https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc The newest sermons and other material from Maidenbower Baptist Church on SermonAudio. Religion & Spirituality Maidenbower Baptist Church http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/sources/podcast/1440/1440/mbc.1710930877.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc en Fri, 01 May 2026 23:37:04 +0000 30 Jeremy Walker no The newest sermons and other material from Maidenbower Baptist Church on SermonAudio. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/5126550574153 From time to time Spurgeon preaches a sermon from multiple texts. Some of these are by way of development, some by way of contrast, some by way of confirmation and reiteration. This sermon belongs to that last category. The same phrase occurs in each text: "Lay hold on eternal life." Emphasising first the vital important of knowing and obtaining this life, and therefore the need for every man to lay hold upon it, the preacher then begins to plead and enforce the exhortation. We are to believe in it as it is presented in the Scriptures and impressed upon us by the Holy Spirit—it must be more than an idea to us. We must possess it, laying hold of it by putting our faith in Jesus Christ and working it out in all our actions. We must watch over it, for it is too easily shrivelled and undermined. We need to fulfil it, living here as those who have this life everlasting in our souls, with its realities conditioning our use of our time and strength. Then, we need to expect it—we must eagerly anticipate it as something that we enter fully before very long. How much do we consider eternal life? Perhaps even as Christians it tends to fade into the background. Spurgeon rescues it from neglect, and sets it before our eyes, front and centre, and very much within present grasp. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/5126550574153 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:38:14 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/42526203112007 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/42526203112007 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Paul Smith 0:39:44 no Paul Smith https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/42526202925221 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/42526202925221 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Paul Smith 0:39:29 no Paul Smith https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/425261527456446 The text is Genesis 32:12, part of Jacob's prayer to the Lord his God: "For you said, 'I will surely treat you well…" In Spurgeon's translation, it is, "I will surely do thee good." After something of a meditation on Jacob's privilege, and ours, of having the living God as our God, Spurgeon emphasises the further blessing of being able to come before him in prayer. This leads him into a sermon about praying, the kind of sermon to which he often returns, pressing home not only the wonder but the necessity of calling upon the Lord. Here Jacob's prayer becomes first our memorial, for we need to remember what the Lord has said, studying out the distinctive elements of his particular promises to us. We ought to consider this prayer next as God's bond—his promise holding him fast to a particular course of action. Everything that is in God secures the assured outcome. And so this ought to be our plea in prayer also: "You said!" What a childlike plea! How earnest and how expectant! Here is a way to plead which will bring the pledged result to everyone who comes with faith to the God who has promised blessing to those who call upon him. And so we still learn, from Jacob, how to pray. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/425261527456446 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:35:50 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/418262112115548 What happens when you pray? What should you expect? The foundation of our prayers is laid in God himself, in his faithful love, his gracious plan, and his precious word. The expression of our prayers, springing from that foundation, is in a calling upon the Lord and praying to him, an expectant looking. Then the expectation of our prayers is that, framed by God and his plan and his promises, he will respond readily and richly, and so bless his people, not because of any good thing in them, but because of his own goodness toward them. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/418262112115548 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:41:14 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/41826210354520 The Lord speaks by Isaiah to offer rest and refreshment to weary souls, the prophet communicating industriously, simply, patiently, progressively, and attractively, a model for the teacher and preacher of gospel truth. That rest and refreshment are described, the language telling us that this gospel blessing is fitting, effective, and available. But, tragically, this very rest and refreshment was resisted by those to whom it was merely childish babbling, and to they brought judgment on themselves. Will we resist or receive God's rest in Christ? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/41826210354520 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:43:27 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/416261330256744 Spurgeon's gospel logic is uncomplicated, in principle and in practice, and it shows here. Our Lord says, "If you love me, keep my commandments." It is clear from this sermon that the straightforwardness of this statement was as objectionable then as now, and caused as many problems. Beginning with a stimulating survey of all the 'ifs' in the chapter, the preacher then settles on this simple statement as a very serious 'if', having to do with the very question of love in the heart of a man, the presence or absence of faith's affectionate attachment to Christ as Lord and Saviour. Spurgeon next makes clear that the test of love is judiciously chosen: obedience as a demonstration of love cuts through so much fluff and stuff, and gets to the core of things. Spurgeon explains the wisdom of this test, and why it is such an appropriate and clear indication of whether or not there is love to the Lord in the heart. Running out of time, he gives us just a couple of lines to assure us that love will endure this test, before closing with a brief series of potent applications, exhorting the saints to discover and hold to the commandments of Christ as they come to bear upon us, and challenging unbelievers to face the fearful consequences of declaring that they do not have any love to Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/416261330256744 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:33:45 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261329261030 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261329261030 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mark Higgins 0:51:29 no Mark Higgins https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261328328026 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261328328026 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mark Higgins 0:52:54 no Mark Higgins https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261050564534 Here is another probing sermon, profitable even when painful. Here is the Christ walking among the Ephesian church in Revelation 2, first of all perceiving their hearts and lives and concluding that while he knows their works he still has something against them. The Lord therefore issues a prescription, to remember from where they have fallen, and to repent. This leads to our Lord's persuasion, in which he issues both a threatening warning and a sweet promise. You can see that the intention is not at all to crush, but there is still a challenge to our souls in the first heading, as we are forced to face the possibility of declining love for Christ in our hearts. The prescription comes to us clearly and helpfully, in three yoked commands: remember, repent, and return. Again, this is not difficult to understand, but it is not necessarily easy to obey. Finally, Spurgeon presses in some motives with our Lord's persuasives, his warning and his promising, both designed to put us back in the way of love. To decline in love to Christ is the Christian's wasting disease; to grow in love for Christ is the Christian's foretaste of glory. So we are obliged to look into our own hearts, not in hopeless despair, but in order that we might, at Christ's direction and invitation, address any drifting away from him whom our souls love. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/411261050564534 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:58 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/4426163793304 Who can plumb the depths of our Lord's sorrows, or scale the heights of his joys? It was for the joy that was set before him that he endured the cross and despised the shame. So we will ask what was it that Jesus did when he so endured and so despised. We must consider how he did this, and what was that joy which sustained him. Finally, we will assess whether or not Jesus has entered that joy, or in what sense he already enjoys or still anticipates that joy that was set before him. This is the Christ whom we are called to consider as we run the race that is set before us. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/4426163793304 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:42:21 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/44261339495773 The disciples were not inclined to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. They were intelligent men, they were convinced Jews, and they were learning disciples, and were resistant to the idea of a risen Jesus. In the face of their suspicion, the Lord gave them a great deal of instruction. They heard his voice and words, they saw his hands and feet, they touched his flesh and bones, they gave him fish and honeycomb, and they thought about the truth which they had been taught. All of this provides a great deal of instruction: a rebuke to unbelief, an offer or life, a gift of peace, a prompt to fellowship, and a glimpse of hope. