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Spurgeon Unbound

by Pierre Hulsebus

Spurgeon Unbound brings his Morning and Evening readings back to London's streets, with one verse, a warm, plain-spoken reflection and a sign-off, twice a day, in about five minutes. Put the kettle on. It's never stuffy. Charles Spurgeon was a son of England in Queen Victoria's age, preaching the Queen's English to a world that couldn't stop listening. His printed sermons crossed every ocean, and he was a broadcaster before broadcasting existed.

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  1. Evening, Oct 25: Her Hap Was

    Send us Fan Mail Ruth 2:3 (KJV), "Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz." Ruth just happened to glean in Boaz's field, or so it seemed. From Ruth 2:3, young Spurgeon shows how God was guiding a poor foreigner's every step, towards a husband, a home and a place in the...

  2. Morning, Oct 25: The Truth That Dwells in Us

    Send us Fan Mail 2 John 1:2 (KJV), "For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever." Once God's truth moves into a heart, it is not a guest but the master of the house. From 2 John 1:2, young Spurgeon rejoices that this truth will be with us for ever, our support in…

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  3. Evening, Oct 24: Washing the Disciples' Feet

    Send us Fan Mail John 13:5 (KJV), "He began to wash the disciples' feet." Jesus is still going about among his people with a basin and a towel. From John 13:5, young Spurgeon marvels that the Lord who absolved us once for all also bears with our daily, repeated failures, washing away the same old...

  4. Morning, Oct 24: Trees Full of Sap

    Send us Fan Mail Psalm 104:16 (KJV), "The trees of the Lord are full of sap." Without sap a tree cannot live. From Psalm 104:16, young Spurgeon compares the hidden life of a cedar with the life the Holy Spirit puts in a believer: mysterious, secret, rooted in Christ, always active inside, and...

  5. Evening, Oct 23: Why Sleep Ye?

    Send us Fan Mail Luke 22:46 (KJV), "Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation." Easy roads make sleepy travellers. From Luke 22:46, young Spurgeon walks with Bunyan's Christian past the lions and Apollyon to the comfortable arbour where he actually fell asleep, and warns that our...

  6. Morning, Oct 23: Will Ye Also Go Away?

    Send us Fan Mail John 6:67 (KJV), "Will ye also go away?" Many have walked away from Jesus, but what reason would you have? From John 6:67, young Spurgeon looks at the past, the present and the future and finds no cause to leave the old and tried friend for something new and false. Who swaps gold...

  7. Evening, Oct 22: He Shall Take of Mine

    Send us Fan Mail John 16:15 (KJV), "He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you." Sometimes knowing the promises is not enough; we are too faint to reach them. From John 16:15, young Spurgeon pictures the wounded soldier who needs carrying to the hospital, and the Good Samaritan who…

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  8. Morning, Oct 22: I Will Love Them Freely

    Send us Fan Mail Hosea 14:4 (KJV), "I will love them freely." No small print. From Hosea 14:4, young Spurgeon calls this one sentence a whole theology in miniature: God's love flows freely to people who neither deserved it, bought it nor even looked for it. Every objection we raise, a hard heart,...

  9. Evening, Oct 21: Why Are Ye Troubled?

    Send us Fan Mail Luke 24:38 (KJV), "Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?" We lose a lot of comfort by reading God's promises as if they were addressed to everyone except us. From Luke 24:38, young Spurgeon reminds the troubled believer that God's particular care is over...

  10. Morning, Oct 21: The Love of Christ Constrains Us

    Send us Fan Mail 2 Corinthians 5:14 (KJV), "The love of Christ constraineth us." What has Jesus actually done for you? From 2 Corinthians 5:14, young Spurgeon lists the gifts (forgiveness, a robe of righteousness, feet on a rock, a name in the book of life) and asks what a love that never acts is...

  11. Evening, Oct 20: Keep Not Back

    Send us Fan Mail Isaiah 43:6 (KJV), "Keep not back." By nature we hang back from good things. From Isaiah 43:6, young Spurgeon turns an old message to the south into a summons for us: if you want to trust Christ, keep not back; if you are already his, do not hang back from his people, his table,...

  12. Morning, Oct 20: Grow Up into Him

    Send us Fan Mail Ephesians 4:15 (KJV), "Grow up into him in all things." Some believers look the same year after year, like a photo that never updates. From Ephesians 4:15, young Spurgeon asks why it should always be winter in our hearts, and finds the secret of growth in living close to Jesus,...

  13. Evening, Oct 19: Songs in the Night

    Send us Fan Mail Job 35:10 (KJV), "God, my maker, who giveth songs in the night." Anyone can sing when the sun is out and the bills are paid; the real question is who gives you a song in the dark. From Job 35:10, Spurgeon says no one can make a song in the night alone, and turns to Habakkuk, who...

