This chapter speaks to those quiet fears we all have: the worry that somehow, somewhere, we might fall away for good.
Spurgeon points us back to where our confidence really belongs: not in our grip on Christ, but His grip on us.
Grace doesn’t fail, and true faith doesn’t die out because both come from God Himself.

It’s not emotion or effort that holds us... it’s truth.
And Scripture alone reminds us of that truth when fear starts whispering lies.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (John 10:28) ESV

Read from All of Grace by Charles Spurgeon

Narrated by Dakota Workman — The Pilgrim’s Library

In this episode of The Pilgrim’s Library, we read Chapter 16 of Charles Spurgeon’s All of Grace How Repentance Is Given.

Repentance is not a work we offer God to earn His favor. Scripture tells us in Acts 5:31 that Christ was exalted to give repentance and forgiveness of sins. True repentance is a gift from God’s Spirit: a softening of the heart, a turning away from sin, and a turning toward Christ. The Reformers reminded us that repentance and faith go hand in hand; repentance always follows faith and flows out of God’s kindness (Romans 2:4).

Join us as we reflect on how repentance is given by grace, not demanded by law, and how it remains a continual fruit of life in Christ.

Repentance and forgiveness cannot be separated. Where God forgives, He also calls us to turn from sin and look to Christ. In this episode, we reflect on the humility of ongoing repentance, not as proof of our own righteousness, but as evidence of God’s mercy at work. Forgiveness is never earned, and repentance is never perfect, but both flow from grace and point us back to the Savior who never fails.

In this chapter, Spurgeon takes up Job’s confession: “I know that my Redeemer liveth.”

Job spoke those words in the middle of suffering, with confidence that God Himself would vindicate him. Though he did not yet see Christ by name, the Spirit’s testimony in Job points forward to the risen Savior we now know.

Spurgeon reminds us that our hope is not in shifting feelings, but in a living Redeemer. Jesus Christ, fully God and fully Man; has died, risen, and ever lives to intercede for His people. Because He lives, we can face every trial with confidence, and know that He will raise us up on the last day.

In this episode of The Pilgrims Library, we combine chapters 12 and 13 of Charles Spurgeon’s All of Grace.

Spurgeon shows us how faith grows... not through our own effort, but by looking again and again to Christ. And he reminds us that regeneration, the new birth, is not something we stir up within ourselves. It is the Spirit’s work alone, bringing life to the dead heart.

Romans 5:1 assures us: “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” And Titus 3:5 confirms that salvation is “not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.”

Together these chapters remind us: man is guilty of sin, but God justifies, God increases faith, and God gives new life.

In Chapter 11 of All of Grace, Charles Spurgeon takes us to the end of ourselves. We cannot save ourselves, we cannot earn God’s favor, and we cannot bear fruit apart from Christ. Yet this is not despair—it is grace. When we confess, “I can do nothing,” we are in the very place where Christ meets us with strength and salvation.

Scriptures like John 15:5 and Ephesians 2:8–9 remind us that our weakness is the soil where God’s gift of grace grows. Salvation is His work from start to finish, so that no one may boast.

Listen as Spurgeon shows how our helplessness magnifies the sufficiency of Christ.

In this episode of The Pilgrim’s Library, we continue Charles Spurgeon’s All of Grace with Chapter 10: Why Are We Saved by Faith?

Spurgeon explains why God has appointed faith as the way of salvation. Romans 3 and 4 show that faith excludes boasting and magnifies grace. Mark 16:16 highlights faith as the dividing line—belief brings salvation, unbelief brings condemnation. Faith saves not because of its strength, but because of Christ, the One it clings to.

This is a fresh recording of the first episode, presented true to the original text of Charles Spurgeon’s All of Grace. In Chapter 1 (To You), Spurgeon makes the gospel personal, reminding us that God’s grace is offered directly to the sinner who hears. In Chapter 2 (What Are We At?), he explains the aim of the whole book: to show that salvation is entirely of grace through Christ alone, and never by our works. These opening words lay the foundation for everything that follows.