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/44261339495773 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:39:18 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/41262112523346 I doubt that anyone who reads Spurgeon with any consistency and seriousness thinks of him as a soft preacher. Some may have a notion of him as some genial Victorian pulpiteer, but a few sermons will quickly dispel the image, and reveal a man whose compassion is matched with his conviction, whose kindness is rivalled only by his courage. The result is sermons which bite and sting, and sometimes constitute a sustained assault upon the Christian conscience. This sermon is one such, a penetrating study of Numbers 32:23 and the suggestion that Gad and Reuben might have held back when the time came to conquer the Promised Land. Spurgeon transfers the principle to those professing believers who do not go up to spiritual war with their brothers, who sinned against their brothers and their Lord by the great sin of doing nothing. Spurgeon holds nothing back in pressing this principle into the conscience of his hearers, and our own, by extension. This, he makes clear, is a sin that will find us out. There is, of course, a danger that sermons like this will trouble the feeble and stir up a false guilt, but there is an equal need for sermons which fearlessly probe both our motives and our intentions, and call us to consider whether or not we are serving God and his people as we could and as we should. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/41262112523346 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:00 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/327262224527421 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/327262224527421 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Adam Riley 0:49:04 no Adam Riley https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3272612634041 "These are days of great looseness; everywhere I see great laxity of doctrinal belief, and gross carelessness in religious practice. Christian people are doing to-day what their forefathers would have loathed. Multitudes of professors are but very little different from worldlings. Men's religion seems to hang loosely about them, as if it did not fit them: the wonder is that it does not drop off from them. Men are so little braced up as to conscientious conviction and vigorous resolve, that they easily go to pieces if assailed by error or temptation. The teaching necessary for to-day is this: 'Gird up the loins of your mind,' brace yourselves up; pull yourselves together; be firm, compact, consistent, determined. Do not be like quicksilver, which keeps on dissolving and running into fractions; do not fritter away life upon trifles, but live to purpose, with undivided heart, and decided resolution." So Spurgeon describes the reason for preaching this sermon, and what more can we say by way of introduction? It expresses the preacher's profound concern and earnest plea. The sermon develops as the sustained exhortation of a pastor confident that the motives which the gospel supplies will be sufficient to establish and encourage the people of God in a lukewarm and watery age. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3272612634041 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:29:00 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/321262342515692 What distresses a true Christian? What makes a believer weep? In Psalm 119:136 we see a child of God grieved over sin. It is a constant grief, it is a great grief, it is a personal grief, and it is distinctly a godly grief, a Christlike sorrow that arises out of the dishonour done to a holy God and the misery brought upon sinful men. As it is Christ who gives us the prime example of such grief, so it is to Christ that we must go for our obtaining and expressing of this grief. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/321262342515692 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:49:56 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/318261538291086 Repeatedly, insistently, joyfully, earnestly, Spurgeon pounds away on the same drum: "Rejoice evermore!" His introduction is unusually long, situating, explaining, illustrating, and enforcing the command of the text. Only then does he come to the quality of the joy which a Christian is commanded to feel and express. He moves on to the object of this joy, considering God and his covenant as causes of joy, and encouraging us to stir up joy by holy exercise. Then he gives us more reasons for rejoicing—that it wards off temptation, shuts out worldly mirth, encourages saints, and attracts sinners. In a sense, the sermon is worth reading for the spontaneous outflow of thought and encouragement contained in (or bursting out of!) the introduction. One almost wonders if Spurgeon suddenly took a breath, and realised half his time had gone before he had even begun his first point! With marvellous sermonic control, not rattling things off, but with a kind of condensed fervour, he covers his ground tersely and intensely, pressing home flashes of insight and exhortation. It is a wonderful theme, well-handled both in terms of its matter and its manner. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/318261538291086 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:37:35 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/314262137532239 If you ever feel besieged, the Thessalonian believers would have sympathised with you. Paul, himself assaulted, nevertheless expressed his concern for and confidence about the saints in Thessalonica. He is realistic about the real danger that Christians face, the evil one who seeks in all things to hinder and harm us. He is confident because of the faithful Lord whom Christians trust. He relies on the gracious care that Christians have as the Lord establishes and guards his beloved people. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/314262137532239 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:43:16 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/315261433332522 Out of his comfort in his Father's sovereign grace, and his pleasure in revealing his Father, the Lord invites to come to him all who labour and are heavy-laden, and he will give them rest. This shows us something of Christ's delight in salvation, that he urges people to come to him. It points us to Christ's concern in salvation for all those who labour and are heavy-laden. It emphasises Christ's offer in salvation: the gift of rest, now and eternally, to all who come to him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/315261433332522 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:40:03 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/39261857163214 Racing through his text, throwing light upon it from various angles, Spurgeon gives us a sermon full of hope, because full of Christ. He begins by showing us that the gospel of faith is evidently a gospel for those who are lost. Then we are reminded that this gospel has to do with Christ Jesus, and him only. The faith which saves makes a particular confession about this Christ. This faith in Christ brings with it a great comfort to enjoy. Faith also has a sure promise to rest upon. There is a rising intensity through this sermon, as Christ comes more and more into view as the object of faith, and the preacher pleads with his congregation to get to grips with Christ as confessing believers and believing confessors. The risen Christ is the only hope of every sinner: "This is the ship which has carried thousands to heaven. We who go on board shall get to heaven by it. If it could go down, we should all sink together; but as it floats safely, we will all sail together to the Fair Havens. There is no second vessel on this line; and there is no other line. This one chartered barque of salvation by a confessing faith now lies at the quay. Come on board! Come on board at once! God help you to come on board at this very moment, for Jesus Christ's sake!" https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/39261857163214 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:25 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/38262157525112 A true child of God serves out of love, not for a carnal reward. Nevertheless, the Lord in his mercy makes certain promises toward those who serve well. As we conclude our brief survey of the character and work of deacons, we ask, "What does the church expect of deacons?" The answer is, we expect them to serve, and to serve well. So we must consider first the service that deacons render, and what it means to serve well. Then we can ask about the reward that deacons enjoy—a good standing with God and with men, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Do the deacons we have model this service? What other men are developing or demonstrating such a spirit? Are all God's people marked by hearts and hands compelled by his grace? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/38262157525112 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:53:28 no Jeremy Walker - Deacons https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3726202451029 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3726202451029 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 James Goodman 0:37:44 no James Goodman https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3526201541223 A simple division and a thorough exposition form the bedrock of a sermon urging the saints to pray. Rising from Paul's plea to the Romans at the end of the fifteenth chapter of that letter, Spurgeon emphasises the need even of an apostle for the intercessions of the saints, highlighting the demands and dangers that he faced, and underlining the humility shown in seeking such help. The bulk of the sermon is then given over to a step-by-step exposition of the prayer requested, Spurgeon breaking down the petition phrase-by-phrase. It is a simple but effective approach, and Spurgeon's persistent pressing home of its practical lessons prevents it becoming a shallow slide across the surface of the text. The preacher addresses both the general desires and the specific details of the apostle as he asks the saints to engage with him in prayer. Then, briefly but pointedly, he turns to the blessing given in answer to the prayer, urging his hearers to seek the same mercies for the same reasons. As he closes, he brings his applications close to the congregation, reminding them that they too face demands and dangers similar to those of the apostle, and must have the same response: to go to the God of peace to obtain the help that he alone is able to give. