Spurgeon was becoming ill, and this added to the weight of the ministry caused him to take trips to the Continent from time to time. His wife had become bedridden also, and he traveled, in part, to relieve her from any pressure she would feel to minister to him. Here are excerpts from letters sent home from France and Italy. Not sermons, for sure, but pure Spurgeon and thus edifying...

I am re-uploading this audio because there were technical difficulties when I last uploaded it, and many missed this session. Please see former upload for description. We cover verses 2-3. The greeting. Our common salvation. Contending. The faith.

False teachers want to write a license to sin. Examples of judgment that fell on the false of the Old Testament- unbelievers who wandered in the wilderness, and angels who dared to enter human bodies. God's wrath will be equally manifest on false teachers among us.

The visitors and events that took place at his new private home, which wasn't really that private. Everything Spurgeon owned and did was Kingdom oriented. In this episode, there is a serious threat to his life. Would you have handled it as he did-

False prophets have come in. They must exit asap. God has judged people like this before, and that curse is upon all those who act similarly. Get them out of the church-

Life goes on. The need for a new house, provided by loving members of the church who appreciated his selfless work. And, a new crisis- Mrs. Spurgeon's health fails seriously. She must go to a hospital for a long period of time. He is gone on preaching trips. A true test of the marriage. How handily that test was passed you may judge.

Puritan Swinnock enjoins on God's people the Scriptural injunctions about blessing those in sickness or other affliction.

Though many have come to Christ on their dying season, it is not wise to wait for that time to come to Christ.

God loves the fatherless. George Muller learned it. Spurgeon now learns it, as the miraculous provision for many such youths of London begins to pour in. The tender story of the Stockwell Orphanage and its fruit.

-Our common salvation-, -contend earnestly-, -the faith-. What do they all mean- Jude is compact but full of truth.--Entire book -Jude-available by clicking on store.-