by Ray Rhodes | Jan 31, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Mentone, France where Spurgeon died at the Hotel Beau Rivage. Spurgeon’s room faced the Mediterranean Sea and was at the base of the Maritime Alps. What are some of the reasons why Charles Haddon Spurgeon died on January 31, 1892, at age 57? Spurgeon believed...
by Ray Rhodes | Jan 1, 2020 | Dancing Puritan
Charles Spurgeon was unaware, when he addressed a small group of Christians on December 31, 1891, and again on January 1, 1892, that he was four weeks away from death. For Spurgeon, ignorance concerning specific future events was a blessing. He declared: “Could we...
by Ray Rhodes | Dec 9, 2019 | Dancing Puritan
A few days before Christmas 1891, while recovering in Mentone, France, from poor health, Charles Spurgeon wrote a moving letter to the children of his orphanages. From the time Spurgeon moved to London in 1854, he was deeply concerned about the plight of the hundreds...
by Ray Rhodes | Nov 12, 2019 | Dancing Puritan
Apology: The piece below is an incomplete response to Ruth Tucker’s article “Downgrading MacArthur and Spurgeon” found here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2019/11/11/downgrading-macarthur-and-spurgeon I do not know Dr. Tucker and my response is directed to...
by Ray Rhodes | Aug 15, 2019 | Dancing Puritan
In just a few hours we will walk hand in hand, relax in a rustic room, and enjoy a fine meal at a cozy restaurant, and all of this not far from home. When our eyes met as you walked the aisle on our wedding day, neither of us could have seen the joys nor sorrows...