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/3526201541223 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:29:40 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22826206571539 The Christian life involves a growing depth of experience of and appreciation for the Lord Christ, a growing appetite to be like him. This issues in a spirit of prayer to which wonderful assurances are attached. Here we consider a particular promise about prayer, that the believer should ask as he wills, and it will be done to him; then a particular condition for such prayer, that it must come from one who abides in Christ and has Christ's word abiding in him; finally, there is a particular pursuit in prayer, a wonderful circularity in which the man who is in Christ wants more of Christ and gets more of Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22826206571539 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:46:37 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22826142026950 Do you not love the broad, deep, clear promises and patterns of God's word? The ones that speak with simplicity and sufficiency to every situation? Here is a wonderful example: "O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble" (Is 33:2). This prayer gives us a comprehensive request for the tender mercies of a faithful God. It reveals an expectant desire, a spirit of faith and hope because of who God is—we are waiting for Christ to show his hand. Then it expresses our perpetual dependence, our reliance on our Redeemer all our days and in the worst of days, to defend and deliver all who call upon him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22826142026950 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:45:12 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22726837353876 In this brief address, Spurgeon acknowledges that his text—"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God"—fits best those who are already saved. However, appreciating that it involves a little straining, he still wants to apply it also to those who are not yet converted. The exhortation as a whole gives us a lively sense of Spurgeon's appetite for the Lord God, and his appetite for others to have such an appetite. There is a concentration and consecration of all the faculties on the glorious person and personal glory of the God of heaven, a present desire to draw near to him and to enjoy him. Spurgeon more or less runs through the same trajectory for each of the two basic classes of people in his sights as he preaches, pressing upon us all the immediate necessity and blessed prospect of drawing near to God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/22726837353876 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:27:24 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/219262059114198 It is easy to reason from poverty that we should hold on to what we have. It is easy to reason from wealth that we should hoard what we have gathered. The divine economy works on a different basis. Proverbs 11:25 contains a promise made, that the soul who blesses will be blessed, that the waterer will himself be watered. We should consider that promise applied to Christian life and service, and then the promise embraced, the challenge of faith to individual Christians and Christian churches to take God at his word, to be flowing waters rather than stagnant pools, in anticipation that in blessing, we shall be blessed, and so able to bless again. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/219262059114198 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:49:02 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2192615634188 This is another simple sermon in two parts. Whereas the previous sermon offered a stark contrast between the wages of sin and the gift of life, this provides a sequence. After an introduction in which Spurgeon suggests a difference between happiness and blessedness (the former being a good thing, but essentially being of this world, while the latter has a heavenly quality about it), he exposes the world's suggestions of where blessedness—true and lasting happiness—can be found. Then he turns us to the somewhat surprising text of James 1:12 to look at blessedness in this life and in the life to come. Yes, there are heavenly joys even now for the man who endures temptation—the man who, out of love to God, holds fast in the storm, and whose faith and hope and love are demonstrated to be real and true. And then there are joys to come, the crown of life which the Lord bestows upon those who do not turn away or fall away. Sustained and strengthened by his grace in Christ Jesus for every good work, their heavenly reward shall only make their appreciation of God's favour all the richer and riper. Spurgeon gets happily expansive, almost carried away, as he considers the blessedness of the blessed in the glory to come, urging all to make sure that they enjoy this crown, awaking in the likeness of Jesus Christ, our resurrected Lord and King. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2192615634188 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:31:44 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/214262321596599 **Due to a technical error there is no video for this sermon.** David—his soul probed and prodded by the Lord—felt his sin to be ever before him. He was afflicted by its grievous roots, its ugly details, its painful effects, its damning strength, and its offensive nature. And what does all this mean for his relationship with God? David knows that God alone can put away sin, and so—his conscience agitated—he cries out to God for cleansing through sacrifice, a prayer that finds its fulfilment in the death of Jesus, who put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/214262321596599 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:47:28 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/21326758186923 Spurgeon is not a mindless preacher, stuck in a rut of structure, though he is always recognisably himself in style. Here he begins with a brief introduction, before launching into a study in contrast between the wages of sin, which is death, and the gift of God which is everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord. In each case (particularly the first) he goes beyond a scant understanding of the words, and begins to dig out their sense, and press home their substance, and plead in the light of what he has to say. The first part of the sermon is a pressing development of the misery of sin and its consequences, manifestly weighing down the very heart of the preacher as he speaks. In the second half he moves into light and joy, setting forth the wonders of redeeming grace in Christ, and the free favour of God. He closes with applications for the believer, pressing home what it means to receive this life and to live as those who live indeed, but also encouraging every child of God to believe in the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit, the same power by which Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. By the grace of God, the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ will yet secure life for those who are dead in sin, to the praise of his glory. It is a simple structure, and a striking sermon, and it should leave us feeling the horrible weight of sin and its awful wages, the wonder of God's grace in Christ, bestowing life on the hell-deserving. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/21326758186923 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:38:28 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2726221214369 Having thought about why the church needs deacons, we turn next to the qualities which a church must look for in deacons. Among the things to look for, a potential deacon must be credible, available, responsible, reliable, practical, charitable and spiritual. These qualities will show themselves in the things to look at: his life, his wife, his home. These are the things a man must be if the church is to recognise him as a deacon. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2726221214369 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:50:05 no Jeremy Walker - Deacons https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2726224534245 Sin deserves judgment. Your sin deserves God's judgment. In the first chapter of Isaiah, God declares his righteous judgment against the sin of Israel. Taking verse 27 as a general principle, applicable to God's dealings with sinners today, we look at the redemption promised, a ransom price paid, a deliverance accomplished. Then we turn to the redemption described in terms of the justice and righteousness of God displayed. Finally, we look at the redemption bestowed on the penitents. Where does a sinner find such a redemption? Where does God show himself both just and the Justifier, if not at the cross of Jesus Christ? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2726224534245 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:49:36 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2426171746702 Here is Spurgeon at the heart of his ministerial and pastoral calling: glorying in the cross of a crucified Christ. Here is the essential power of all his preaching, and here is the delight of his own soul. Unpacking the sermon methodically, and finding his time running out as he expands upon this theme, Spurgeon begins with the cross itself, and what the apostle meant when he thought of it and spoke of it. He had in mind the fact of the cross, the bare reality of the incarnate Son of God dying for sinners. He had in mind the doctrine of the cross, and all it means, and the cross of the doctrine, the very centre and core of true Christianity. And why did Paul glory in this? Spurgeon ranges across the attributes of God, highlighting the ways in which God is manifested and magnified in the salvation accomplished in the death of his beloved Son, as well as speaking of the particular delights and comforts and stirrings which it brings to those who glory in it. And then, says our preacher, Paul had felt all its impact on his own soul and on his own life. The world had been emptied of all its attraction, all its enticements, all its glories, by the glory of the cross. Oh that the glory of the cross would have the same impact on us today, that the death of Christ would slay in us both self and the world, and so hold our hearts that no-one and nothing else would ever draw us, but that Christ in all the matchless mercy of his atoning sacrifice would be and remain our all-in-all. