The Forgotten Spurgeon

This book seeks to throw light on the reasons which have given rise to the superficial image of Spurgeon as a genial victorian pulpiteer . . . book traces the main lines of Spurgeon's spiritual thought in connection with the three great controversies in his ministry -- the first was his stand against the diluted gospel fashionable in London . . .; the second, the famous "Baptismal Regeneration" debate of 1864: lastly, the lacerating Down-Grade controversy of 1887-1891 when Spurgeon sought to awaken Christians to the danger of the Church "being buried beneath the boiling mud-showers of modern heresy."