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The Army of God: Spurgeon’s Vision for the Church

The Army of God: Spurgeon’s Vision for the Church
Paul Smith
Paul Smith Paul Smith is full-time elder of Grace Baptist Church, Broadstairs, Kent. He is also a director and the book reviews editor for ET.
03 October, 2024 1 min read

Authors: Geoffrey Chang
Publisher: Christian Focus
368 pages
Purchase from: Christian Focus (£14.99)

To be utterly under Christ’s command is every believer’s goal. Spurgeon inspires by words and example and this book demonstrates how he applied the Lordship of Christ to ‘the church worshipping at the Metropolitan Tabernacle’.

The Army of God is neither another introduction to Spurgeon nor a topical anthology of quotes. Rather it is a compelling insight into how Spurgeon took ecclesiology seriously because he was an evangelist in the early church model. Spurgeon ‘was committed to following God’s Word, not only when it came to the gospel, but also the church’. n

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