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/2426171746702 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:31:24 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/131261856333662 The Lord Christ should be ever more glorious to us, his blood ever more precious, his salvation ever more wondrous. The simplest truths should delight our hearts. In Hebrews 1:3 we are told that the Son of God incarnate "He had by Himself purged our sins." We must take note of the Actor who does the work, his separation to the work, the essence of the work, the beneficiaries of the work, and the certainty of the work. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/131261856333662 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:37:53 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/131261847584380 It is all too easy to despise the needy, especially when they intrude upon us. Christ and his disciples were seeking privacy and peace in the face of their own weariness and trouble, but when they came out of the boat in which they had travelled, they found a crowd waiting. What did the Lord Jesus see? He saw a great multitude, a mighty mass of needy people all seeking help. How did the Lord Jesus feel? He was moved not with frustration but with compassion, as he is still moved. What did the Lord Jesus know? He knew that the crowd were like sheep which had no shepherd. How did the Lord Jesus act? He began to teach them many things, to tell them about the kingdom of God, in order that they might find peace, protection, and provision under his care. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/131261847584380 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:40:02 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/12726225344346 This sermon sounds a note of concern. The Second Letter to Timothy has a consistent awareness of certain threats to the gospel and its ministers, a series of troublesome individuals who assault the truth of Christ and oppose the servants of Christ. Nevertheless, Paul's "gracious anxiety" does not disturb "the serenity of his faith." He remains confident that the foundation will stand, because of the seal of God upon his people. With this in mind, Spurgeon first explores the way in which false teachers were overthrowing the faith of some, with warnings for God's people in every age. He then considers the abiding foundation of God, the purpose, truth, and work of the Almighty, which are not shifted. Finally, he turns to the seal on the foundation stone, the mark which gives us confidence, of divine election with divine sanctification. We are at least as well-stocked today with false teachers as Paul in his day, and Spurgeon in Victorian London. It is therefore appropriate for us to maintain a gracious anxiety for the sake of Christ and his church, but also a serene faith, confident that the purpose of God shall come to pass, the truth of God shall endure, and the work of God shall proceed. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/12726225344346 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:34:33 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124262153183221 Why does the church need deacons? To answer this question we consider carefully a division of labour established in Acts 6:1–7. The church needs deacons so that the first things might be pursued without distraction—prayer and the ministry of the Word, carried out by servants of the pulpit. The church also needs deacons so that the next things might be maintained without compromise—works of mercy and necessity under the care of servants of the table. In this way, all the work of the kingdom can be carried out wisely and well. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124262153183221 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:42:54 no Jeremy Walker - Deacons https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1242622344290 The first verse of Psalm 34 gives us a catechism of praise, telling us the who, and the what, and the whom, and the when, and the how of our glorifying God, and the whole psalm provides a catalogue which tells us why we can and should do so: because the child of God can say he heard me, he delivered me, he encouraged me, he protects me, he gladdens me, he provides for me, he inspires me, he judges for me, he is near to me, he redeems me, and he justifies me. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1242622344290 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:48:54 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/122261433167824 A simple sermon, and yet one that hits home. The texts is James 1:21–22, and Spurgeon does little more than run through the text, taking each portion as an instruction as to how we prepare for a sermon, engage with a sermon, and respond to a sermon. But to say that he runs through the text is not to suggest that he just rehearses its words. Rather, the point of hearing is doing, a real heeding of God's word. Spurgeon therefore asks first what are those filthinesses and wickednesses which unfit our souls for listening to the preacher. Further what does it mean to receive the engrafted word with meekness? How does a creature listen to the holy speech of his Creator so as to profit by it? Finally, what do we do afterward? Does the Scripture simply drift away from us, or do we set out to put it into practice, to the honour of God and to the blessing of others? Too often, the people of God undo all the effort of the preacher of his truth and trample on the very word itself. So, let us be hearers, yes, but doers also, and so honour the God who speaks in the Scriptures, and prove ourselves his true children. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/122261433167824 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:33:19 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/114261814555266 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/114261814555266 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Russell Clarke 0:37:08 no Russell Clarke https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11426181341511 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11426181341511 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Russell Clarke 0:53:37 no Russell Clarke https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/19261750234522 Sometimes people ask a hard question: "Has God forgotten to be gracious?" It is not hard to answer, in one sense, but it shows a certain hardness in their soul to suggest that the unchanging God of grace has somehow altered in himself or ceased to be himself. So Spurgeon demands that we give that question all its weight, drag it into the light, and interrogate the question. By the end of the sermon, the question has become less a challenge to God and more a rebuke to ourselves. Spurgeon puts the question first of all in the mouth of a child of God who is cast down. Then he suggests that it might be found on the lips of a seeking sinner. Finally, and briefly, he wonders how it would play in the heart of a dispirited gospel worker. In each case, he forces us to follow the logic of our own doubts, often showing a merciful lack of mercy in pressing the case toward its ugly conclusion, before turning the question back upon us to expose our unbelief and present God to us in all his unchanging faithfulness and abundant grace. It is not easy to be dealt with so robustly, but Spurgeon evidently believes that there is some value in his rigorous dealings with souls. If we have been tempted to cover up our wounds of unbelief with the plaster of high-sounding words, Spurgeon is going to rip off the plaster and instead apply some astringent medicine to our souls—painful, perhaps, but profitable indeed. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/19261750234522 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:36 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11026215016564 Having drawn the portrait of a persecutor from Herod's history in Acts 12, we turn now to Simon Peter and those around him. Tracing Peter's experience, we see his threatening imprisonment, his peaceful night, his angelic deliverance, his happy housecall, his eventual report, and his quiet departure. Along the way we learn various lessons, not least about the preservation, peace, and prayers of the saints, and are assured of the progress of the gospel. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11026215016564 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:55:26 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/110262137294982 Paul compacts the experience of salvation into one terse declaration. He tells the Galatian Christians what we were (slaves), what we became (sons), what we are now (heirs because sons), and how we entered into this new state: through Christ Jesus. How, then, do we define ourselves? If we are sons, then we should be joyful and obedient because of what Christ has secured for us. If we are still slaves, we need to come to Christ that we might be set free. