Reading

October 9, 2007

Do you enjoy reading? I do. In fact, I love to read. Recently, I finished reading a book that I would highly recommend. The book is The Forgotten Spurgeon by Ian Murray. If you have heard me preach over any period of time, you have heard me quote Charles Spurgeon. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was the great Baptist pastor in England for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. The book, however, is not a biography of Spurgeon. Rather, it deals with three significant controversies in his ministry. Much of this book deals with the stand he took against the defection from sound doctrine in the churches.
We live in a day much like Spurgeon’s in that today many want to minimize doctrine and magnify the practices of corporate America as standards for the church. This subtle paradigm shift is something we must be very cautious about. Doctrine is not optional. It matters. It is essential.

- The Bible is the inspired Word of God

- Christ is not a way but THE way of salvation

- The cross is not a tragedy but the eternal plan of God to redeem sinners

- Preaching is not a thing of the past; Biblical preaching is needed now more than ever. We do best when we stick to the Word of God and we grow most when we understand and apply Biblical doctrine.


Until Sunday,
Pastor Chuck