Spurgeon: The Man Beyond the Pulpit

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the "Prince of Preachers," authored 135 books, filled 63 volumes of sermons, sponsored 60 benevolent institutions, and preached to massive London congregations. His life and work still tower over Christian history. But how did one man accomplish so much, and how did he survive-and thrive-in the midst of relentless controversy, chronic sickness, debilitating depression, and heart-wrenching private grief?

Biographer Ray Rhodes focuses less on the thunder of the metr...