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/110262137294982 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:45:33 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/18261722475237 Elijah's plea was simple: "Let it be known that I have done all these things at your word." Spurgeon turns it in two directions. First, to obedient saints, it is a firm ground for prayer. He considers the labouring minister, a whole church, an individual Christian, and—departing slightly from his main heading—he asks how it would be used by a seeking sinner. Second, to those who cannot say that they have acted according to God's word, it is a solemn matter for question, a means of self-examination. As he sometimes does, he puts the question to the same categories as under his first heading from the different angle: to the worker he asks about our preaching and our living; to the church, he asks about our motives and our holiness; to Christian people, he inquires about arrogance and hypocrisy. He gives more time here again to the seeking sinner, with a couple of hints to those who may be converted, urging them to embrace the will of God in those things which lead to peace. Spurgeon shows us here how to preach a sermon on two levels to a mixed congregation, blending both comforts and challenges to various kinds of hearers. The result is a striking call to humble obedience, applied across the board. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/18261722475237 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:34:30 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/13262157134763 This psalm weaves together God's high character and man's deep need, not as contrasts but as counterpoints. We do not lose sight of Christ, we do not disconnect from Christ's people. Here, then, is a man who has grasped God's faithful love, God's ready grace, and God's tender mercies. The plea to be heard, for God to turn to the needy man, fits the suffering Son, a seeking sinner, a struggling saint, and a striving servant. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/13262157134763 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:39:52 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/13261657482003 If you are setting off across the desert, you need water. If you are caught in the desert, you need water. If you have or will have a real thirst, you need water. If you have thirst of soul, you need living water—you need the God of grace to shower forgiveness, peace, joy, and strength upon you. That is the condition to which Christ speaks. To all such he offers a solution: "Come to me, and drink." He is the one who supplies the Spirit, who gives all needful for spiritual life and service. The invitation could not be broader: "anyone" who thirsts may come to him and drink. But the question is real: "If anyone is thirsty...." Not everyone feels this thirst, and not everyone responds to Christ when the man of love offers life in himself. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/13261657482003 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:35:55 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1226827337194 Our Lord Jesus, insists Spurgeon, was not only a man of sorrows, but a man of joys. He knew joys in his humiliation, and he knows joys in his exaltation. He has distinct gladness as the Mediator. Bubbling over with delight, Spurgeon spreads himself in his introduction, delighting to think of the delight which characterises our Lord in glory. Only then does he turn, with particular concentration, to the substance of his sermon, packing in truth because he has less time than otherwise, condensing his study of the distinctive privilege and character of the saints' joy, drawn from their entering into Christ's joy. He holds fast to his text, before expanding upon it in the last few moments of his sermon, as—soaked with Scripture, and with a poetry born of piety—he considers the channels through which the blessings of God flow to us, and then soars into a concluding exhortation to God's people to enter into the joy which the Lord has secured for us. It is a truly happy sermon, and it breeds the kind of happiness which this world cannot offer, but which is received and enjoyed by all who know Christ Jesus as their God and Saviour, and the Almighty as their Father, through him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1226827337194 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:28:02 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1227251754358074 A brief devotion in preparation for a season of thanksgiving, considering Habakkuk's resolution to rejoice in the face of the loss not just of the mere delights of life but the very supports of life. However, when all is gone, God is not, and God is still good. Habakkuk therefore, facing the worst of all possible futures in this world, looks up to the God of salvation and resolves to rejoice and so bring glory to God whatsoever comes to pass. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1227251754358074 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:25:48 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1227251636476160 Here is a song for the wilderness, delight for the desert pilgrim. The song has a strong foundation, for it is a song of God reconciled, of peace established. It is a song of endless resources, for to those in fellowship with God the wells of salvation have been opened—gospel truths, gospel promises, gospel ordinances, and gospel experiences. This leads to joyful labour, for we are to draw from the wells of salvation, to return to Christ again and again to obtain strength and sustenance for the way. Then, and only then, can we sing praises to God as we pass through the wilderness. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1227251636476160 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:42:00 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/122025105242038 What may seem to be a slightly twee title contains a very sweet truth: "My God will hear me." With such a brief phrase, Spurgeon simply unpacks it, weaving together doctrine, experience, and practice. Here is a title to relish, "my God," with all it means. Then there is an argument to grasp, that because he is God and my God, he will hear me. Then there is the favour involved, that all-hearing, sympathetic, wise, and righteous ear which is open to our cry, to enter into our experience. And do not forget, says Spurgeon, the person who is heard. Here he pleads not only with the believer who already enjoys this sweet silver bell ringing in his heart, but also the troubled and distressed soul, sin-sick and sorrowing, who has come to desire God as Saviour. The God of heaven, kind and gracious, will most assuredly hear the one who cries out of the depths. What a joyful thought to take away, and what a great expectation to possess: "My God will hear me!" https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/122025105242038 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:29:22 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121725234026809 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121725234026809 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:39:43 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1220251625534044 Many of us look forward to gifts, but none leave us speechless. God's gift, though, is indescribable—it exceeds our capacity for speech. So what is this gift? Why can you not describe it? And, what should you do with it? Here we explore the wonder of the Son of God, the Saviour, given to sinners for salvation. He is inexpressible and inexhaustible, and we declare his glory even as we acknowledge that it is beyond all telling! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1220251625534044 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:49:43 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1220251619347645 Simeon was a godly man—just and devout, patient and holy. He was waiting for the Consolation of Israel. Here we consider what Simeon saw in the temple one day, unremarkable by human standards. We also need to know who he identified, the salvation of God and the hope of men. How did Simeon know? He was instructed by the Word of God and guided by the Spirit of God. So what did Simeon do? He embraced the Christ, and blessed God and spoke of the child's saving career. And how did Simeon feel? He knew God's peace and joy, able to live and die delighted by divine mercy. And what of you? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1220251619347645 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:37:31 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1216251721334690 "The Philadelphian church was not great, but it was good; it was not powerful, but it was faithful." Does that describe the congregation to which you belong? Drawing from Christ's words to the church of Philadelphia in Revelation 3, Spurgeon identifies the word of praise which Christ offers, the word of prospect, and the word of promise. As ever, the preacher uses this congregation to hold up a mirror in which we may assess our own reflection. Can we receive such praise for our faithfulness in holding to the Word of God? Have we been faithful with what we have received, and so been granted a prospect of further usefulness? And, with all that, can we therefore rest upon the promise, that having kept God's word, we shall ourselves be kept from temptation? A typical blend of encouragement and challenge, all soaked in the savour of Christ, gives us an opportunity to examine ourselves, to aspire to greater faithfulness and holiness, and to take comfort in the goodness and mercy of our Redeemer. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1216251721334690 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:30:43 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121625179144411 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121625179144411 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:35:12 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121325211176134 Abruptly, woefully, the apostle James dies, murdered by Herod Agrippa. The narrative paints a portrait of a persecutor in all his contradictions and frustrations. But we learn not only about him but from him, drawing lessons about the kingdom of a greater and kinder king, even our Lord Jesus Christ, who governs all things for the good of his people and the glory of his name. His kingdom comes, regardless of the opposition. