Category: Spurgeon Snapshots
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Day 124: Hazards of the Holy (A Spurgeon Snapshot)
“For the Lord our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn’t inquire of him about the proper procedures.””1 Chronicles 15:13 CSB On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, It was loaded with toxic chemicals that forced…
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Day 111: “You Were Such a Friend to Me” (2 Samuel 1:26): A Spurgeon Snapshot
“I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. Your love for me was more wondrous than the love of women.”2 Samuel 1:26 CSB In our world today, it would be a little unusual for a straight man to talk about a friendship with another man the way David talks…
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Day 104: None Like it, Give it To Me (A Spurgeon Snapshot): 1 Samuel 21:9
“David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.” The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod.…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: The Iniquity of Doing Nothing (Day 067, Numbers 32:23)
“But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you. Build cities for your dependents and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.””Numbers 32:23-24 CSB Numbers 32 tells the story of how some of the tribes of Israel wanted to…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: The Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-5)
27 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad … The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 “Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: How Pain Plays a Part in God’s Plan (Exodus 1:13-14)
13 They [the Egyptian taskmasters] worked the Israelites ruthlessly 14 and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them. (Exodus 1:13-14) At the church I serve, I’m currently taking a small group through a study of Tim Keller’s The Reason for…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: What was Joseph Up To? (Genesis 42:17)
“So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days.” Genesis 42:17 CSB I’ve often wondered about the mind games Joseph played with his brothers. Accusing them of being spies. Locking them up. Keeping Simeon. Returning their silver. Was he getting revenge for how the had treated them years before? Spurgeon suggests that it was all designed…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: Was Isaac also Deceitful? (Genesis 27:2-4)
“He [Isaac] said, “Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death. So now take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me. Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so…
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Day 019: Why the Oldest Saints Get the Toughest Tests (Gen. 22:1)
“After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. “Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”” Genesis 22:1-2 CSB…
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Spurgeon Snapshot: The Trouble With Canaan… (Genesis 12:6)
There is a great line in the movie Braveheart. King Edward, the ruthless and cruel king of England, is talking with his advisors about how to crush the uprisings in Scotland. He says, “The trouble with Scotland is that it’s full of Scots.” The same could be said of Canaan, the country to which God…
