Read About Those Old, Dead Guys

This weekend I got the opportunity to read a new biography on Charles Spurgeon, the so-called "Prince of Preachers" who built up an English church of eighty to one of thousands before turning 23 and maintained that church, while training hundreds of aspiring pastors to plant others, until his death at 58.  While I started the book just out of interest in the man's life,  it had a much deeper impact.  When reading biographies of people truly passionate about Christ, it's almost impossible for that passion not to be contagious to the reader.  That passion is reflected through their unwavering boldness for evangelism and cause of the gospel, their commitment to sound doctrine, and dedication to the spiritual disciplines.  So I encourage anybody to pick up a book on a bold missionary like Jim Elliott, a wise theologian and pastor like Jonathan Edwards or John Owen, or a true reformer like Martin Luther.

Go ahead  and read about the old, dead guys.  Luther's up next for me.