Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks

Name: Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Brooks
ISBN: 9781504721677

Author: Thomas Brooks, C.H. Spurgeon

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 06/07/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Biblical Studies, History

Synopsis

“As a writer, Brooks scatters stars with both his hands: he hath dust of gold; in his storehouse are all manner of precious stones.” So wrote C. H. Spurgeon, who counted Thomas Brooks among his favorite Puritan authors. Brooks’ popularity lies both in his subjects—practical truths central to the Christian life—and in the manner of his presentation. He is direct, urgent, fervent, full of scripture, and able to choose words which make his sentences stick in one’s mind.Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks is a collection of sentences and quaint sayings from this renowned Puritan. Gathered by Spurgeon from the six-volume set of Brooks’ Works, it remains an excellent introduction to both the man and his writing.

About Thomas Brooks

Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was an English nonconformist Puritan preacher and author. After the conclusion of the First English Civil War, Thomas Brooks became minister at Thomas Apostle’s, London, and was sufficiently renowned to be chosen as preacher before the House of Commons on December 26, 1648.

About C.H. Spurgeon

C. H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) served for thirty years as preacher and pastor of London’s six-thousand-seat Metropolitan Tabernacle, which his growing congregation opened in 1861. His writings, including thousands of sermons, are still popular with pastors and devotional readers.

About Jim Denison

Jim Denison is an Earphones Award winner and a SOVAS Voice Arts Award nominee. He has experience as an actor on a variety of television shows and movies and in regional and national television and radio ads. He holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in Christian studies and spent forty years working full-time in Christian ministry. He is the voice for the popular YouTube channel Top10Archive. A Florida native, he and his wife currently reside in southern Indiana.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Douglas

Really good. This was a book of quotations from the Puritan Thomas Brooks, selected by Charles Spurgeon. That's a good business, right there.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan

Puritan Twitter! That’s what this is! Specifically Thomas Brooks’s Twitter feed. Unlike most he is not commenting on politics or canceling anyone, instead in under 200 characters he is speaking Biblical truth. I loved this book. I read it as a part of my morning devotions and I had so many of these......more

Goodreads review by Blue

"Genius is always marvelous; but when sanctified it is matchless." Charles Spurgeon on Thomas Brooks. Spurgeon describes this book as the "choice sayings of one of the King's mighties. The great divine who wrote these precious sentences was of the race of the giants." Basically, Spurgeon took his fav......more

Goodreads review by Gabie

Beautiful, comforting, and convicting. Worth rereading. "Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls." "A well-grounded assurance is always attended with three fair handmaids: love, hum......more

Quotes

“Smooth Stones is excellent for devotional reading, and is also a good introduction to the vast writings of Thomas Brooks.” Discerning Reader, editorial review

“A gold mine of Biblical truth for a pittance. Thomas Brooks writes in a rich and warm way, which is full of the imagery and illustrations that made him a favorite of C. H. Spurgeon.” GoodBookReviews.org.uk, editorial review