Category: Spurgeon Snapshots
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Day 259: “But as For You, Go on Your Way” (Daniel 12:13)
A Spurgeon Snapshot Through the Bible: Daniel 10-12 As we close the book on Daniel in our journey through the Bible this year, a lot of us are scratching our heads and wondering, What was THAT all about? All those beasts. All those horns. “Times, time, and half a time?” 1,290 days? Huh? Spurgeon himself…
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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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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…
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A Spurgeon Snapshot: “Come Lord Jesus” and “Come Ye Sinners” (Revelation 22:17-21)
17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! In the last chapter of Revelation, the verb “come” is used…
