I am always blessed by the words of Charles Spurgeon, and this book is no exception. As someone that plants and manages orchard and prarie, his teaching on the biblical passages that compare our hearts to the ground or the way that Jesus plows our hearts to make it good for seed. This is one I will read over and over to be reminded of the Goodness of God while I plant and harvest and manage the land that God gave us. It is such a wonderful collection of talks, especially for the farmer, gardener or homesteader.

Spurgeon does a great job of application to the farmers and application of sermons twisted together and it came out beautiful and if you are acquinted with the farm life, it speaks to you and has truths woven in.

Very few have the ability to tell a story like C.H. Spurgeon. Arguably, the greatest Baptist preacher of all time, in this book the British preacher uses agricultural lustrations to illuminate
biblical texts. Like other Spurgeon works, this book is excellent. Pick it up!

5 stars
Charles Spurgeon is a master teacher. Everyone needs to read his sermons and devotions. He still is relevant all of these years later.

"Talks to Farmers" intrigued me due to the cover, subject matter, and the fact that these words came from the mind of Charles Hadden Spurgeon. Spurgeon, a renowned preacher, felt that it was important for God's Word to be made applicable to the everyday man, such as a farmer. In his own words, Spurgeon asserts that, "Cains and Noahs will plow furrows and reap harvests until the end come. Hence there will always be need of farm sermons. So long as the soul is fed, it is small matter whether the subjects were suggested by the palace or the barn."

This book consists of 19 sermons Spurgeon wrote and preached about topics that farmers could understand: reaping and sowing, fixing a broken fence, laboring, threshing, and shearing. This was a quick read and it was interesting to see how Spurgeon made the Bible understandable for the farm laborer. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was the most famous British pastor at the end of the 19th century. At its peak Spurgeon’s church exceeded 5,000 regular attenders, and hundreds of thousands read his sermons weekly. Yet, the distinction of his preaching was that he spoke the language of the common man. Spurgeon was averse to pomposity, embellishment, and flowery language. His straightforward simplicity allowed him to communicate the truths of Scripture to anyone, regardless of their education or social status.
Spurgeon was also a master of illustration, and his understanding of agricultural life provided a rich treasure trove of ways to shed light on the biblical text. This volume delights with brilliant insights into the way the natural world pictures the Christian life and the human heart.
Thomas Nelson Publishers has published a volume of Spurgeon’s Talks to Farmers: Inspiring, Uplifting, Faith-Building Meditations. Here is an example of the wisdom and salt-of-the-earth brilliance in the book:
“Why is the sluggard void of understanding? Is it not because he has opportunities which he does not use? His day has come, his day is going, and he lets the hours glide by to no purpose. Let me not press too hard on anyone, but let me ask you all to press as hard as you can on yourselves, asking, Am I making good use of my time as it flies by? The sluggard had a vineyard, but he did not cultivate it; he had a field, but he did not till it. Do you, friends, use all your opportunities? I know we each have some power to serve God, but do we use it? If we are his children, he has not put one of us where we will be useless. Somewhere we may shine by the light he has given us, though that light be only a tiny candle. Are we still shining? Do we sow beside all waters? Do we in the morning sow our seed, and in the evening still stretch out our hand? If not, we are rebuked by the sweeping censure of Solomon, who said that the slothful is a “man void of understanding.”