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121325211176134 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:59:26 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121325215397019 Isaiah speaks to a people sunk in darkness, and brings the promise of light. That promise, delivered with sweet certainty, comes to fulfilment in the arrival of Immanuel, the Christ, Jesus of Nazareth. That language of darkness is equally applicable to all men who are living without and apart from Christ Jesus, which is why we need to understand the lack of light (walking and living in deep and death-like darkness), the hope of light (God's gracious gift to benighted men), and the gift of light, which is God's own Son, come into the world for salvation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/121325215397019 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:36:16 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251819161059 There is a splash of sentiment in this selection, because this is another sermon of Spurgeon's which I remember reading in preparation for preaching. I recall being struck with the preacher's delight in the Scriptures, with his happy depth of insight, with the experiential substance of the address, with its theological depth and doctrinal precision, and with the practical vigour of the whole. The title of the sermon gives us its two divisions, and—as he often does—Spurgeon walks through the text, drawing out its particular elements, hitting the key notes with brevity and pungency. Instruction, challenge, and encouragement are all readily blended, with the prominent presence of God in Christ the thread which bind things together, the whole evidently preached with a ready dependence on the Holy Spirit. Re-reading this sermon, I found myself wishing that I could come to it with the same freshness as I did the first time I surveyed it, but I trust that I now have a deeper and warmer appreciation for the truths which it contains, and hope that increasing love for the triune God will make that always and increasingly the case. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251819161059 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:27:23 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251822131985 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251822131985 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:39:03 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251832177096 John uses short words to express big ideas. He is plain but profound, and straight as can be in setting out what it means to be a true Christian. First, he identifies a condition: "if we walk in the light." This speaks of sincere and progressing holiness of life, with no sin indulged. Second, he offers a clarification: the quality of this holiness is derived from God himself—"as he is in the light." Finally, he identifies the consequences of such a life in communion with God: fellowship with others so walking, and the confidence that we are being cleansed in the blood of Jesus Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251832177096 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:38:25 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124252017301789 We are tracing the overflow of God's goodness, as the gospel wave breaks powerfully over ancient boundaries. In our first study of Acts 11:19–30 we saw a good purpose, a good word, a good step, a good hand, and a good number. Keeping our eye on the mercy and grace of God in Christ, next we turn to a good man called Barnabas, a good work in Antioch, a good plan to involve Saul of Tarsus, a good name for the disciples, and a good gift to Jerusalem, the church in Antioch having received some from them already. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124252017301789 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:51:08 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251730566382 There is a particular trick which our Adversary loves to use both to hinder sinners and to disturb saints, and that is to paint the character of God in the darkest possible shades, to twist and pervert the Almighty and All-Merciful God's revelation of himself. In this sermon, preached from three texts, Spurgeon sets out, in the best sense, to vindicate the character of God. While still insisting upon the utter holiness of the Most High, Spurgeon nevertheless makes most clear the compassion of the Lord, and his willingness to save, and his pleadings with those who are lost in the misery of sin, and his provision for them in Christ Jesus to find life and joy and peace, through forgiveness. He emphasises God's delight in salvation, not as a mere idea, but as a sweet reality. As you can imagine, the sermon is peppered with strong reasoning and urgent pleading for sinners who may have the wrong idea of God to understand his gracious heart, as he makes himself known in the Word of God, and to come to him that they might not die, but live. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/124251730566382 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:30:31 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1242516232023 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1242516232023 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:34:00 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1128251230394886 The goodness of God in the gospel should thrill those who observe it. This portion of God's word overflows with God's goodness, as the gospel wave breaks powerfully over ancient boundaries. In this first study of Acts 11:19–30, as the good news comes to Antioch, we see a good purpose, a good word, a good step, a good hand, and a good number, and trace it all back to the good heart of a saving God and the grace that is in Christ Jesus. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1128251230394886 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:42:02 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1128251229256113 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1128251229256113 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Stuart Olyott 0:36:09 no Stuart Olyott https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112525160204705 Preached at Exeter Hall to a congregation which seems to have consisted largely if not exclusively of young men, an extended introduction about the importance of profitable reading gives way to a punchy series of questions. The first, "What is most essential to be understood in this Book?" gives Spurgeon the opportunity to review the gospel in its essence as contained in Isaiah 53. The second, "What is the test of a man's understanding the Book?" gives the preacher scope to speak of the receptive reader's delight in Christ and his truth. Thirdly, the question, "What can be done to obtain such a desirable understanding?" allows our preacher to stir up a spiritual appetite in his hearers, and to urge them to use every proper means to grasp the truth as it is in Jesus. Again, the crafting of the sermon is natural and effective, the three questions providing a platform for the preacher not just to proclaim the gospel but to press it home upon his congregation. The final sentences open a precious window into the preacher's hopeful heart: "When we meet in heaven we shall praise the Lord for making us understand what we read. God bless you all, for Christ's sake." What a sweet and happy prospect for us still! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112525160204705 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:31:23 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112525212921223 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112525212921223 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:44:03 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112225239197324 In response to the anger and disdain of the proud scribes and Pharisees, Christ makes clear that he has not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. Having considered what this means, we answer the questions: who must come to Christ; who may come to Christ; and, how do we come to Christ? Here is the humbling hope of Christ's statement—that Jesus Christ will receive sinners who respond to his call by his word and Spirit. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/112225239197324 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:36:55 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1120251328216009 This week we finally crest the peak of our reading of Spurgeon's sermons, crossing the halfway line in our reading through the Passmore & Alabaster collection of his preaching. This address, on love as the first fruit of the Spirit, is a fitting marker for the occasion. The sermon bears many of Spurgeon's hallmarks: richly doctrinal and practical and experimental; full of a lively sense of the Holy Spirit; rising to a Christ-centred crescendo; pleading for the holiness of God's people and the salvation of the lost; a thorough sense of the text in its context; an inventive and engaging outline; a delight in the grace of our heavenly Father; a lively hope of heaven; a plain call to penetrating self-examination. In one sense there is nothing remarkable about the sermon. In another sense, the fact that this is a further sermon showing a consistent richness of substance and a sustained intensity of spirituality makes it notable not because it stands out but because it is more of the same, and it warms our hearts. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1120251328216009 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:34:31 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1119259151918 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1119259151918 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:38:35 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1116251017413274 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1116251017413274 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Keith Underhill 0:40:18 no Keith Underhill https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1116251016476987 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1116251016476987 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Keith Underhill 0:41:12 no Keith Underhill https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11142582617744 Here is another sermon in which you detect notes of what today might be called 'pastoral theology.' Spurgeon could preach to preachers, certainly, and you see much of that in some collections of lectures and sermons, especially his Lecture to My Students. However, he also wants those who hear the Word of God to have some understanding of what it is to preach the Word of God. So, earlier in this year, you have his sermon on the pastor's life being wrapped up with the steadfastness of the saints. Here, he opens a window into what is taking place in the man who preaches and to the man to whom he preaches. How does God fit a man to be a minister of the gospel? What does God do in the heart of a converted man? And, what does that converted man have to do, in terms of his own experience of and response to the work of God? Here then you have two divine operations, one upon a preacher, and one upon a hearer, the second developing into its Godward and its manward elements, and yet never merely theoretical, but constantly brought close to the life of those who preach and those who hear. