Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers [Paperback]

Lewis A. Drummond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1992

This definitive biography includes never-before-told stories and facts about this renowned British preacher.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Lewis A. Drummond was Professor of Evangelism in Residence at the Billy Graham Evangelism Training Center at The Cove and Chancellor of the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism around the world. He has taught at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama and is the former director of the Billy Graham center at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lousiville, Kentucky. He has authored twelve books, including Women of Awakenings: The Historic Contributions of Women to Revival Movements (co-authored with Betty Drummond) and the ECPA Gold Medallion-nominated biography Spurgeon:Prince of Preachers. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 895 pages
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825424739
• ISBN-13: 978-0825424731
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #727,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This a must for every preacher to read., February 1, 1999

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This review is from: Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers (Paperback)

This book captivates you. Spureon stood out as a preacher and pastor far above most who ever pastored. Dr.Dummand has given a vivid description of the many faceted sides of the great preacher. When I finished the book I felt like it should be studied rather than just read. You will love the many tidbits of fascinating information about the man and his ministry. Mr. Spurgeon was involved in controversary quite often. The author tells how and why. Spurgeon took a strong stand on the fundamentals of the faith when many others were not as open. There are many paralells to prominent pastors of today. It will especially encourage and strengethen younger pastors. As I read the book two thing struck me. How I wish I had read this 50 years ago. Then how we need more his tribe today. Every Christian would be blessed and profited by this book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Ten Star Book on the Life of Spurgeon, June 23, 2004

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Roy Ingle "The Seeking Disciple" (Lexington, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers (Hardcover)

Lewis Drummond has given the Church of God a great book with this massive, 800+ page book on the life of one of the English language's greatest pastors, Charles Spurgeon. The book reads very quickly and you will find yourself getting lost in the life of Spurgeon from his early childhood to his glorious days in ministry to the very dark days of the end of his life. You will read the good and the bad of Spurgeon for he was just a sinner redeemed by God's grace and you will also find a man passionate for the truth of God's inerrant Word.

In short, you will be challenged to pray that God would raise up more Spurgeons not only for the United States but for Great Britain and all the world. How we need godly men to once again proclaim God's truth in an age of compromise and spiritual decay.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a good biography but..., January 26, 2009

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Frank Desparrois (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers (Hardcover)

While this is a rather good biography and offers more details about the life of perhaps the most well known preacher of the 19th century than even I knew about, the book suffers where the author has unfortunately adopted a cut-and-paste method in his work. What he has done is lift many sections from the works of others and placed them in his book with such frequency that nearly every page has an insertion of this type. And to find and read this on nearly every page is disconcerting to say the least. It's almost as if one is reading someone else's book or books. If you can ignore this discrepancy then this is a book well worth the read. If, however, you find this as troubling as I did then you may want to look elsewhere.