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Excellent Update of a Devotional Classic, April 16, 2004
This review is from: Morning and Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Hardcover)
Alistair Begg, pastor (Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio), author, and speaker, has done a magnificent job in updating this devotional classic. Begg's updates enable a wider audience to enjoy and be nourished by Spurgeon's timeless writing. Although this devotional (in its unrevised version) can be accessed daily on multiple websites, I have found myself to be more consistent in my reading when I hold a hard copy in my hands.
Spurgeon's pastoral warmth and thirst for evangelism come through strongly in these short devotionals. His focus on all three members of the Trinity is excellent as he beckons us further in serving Christ. I have also found his connection with the individual reader to be outstanding as he instructs and motivates toward change and action.
Granted, some of Spurgeon's interpretation may be dated (for instance, he interprets Song of Solomon as an allegory between Christ and the Church). However, this clearly is the minority, and the timeless nature of his topics far outweigh any problem this poses.
I have used this devotional off and on for many months now, and have many friends who have also been encouraged by their reading of it.
This 2003 edition is based on the English Standard Version (ESV), a recent translation respected for its readability and faithfulness to the text. Among the many Christian leaders who endorse the ESV are J.I. Packer (Regent College), Chuck Colson (Prison Fellowship Ministries), John Piper (Bethlehem Baptist Church), and R.C. Sproul (Ligonier Ministries).
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A review TWO YEARS later, May 8, 2009
This review is from: Morning and Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Hardcover)
I've demoted my other devotionals. This is clearly #1. It's like a lifetime supply of Godiva chocolates.
I've read the same material twice now without a notice. I've wondered about this. Is my memory going that bad? Am I paying more attention today than last May 8th? After 2 full years, I've decided that I'm OK. This devotional has an almost supernatural ability to appropriately align Spurgeon's theology and scripture with the ups and downs of my life. We perceive Christ in subtly different ways at different times. Spurgeon's genius is that he knew about this effect. Spurgeon demonstrably and differently challenges my perceptions of Christ in good times and bad. Those times are every morning and evening, day after day. Spurgeon captures, elucidates and brings to human understanding this precise, temporal understanding of the message.
I venture to guess that 20 years of use will be a new read every day. It's a great value ... a devotional that never ends, that reveals Christ's operation in life everyday and that becomes the AM & PM must read event. It will work its 'magic' on any Christian.
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Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon, June 12, 2001
By A Customer
I have a KJV version of this book and it is excellent (I'm sure any version would be excellent). Mr. Spurgeon poetically and passionately describes the attributes of God and His relationship towards us under the pretense of a single verse or phrase in the Bible, and he often quotes scripture in his paragraphs. It is very refreshing and puts my view of the world in a new light of God's sovereignty. I highly recommend it.
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