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11142582617744 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:34:49 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1111251716554872 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1111251716554872 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:48:07 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11825163286492 Peter's battles have only begun: the fact of his fellowship with the Gentiles spreads quickly, and Peter faces opposition from those who have thought as he once did. Acts 11:1–18 first records the strife, the contention from those of the circumcision against Peter for his fellowship with the uncircumcised. In response, Peter rehearses the story of God's grace toward Cornelius and his household, emphasising the shared salvation which they enjoy together. That leads to the silence of the opposers and the song of the persuaded, as they recognise that this is God's doing, and none should stand against it. While we may not face precisely the same issues, we might still battle with the same spirit. We, too, need to grasp God's grace, and to rejoice in the gospel of Christ which advances without regard for human boundaries and borders. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11825163286492 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 09 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:45:49 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1182516238596 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1182516238596 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 09 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Ryan Clarke 0:53:26 no Ryan Clarke https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/115252228128037 This is a deliberately simple sermon. Spurgeon sets out to answer the prayer of the boy who asked, "Lord, grant that our minister may say something to-morrow that I may understand." Some might not have turned to Leviticus in order to answer that prayer, but Spurgeon does so in order to "deal with the essence and soul of true religion." Taking an image that recurs in Leviticus, he speaks here primarily of the attitude of the one who makes the burnt offering, involving confession, acceptance, transference, identification. That vocabulary might not be the simplest, but the explanation of each is plain and pressing, driving at the penal substitutionary atonement (to use a similarly dense phrase!) which lies at the heart of our acceptance with God. Of interest may be the fact that the sermon for the following week (number 1772) he takes the same text and deals with the death of the sacrifice, so that out of one brief verse he unpacks the core of our salvation, as it is accomplished by Christ and the cross and appropriated by the faith of the repenting sinner. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/115252228128037 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:45 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/115252219275845 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/115252219275845 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:47:44 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/111252051136082 How much and how often do we consider the wonder of divine pardon? Here we see the essence of God's dealings with a sinner. Rebuked by God's word, David offers a simple confession. Nathan combining a gracious pardon from the Lord. He reminds David of the penalty commuted, the death that David deserved but was spared. Before we close, we also glance at a shadowy substitution, for sin always brings death, and David's death has fallen upon another...upon Christ, the Son of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/111252051136082 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:36:03 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11125174791749 Can you imagine living in a world with no fear? One day we will, and even now we can begin to do so! To learn how, we must begin with the people God addresses, the objects of his love, favoured through covenant. Then we must consider the commands God issues to those people: "fear not," and, "be not dismayed." But what underpins these commands? It is the assurances God gives, of his presence, his person, his provision, his pity, and his power. All this being true of us in Christ Jesus, we too can live without sinful fear. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/11125174791749 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:44:23 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102525211402890 You might have thought that high doctrine and broad doctrine were contrasts, perhaps one good and the other bad, but in this sermon they are complements, each declaring something wonderful about God's plan and purpose in salvation. This is something of a throwback, I think, a sermon from the archives, preached at Exeter Hall, probably in the 1850s (published here in 1884). It is a wonderful example of lively, eager, natural evangelistic preaching. Spurgeon loads his sermons with illustrations; his cheerful humour is on full display; his eagerness to make Christ known is unparalleled; his pathos in pleading with sinners is exemplified; his wisdom in addressing doubts and fears is plain. This is the kind of sermon which no preacher should seek merely to mimic, but it is just the kind of ministry to emulate. If we are Christians, let us feel again the sweet force of the gospel, and let it inspire us not only to cling to Christ, but to make him known to others. If we are preachers, let this rebuke us and stimulate us, that we have not so preached and that we should so preach. If you are not yet a believer, then may I urge you to listen to this sermon, to read it all, and to take it to your heart. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102525211402890 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:35:16 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1025252055422822 The meeting between Peter and Cornelius reaches a climax with Peter's gospel confession that the Lord shows no partiality, and the sweet gospel declaration of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Peter recounts his gospel commission to make known this good news to all. When the Holy Spirit falls upon the gathered Gentiles there is gospel recognition: God is powerfully at work to save sinners among the nations, and the gospel wave has definitively broken on Gentile shores! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1025252055422822 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:53:03 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102525204931370 Do we take God at his word? In condescension and compassion, the Lord of hosts invites his people to "try me now in this": to act in dependence upon his promises and to obtain great blessings. We need to understand what the Lord's challenge involves, who is speaking and what he is inviting us to do. We need to feel why the challenge bites, our tendency to hold back even when the Lord holds out his mercies. Then, we ought to consider how to act when the challenge comes, and what it looks like to take God at his word. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102525204931370 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:54:18 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1022251551255885 Subtitled, "A Pleading Reminder for the New Year." If you are a pastor-preacher, and your heart is where it should be, then this short sermon is likely to resonate with you. However, it may be that, if you are not a pastor, you have rarely or even never thought about the way in which an under-shepherd of Christ's flock considers the sheep entrusted to his care by the Great Shepherd. This short sermon expresses the deep concern and abiding affection which a true pastor has for the people to whom he preaches and over whom he watches. Spurgeon describes is as the pastor's life being "wrapped up with his people's faithfulness." There is nothing that more grieves him than a departure from the way of truth, there is nothing that more delights him than to see the saints standing fast. He looks at all sides of this experience—those who are not in the Lord at all, those who appear to be in the Lord but are not standing fast, and those who are in the Lord and standing fast, who bring deep joy to an overseer's heart. This sermon will help you, on the one hand, to consider your own heart; on the other, it might give you a glimpse into the heart of your pastors, and help you to appreciate and to pray for them. