Christian History Institute

C.H. Spurgeon once said, “When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.”  Learn more about this remarkable man of faith and his impact through our production C. H. Spurgeon: The People’s Preacher. Released in mid-February, this docu-drama is already having a strong impact.  Filmed on location in England, Scotland, France, and Germany, this powerful film explores the struggles and triumphs of one whose message and ministry are still relevant more than a hundred years after his death.  Check it out through our distributor www.visionvideo.com!

The youthful Spurgeon preaches his first sermon.

I have just finished watching C. H. Spurgeon, the People’s Preacher for the second time in less than a week. Yes, this docu-drama is that good.

To paraphrase the narrator, Spurgeon’s story is the tale of an unknown country boy who came to the big city to find fame and romance, struggled to overcome his weaknesses, and became the most famous preacher of the day. At the height of his fame, his convictions forced him to take an unpopular stand which left him isolated and ridiculed by the media.

However, the story opens with the fifteen-year-old son and grandson of preachers struggling to find salvation. Indeed the story of his discovery of Christ is one of the premier conversion stories of all time, well-told in this movie.

After his baptism, his timidity was washed away, and at sixteen, he began preaching despite shaky knees and a pounding heart, pulpit-terrors which would pursue him all his life. So great did he find the ordeal of preaching that all his life he often vomited on Sunday morning.

His influence stretches into our contemporary world although it has been over a hundred years since his death. To learn how and why this short, pudgy country boy had so much effect on his own era and our own, watch this video. C. H. Spurgeon is available from Vision Video.

—Dan Graves