"Well? What did you think of him?"

Little more than a century ago, the British Isles were blessed with one of the best communicators of all the time, the great Charles Spurgeon. So extensive was Spurgeon’s fame that those who lived in and around London made hearing him preach a “must-do” event. Even Herbert Spencer, the prominent sociologist and somewhat infamous agnostic, took time one evening to go and hear Spurgeon preach at his famous Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle. Following the sermon, Spencer’s assistant asked him, “Well? What did you think of him?”

As though coming out of a hypnotic trance, Spencer responded, “About whom?”

“About the preacher—Charles Spurgeon,” his assistant replied.

Still awed by the way in which Spurgeon had connected with him, Spencer answered, “Oh, Spurgeon! I haven’t been thinking about him. I’ve been occupied thinking about Spurgeon’s Jesus!” ~ Tony Compolo