I wish to commend those who are trying to keep alive Spurgeon sermons. I like this podcast. I listen to it often. I truly want it to succeed. But to do so it is very difficult for me to be able to listen all the way through an entire Spurgeon sermon. This is not because I am dumb. In fact, I have four university degrees, I have been at university professor in four countries, plus a certified school teacher in the United States. The problem is that the male voice used to read for this podcast seems to be forcing the function of reading, rather than attempting to be understood. There are no gaps, no pauses, it sounds like a male voice generated by AI. Like it is just trying to get through the sermon as quickly as possible. But our minds are not set up this way when we hear someone speak in person. The second thing is, I suggest a slight degree of editing, not the content of any of the sermons, but the things that Spurgeon said to his audience in his day, which are recorded in the sermon, but have nothing to do with the content. For example, in almost each sermon, Spurgeon is making comments to his local audience that are not relevant today. Comments about the weather, his being sick, about some travel that he made, about some experience he is undergone. I suggest these parenthetical discussions be omitted from the actual sermon that’s being read to us today. In other words, edit out the internal stuff of the day from the eternal proclamation within the sermon itself. Let me give you an example. Let’s assume John MacArthur starts out his sermon by discussing internal church business. Before that would ever be put into a podcast or a book of printed sermons, all of those internal topicalfluffy discussion points of the day would be removed. Spurgeon did the same thing. So why are they being spoken today? I wish you guys the best best with his podcast. I am trying my hardest to listen to Spurgeon sermons but it is difficult for the reasons I mentioned above.

I’m so thankful for the efforts of this ministry. I disagree with the other reviewer about the reader. I find the reader to be well paced and easy on the ear. Charles Spurgeon was British, and I much prefer to hear his sermons read by British narrators. Having lived in England for a few years, the fact is that oftentimes, British people pronounce words differently than Americans, and because English originated there, we must defer to British English as the standard. That said, I find the breaking in with the tambourines and the woman appealing for money, as if this is the only source and hope for a continuation of Spurgeon’s sermons, very offensive and disrespectful. If this is truly a Christian ministry, the facilitators need to trust God to bring the support. I have no problem with appeals for support before or after the sermons. I’m less likely to give to a ministry that puts funding ahead of the ministry itself. It just comes across as very impure— how can you think it’s OK to interrupt when the Lord is working in people’s hearts through the messages? Does your church take up the offering in the middle of the sermon? It also makes me hesitate to share the sermons with unbelievers. Christians and the church already have reputations for greed and love of money. Trust Christ! If this is of God, He will supply all of your needs. If you remove those distracting interruptions, I would likely support the ministry, but not until then. Four stars because of the interruptions, not because of the reader or the content.

I recently read HOLY SPIRIT POWER by Spurgeon and was led to seek out his sermons and this podcast has become invaluable in my studies and has encouraged me so much because it’s hard to find a preacher today that preaches the word without apologizing for it. Whoever made this podcast has done a great justice to the christian community both new convert and steady believer. Thank you all!

The sermons are not read well. Many words are mispronounced and the sentences are often delivered with awkward word grouping and inappropriate emphasis.