Renée and I were greatly blessed as we watched the account of his incredible life. However, one incident particularly moved us…

When the Crystal Palace was opened on June 10, 1854, a party of friends, including Mr. Spurgeon and (his future wife) Miss Thompson, were present at the inauguration. While they waited for the ceremony Spurgeon handed her a copy of Martin Tupper’s Proverbial Philosophy, open at a passage to which he pointed as he asked her the question, “What do you think of the poet’s suggestion in those verses?” She read:

Seek a good wife from thy God, for she is the best gift of His providence;
Yet ask not in bold confidence that which He hath not promised;
Thou knowest not His good will: be thy prayer then submissive thereunto,
And leave thy petition to His mercy, assured that He will deal well with thee.
If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the Earth;
Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal.

He then asked her, Do you pray for him, who is to be your husband?*

You may want to update the language, maybe you need to look up the definition of weal, but, gentlemen, you don’t want to change the sentiment. This is great advice to you in your quest for the wife of thy youth.

Now go and pray for her.

* H/T: spurgeon.org

If you’re sick of being a someone of little influence or consequence, jump over here and learn to command the room like a man.

(via The Art of Manliness)

(via Desiring God)

Here’s an Aussie document ‘summarising evidence based research on health valuing of gender complementarity and unhealthy risks of non-biblical lifestyles’.

Give it a read and let me know your thoughts.

H/T: Wayne Schuller

I’ve watched it 3 times, once with my wife. Humbling.

Good on ‘im for having a decent crack at men for disrespecting the ladies. Sometimes a pastor just needs to step up to the pulpit and verbally punch the men of the church in the jaw. Well done MD.

I managed to find a bargain second-hand copy a few years ago at the Ridley Melbourne Bookshop, but you don’t need to!
Just jump over here to read it online for free!

(Or if you’re like me and you hate reading from a screen… you can buy the real thing here).

She says its a great book that manages to communicate the sometimes complicated truths of the Bible regarding femininity, submission, family etc. without the unhelpful theological nomenclature.

Buy one for your wife (or better, your wife to be!)

Yanks: Click
Poms: Here
Aussies: Now (if you want to boost the local economy) or here (if you don’t)

I have listened to the guy preach through my earphones since I was saved 10 years ago.
God has used him to shape a lot of my thought.

In this article he just tells it like it is on a very relevant topic.

C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (1943)