Joy in Christ's Presence

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Real Contact with Jesus
You can have an exciting relationship of intimate communion with Christ! In this book Charles Spurgeon describes the nature of such true fellowship. He also discusses how you can obtain...
Peace, rest, and joy
Healing for your body
Complete forgiveness of sins
God’s fulfillment of your needs
The assurance of your salvation
The protection of God
Total freedom from fear 
God takes great delight in you, and you can take great delight in Him--more than you have ever known before! Discover how you can have the access and close companionship with Christ that you were meant to have.
 

Genres: Theology

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861 the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.

Reviews

[Bobby Bonser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful excerpts from Spurgeon here! Most of these portions focus on an intimate relationship with Christ. The selections weren't too unified, but I did appreciate and learn from them all.

There were two instances I had a small contention. First, Spurgeon in the first excerpts seems to imply that we are to seek spiritual "experiences" of Christ's presence. I did not see his support for these conclusions to be adequate from a scriptural perspective. For the Song of Songs, I'm not sure his hermeneutic was 100% accurate because he failed to mention what the passage would have meant to the original writer/audience and simply expounded what it signifies about Christ and the church.

Lastly, whoever the publisher was for this seems to promote Spurgeon on the back of the book like the health and wealth gospel, which was totally misleading! Here's part of it "Real contact with Jesus. ...Healing for your body, God's fulfillment of your needs... protection if God, total freedom from fear." All of these only partially capture what was actually discussed in the book. Half-truths at best, purposely misleading at worst.

The content of the book was FAR from the health and wealth false gospel, but the cover of the book really messed it up on this one! Spurgeon probably would have had a bit to say about the cover ...

[Rachael Marsceau]

Stopping early. Spurgeon apparently thought Song of Solomon was a total allegory, and I don't, so each chapter was a bit aggravating. I love how he writes, though, so I need to find more books by him. This is the only one I own.

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to stay engaged. Got some good nuggets.