man’s, is himself unrenewed at heart.
Oh, if some of you were like fathers you would not have tolerated in this age the wagon loads of trash under which the gospel has been of late buried by ministers of your own choosing. You would have hurled out of your pulpits the men who are enemies to the fundamental doctrines of your churches, and yet are crafty enough to become your pastors and undermine the faith of a fickle and superficial generation.
These men steal the pulpits of once orthodox churches, because otherwise they would have none at all. Their powerless theology cannot of itself arouse sufficient enthusiasm to enable them to build a mousetrap at the expense of their admirers, and therefore they profane the houses which your sires have built for the preaching of the gospel, and turn aside the organisations of once orthodox communities to help their infidelity: I call it by that name in plain English, for “modern thought” is not one whit better, and of the two evils I give infidelity the palm, for it is less deceptive.
I beg the Lord to give back to the churches such a love to his truth that they may discern the spirits, and cast out those which are not of God…
You caught me off guard, Joel: the post is so contemporary I thought you had written it until I read the author’s name.
@ Al H,
I am not Surprised I could show you hundreds of Spurgeon’s writings that seem as if they were written yesterday. Which I think demonstrates two things. His acute observation and ability to convey it in writing and that well there is nothing new under the sun. On another note I read a Jonathan Edwards sermon titled “The eternity of hells torments” you listen to it on sermon audio well worth it. But if I didn’t know better it sounded like a review of Rob Bells Love Wins!