In recent years, the church has lost several towering evangelical leaders, leaving many grieving and wondering about the future. Yet God has always sustained His church, raising up new shepherds and calling every believer to stand firm, trust Christ, and carry the gospel forward.

At the end of his life, Charles Spurgeon faced a great controversy in the Baptist Union, which he called the “downgrade.” The Baptist Union would even censure him for his outspoken warnings against it in his magazine, The Sword and the Trowel.