Christ Crucified (sermons 7–8)

"Christ Crucified" is a stirring sermon of striking tones which helped earn Spurgeon the nickname 'Brimstone' among the cartoonists of the day. After exposing the emptiness of religious formalism and arrogant secularism, Spurgeon makes clear that Christ and him crucified—the doctrines of sovereign grace—is God's wisdom for salvation. We trace out the structure of the sermon, and aim to grasp something of the preacher's fervour.