I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet at the worst, when I reach the lowest depths, I have an inward peace which no pain or depression can in the least disturb. Trusting in Jesus Christ my Savior, there is still a blessed quietness in the deep caverns of my soul, though upon the surface, a rough tempest may be raging, and there may be little apparent calm.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892), Baptistenprediger

Topics: Peace & Rest, Illness & Weakness, Faith & Trust

Occasions: Encouragement, Comfort

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) war ein englischer Baptistenpastor, der in London eines der größten freikirchlichen Gemeindezentren des 19. Jahrhunderts leitete. Bekannt wurde er durch seine volksnahe, bildstarke Predigtweise, weitverbreitete Auslegungswerke wie „Aus der Schatzkammer Davids“ sowie seinen entschiedenen Widerstand gegen theologische Liberalisierungstendenzen im sogenannten Downgrade-Streit. Für Bibelleser heute steht sein Werk für eine seelsorglich sensible Schrifterklärung, die reformierte Glaubenslehre mit praktischer Alltagserfahrung verbindet.

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