Spurgeon's Sermons Broken Bones
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Feb 13, 2026 A stirring sermon on spiritual backsliding and the deep anguish it brings. Vivid imagery of broken bones describes persistent conscience pain and complex decline. A call to prayer and inward hearing as the true remedy. Hopeful assurance that God's breaking can lead to healing and deeper, lasting joy.
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Backsliding Is Deep And Costly
- Backsliding feels like shattered bones: deep, persistent, and costly to the soul.
- C. H. Spurgeon warns the path into sin is seductive but the return is painfully difficult and hazardous.
Repentance Can Be Excruciatingly Deep
- Genuine sorrow for sin reaches the core of the soul and is likened to the agony of broken bones.
- Spurgeon says conscience-torment can be worse than physical torture and drives genuine repentance.
Widespread Spiritual Injury Is Complicated
- Multiple broken 'bones' mean the whole spiritual structure is impaired and healing can be complex.
- Spurgeon compares widespread spiritual injury to compound fractures needing divine miracle for full cure.
