Required reading
Lectures to my students by Charles Spurgeon (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read 'The Pastor's College' and 'Introduction and Apology'.
My summary
Today we begin Spurgeon's famous work.
Firstly Spurgeon gives us a little background on his Pastor's College.
Secondly Spurgeon explains that the book is composed of the lectures he gave to the students at the end of each week.
What grabbed me
I liked Spurgeon's aim for his college: 'The College aims at training preachers rather than scholars. To develop the faculty of ready speech, to help them to understand the word of God, and to foster the spirit of consecration, courage, and confidence in God, are objects so important that we put all other matters into a secondary position. If a student should learn a thousand things, and yet fail to preach the gospel acceptably, his College course will have missed its true design. '
Sadly this is not the goal of many theological colleges today.
Next week's reading
Read Chapter 1 (The minister's self watch).
Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.
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