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1022251551255885 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:29:39 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/10192561934761 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/10192561934761 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:41:59 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102225214146549 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102225214146549 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 1:00:58 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101925615534929 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101925615534929 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Alun Ebenezer 0:44:14 no Alun Ebenezer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1019256153946 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1019256153946 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Alun Ebenezer 0:42:01 no Alun Ebenezer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101525751144988 We have mentioned from time to time the sermonic runs which we find here and there in Spurgeon's published sermons. This is the end of one such sequence, preached from the second chapter of John's first letter, and considering the different stages or phases of spiritual maturity. The first sermon on little children was preached on Sunday 18th March; the second on young men was preached on Sunday 8th April. This is the third, concerning the fathers, preached on Sunday 18th November. This brief topical series spanned nine months! On the one hand, it is notable that Spurgeon expected his congregation, in some measure, to keep track of and to remember the previous ministry. On the other, it is helpful to see how carefully and briefly Spurgeon connects each sermon to those preceding it, neither rehearsing the former at extravagant length nor assuming full recall. Each sermon stands largely alone, but benefits from the connection with the others. In each case, Spurgeon more or less walks through the text: here he identifies the people, asks about their distinctive character, and considers the message addressed to them—simple and solid! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101525751144988 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:35:57 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101525749447867 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101525749447867 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:36:23 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101125105515152 On one level, the meeting in person between Cornelius and Peter seems to be a simple summary of the action so far over four days. However, in the intensity of these two prepared men coming face to face, we can learn something about the proper eagerness with which we should hear God's word, the appropriate quickness with which we should obey God's word, and the humble readiness with which we should speak God's word. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101125105515152 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:46:23 no Jeremy Walker - Acts https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101125938475798 The natural desire to see spiritual blessings poured upon those whom we love makes the position of Christian wives with unconverted husbands a particularly challenging one. Peter underlines the general principle of submission to one's own husband, but acknowledges the specific circumstance that not all husbands of Christian women are themselves believers. He therefore identifies the desired outcome for unsaved husbands, and—indeed—all unconverted family members: that they may be won to Christ. He encourages Christian wives to use particular means to accomplish this, under God: even if an unbelieving husband resists the Word of God, the conduct of a godly wife might compel investigation of the gospel which produces a Christlike character the likes of which the pagan world can never produce. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101125938475798 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:46:44 no Jeremy Walker - Life under God https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1010255573946 It has become sadly typical to suggest some kind of tension or even opposition between knowing and doing, as if a delight in doctrine somehow chills the soul and cripples the hand, or someone who is earnest and zealous need not or even should not bother themselves with theology. Spurgeon gives the lie to such silliness with this sermon on spiritual knowledge and its practical results. Before he even gets to that specific topic, he is urging us to consider the value of intercessory prayer. Only then does to begin to unpack the value of spiritual knowledge, showing that true knowledge is truly spiritual, and that the saints should desire to be filled with it. Then he comes to the practical results of such knowledge, emphasising that it motivates, transforms, and directs those who possess it. Finally, Spurgeon speaks briefly about the reflex action of knowledge upon holiness, for the holy man is one who increases in knowledge, spurred by appetite and increased in capacity. Thus spiritual knowledge and zealous labour are properly connected, and so we learn better what it means to know and to serve the living and true God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1010255573946 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:32:24 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101025552467383 Apologies for the blurring at one point...a few technical challenges to overcome this week! We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101025552467383 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:45:06 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1042513743528 The gospel is good news. That is not so much a question of 'what' as 'who', and the answer is Jesus Christ. Paul summarises the primary gospel realities: this is the Christ who died, and who was buried, and who was raised again, and who was seen by many witnesses. Outside of this Jesus, there is no salvation; Christianity is receiving him in accordance with this truth, standing in the gospel, being saved by this Saviour, and holding fast to him and what is revealed concerning him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/1042513743528 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:37:57 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102251635222871 Amasai is not a well-known figure, but the record of his heart and words in 1 Chronicles 12:16–18 marks him out as a true disciple of David. Representing the men of Benjamin and Judah, he and those with him came in faith, believing what God had said about David as his Anointed King. The faced a test, whether they were truly on David's side or had treacherous hearts. They gave a pledge, Amasai speaking under the influence of the Holy Spirit, testifying of their allegiance to David. Like Amasai, true Christians come to a greater than David, the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving him as the Lord and Christ from God, though now despised upon earth. Like Amasai, believers face a test as to their faithfulness: are they truly coming to and committed to the Lord Jesus? Finally, believers give a pledge, not least in their baptism, that they belong to Christ and stand with him and for him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102251635222871 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:35:49 no Jeremy Walker https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101251317206159 Spurgeon is as practical as he is doctrinal and experimental (he often insists on all these being properly represented in public ministry, either within or across sermons). This sermon consists in a great deal of practical pastoral counsel with regard to humility, applying the requirement for humility to our church life, to our behaviour in our afflictions, in our daily dealings with God, and in our seeking forgiveness as sinners (recognising that the last element is more an extrapolation from the text than a explication of it). Perhaps you have read treatments of pride and humility that are clothed in a kind of faux-lowliness. It may well be that Spurgeon struggled with pride (several biographers suggest it was a battle for him) but here he simply goes for the jugular of this sin, putting himself as squarely in the sights of his text as anyone else in the congregation, and preaching with a directness and simplicity that is commendable. Because, as he says, "pride is so natural to fallen man that it springs up in his heart like weeds in a watered garden, or rushes by a flowing brook," the sermon remains as relevant to me and to you as it did to anyone sitting in the Metropolitan Tabernacle that day in or around 1883. May the sermon do as much good to us as we trust it did to them! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/101251317206159 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 C. H. Spurgeon 0:36:31 no C. H. Spurgeon - From the heart of Spurgeon https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102251033271370 We are working through a book of systematic theology called "Daily Doctrine" by Kevin DeYoung (Crossway). We hope that you will join us and engage with the book as we seek to learn more about the God of heaven, and what the knowledge of him means for his pilgrim people upon earth. The whole video series can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydzd6kZnPWdDUP1Dj9CIV_hSp42WEeMb&si=ACvRi4lPPuAH1jqx If you are in the UK you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3ZX4ICu or https://www.icmbooks.co.uk/product/38356/Daily-Doctrine-A-One-Year-Guide-to-Systematic-Theology or https://uk.10ofthose.com/product/9781433572852/daily-doctrine-hardback. If you are in the US you can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3VSrTNq or https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/daily-doctrine-deyoung.html. Direct from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/daily-doctrine-hcj/ Logos users: https://www.logos.com/product/299143/daily-doctrine-a-one-year-guide-to-systematic-theology https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/102251033271370 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:46:08 no Jeremy Walker - Daily Doctrine's weekly walk https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/927252214522646 Continuing our exploration of godly femininity in the marriage relationship, we work out some of the dimensions of submission. Its religious nature lies in its being an expression of a godly woman's relationship to the Lord; its broad extent is wide-ranging but not absolute. It could be distorted or perverted in an unrighteous abnegation and effacement, or in a sinful domination and manipulation. This is a spirit which is heavenly, formed by the Holy Ghost, and which he is pleased to bestow on those who seek him for it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mbc/sermons/927252214522646 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Walker 0:50:14 no Jeremy Walker - Life under God