Spurgeon Becomes a Baptist
How did Charles Spurgeon become a Baptist? Spurgeon grew up in a Congregationalist family and was sprinkled as an infant. But as a teenager, a Church of England clergyman challenged him to study baptism for himself. When Spurgeon opened the New Testament, he came away convinced that repentance and faith should come before baptism. So after his conversion, 15-year-old Spurgeon walked several miles to the River Lark and publicly professed his faith through believer’s baptism. Dr. Jeff Medders and Dr. Geoff Chang tell the story of that day, explain why Spurgeon said his baptism “loosed my tongue,” and explore how his convictions about baptism shaped his theology, church membership, preaching, and later controversy over baptismal regeneration. They also show one of the stranger artifacts in the Spurgeon Library: a bottle of water supposedly taken from the River Lark. Read the Spurgeon Library’s account of Spurgeon’s own baptism and how he arrived at Baptist convictions. ——————— This episode is brought to you by the Spurgeon and the Word series from Thomas Nelson Bibles. Read the Psalms, the Gospels, and Acts–Revelation with devotional insights for every chapter from Charles Spurgeon. The three volumes are available individually and as a box set everywhere you buy books and Bibles. Learn more at thomasnelsonbibles.com/spurgeon. ——————— What if everyone in your church, from pulpit to pew, could do in-depth Bible study with Logos? Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small groups, family devotions, daily reading. That’s available now, and at the most affordable price you’ll ever see for Logos. Learn more about Logos for Church atlogos.com/spurgeonpodcast And if you like what you see, you can test it for 30 days completely for free. Again that’s logos.com/spurgeonpodcast ——————— Explore sermons, books, articles, and more from Charles Spurgeon at Spurgeon.org. ——————— The Spurgeon Library is housed at Midwestern Seminary. To learn more about graduate or doctoral programs at Midwestern, visit www.mbts.edu. To learn more about undergraduate programs at Spurgeon College, visit spurgeoncollege.com.
