Scattered throughout the New Testament are accounts of both men and women who either embraced Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior or rejected Him altogether.
Here in one volume are thirty-eight classic sermons by Charles Hadden Spurgeon, "the prince of preachers," on male and female characters of the New Testament.
Spurgeon's analytical character studies and powerful narrative will help readers in their quest to unearth key biblical principles that comprise the legacy left to us by the men and women who shaped our spiritual heritage.
Both unnamed characters (the woman of Samaria, the woman of Canaan, Pilate's wife, etc.) as well as prominent characters (John the Baptist, Mary the Mother of Jesus, Paul, Timothy, etc.) make up the subject matter of this noteworthy collection of sermons.
He was converted to Christ at the age of 16 and immediately began preaching. He preached in the streets and in the fields before he was 21. In his first church, he began with 100 members. It grew until he was preaching to 10,000 people in the Surrey Music Hall. His church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, seated 6,000 people. He withdrew from every movement among English Baptists which tended to criticize the Authorized Version 1611 in any way.
Before his death, he published more than 2,000 sermons and 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions.
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