  14. Morning, Oct 19: Small Faith, Same Saviour

    Send us Fan Mail 1 Corinthians 3:1 (KJV), "Babes in Christ." If you feel like the weakest Christian in the room, with the smallest faith and the shakiest prayers, this morning is for you. From 1 Corinthians 3:1, Spurgeon reminds us that the smallest believer is as bought with blood, as adopted…

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  15. Evening, Oct 18: Obedience Over Show

    Send us Fan Mail 1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV), "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." It is perfectly possible to give generously, sing beautifully and serve on every rota at church while quietly ignoring what Jesus actually said. From 1 Samuel 15:22 and the story of Saul, Spurgeon insists that no...

  16. Morning, Oct 18: Much Alone with Jesus

    Send us Fan Mail Psalm 65:11 (KJV), "Thy paths drop fatness." Why do some of us feel so spiritually thin, when the path of prayer is open to the weakest believer in London? From Psalm 65:11, Spurgeon points to two paths that drip with richness: private prayer, and the secret walk of communion…

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  17. Evening, Oct 17: The Shepherd's Arm

    Send us Fan Mail Isaiah 40:11 (KJV), "He shall gather the lambs with his arm." Watch a parent on a packed Tube platform scoop up the smallest child first, and you have tonight's picture of the Good Shepherd. From Isaiah 40:11, Spurgeon marvels that the weakest lamb is as dear to Christ as the...

  18. Morning, Oct 17: He Has Never Failed You

    Send us Fan Mail 1 Samuel 27:1 (KJV), "And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul." Flick back through the diary of your own life: is there one single page where God actually let you down? From 1 Samuel 27:1, Spurgeon calls David's fear a false thought, and asks...

  19. Evening, Oct 16: Back to the Fountain

    Send us Fan Mail Psalm 36:9 (KJV), "With thee is the fountain of life." When good advice, kind friends and even Sunday services stop helping, could God be drawing you back to the fountain? From Psalm 36:9, Spurgeon reflects on Hagar's empty water bottle and the prodigal's famine, and reminds us...

  20. Morning, Oct 16: Breakfast with Jesus

    Send us Fan Mail John 21:12 (KJV), "Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine." Picture a fire on a beach at dawn, breakfast already cooking, and the risen Jesus calling tired fishermen over to eat. From John 21:12, Spurgeon hears in "Come and dine" an invitation to nearness, union with Christ,...

  21. Evening, Oct 15: The Donkey and the Lamb

    Send us Fan Mail Exodus 34:20 (KJV), "But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck." Tonight's verse is about a donkey, a lamb and a broken neck, and stranger still, it turns out to be about you. From Exodus 34:20, Spurgeon...

  22. Morning, Oct 15: Ready for His Coming

    Send us Fan Mail Malachi 3:2 (KJV), "But who may abide the day of his coming?" Suppose Christ walked into this coffee shop now, not as a baby in a manger but as Judge: could you look him in the eye? From Malachi 3:2, Spurgeon sets the quiet first coming beside the splendour of the second, when…

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  23. Evening, Oct 14: Don't Just Blend In

    Send us Fan Mail Romans 12:2 (KJV), "And be not conformed to this world." Oxford Street on a Saturday sells a thousand ways to fit in, so what does it cost a Christian to blend in? From Romans 12:2, Spurgeon warns that little thorns make big blisters, and that fitting in with the world cuts the...

  24. Morning, Oct 14: Knowing Jesus First-Hand

    Send us Fan Mail Philippians 3:8 (KJV), "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." You can read everything ever written about someone and never have sat across a table from them. Working from Philippians 3:8, Spurgeon says knowing Christ must be...

  25. Evening, Oct 13: Love Strong as Death

    Send us Fan Mail Song of Solomon 8:6 (KJV), "Love is strong as death." Think of the strongest love you have ever seen in a London hospital corridor, then picture a love that went through death and won. From Song of Solomon 8:6, Spurgeon admits how weak his own love for Jesus is, and turns instead...

  26. Morning, Oct 13: Godly Sorrow

    Send us Fan Mail 2 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV), "Godly sorrow worketh repentance." Saying sorry is easy over a flat white, but what does it take to actually hate the thing you are sorry for? Young Spurgeon opens 2 Corinthians 7:10 and finds that true repentance is the Spirit's work, keeps both eyes on...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Spurgeon Unbound brings his Morning and Evening readings back to London's streets, with one verse, a warm, plain-spoken reflection and a sign-off, twice a day, in about five minutes. Put the kettle on. It's never stuffy. Charles Spurgeon was a son of England in Queen Victoria's age, preaching the Queen's English to a world that couldn't stop listening. His printed sermons crossed every ocean, and he was a broadcaster before broadcasting existed.

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Pierre Hulsebus

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religion spirituality

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Spurgeon Unbound brings his Morning and Evening readings back to London's streets, with one verse, a warm, plain-spoken reflection and a sign-off, twice a day, in about five minutes. Put the kettle on. It's never stuffy. Charles Spurgeon was a son of England in Queen Victoria's age, preaching the...

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