The following is an excerpt from Worship Matters, a book by Bob Kauflin Crossway
“In a letter written from prison, Paul requested Timothy to bring him “the books” (2Timothy 4:13). Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century “prince of preachers,” expressed amazement at such a request from Paul: ”He was inspired, and yet he wants books! He had been preaching for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had a wider experience than most men do, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things that it was not lawful for a man to utter, and yet he wants books! He had written a major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!”
Spurgeon then reminds us, “He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”
“In a letter written from prison, Paul requested Timothy to bring him “the books” (2Timothy 4:13). Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century “prince of preachers,” expressed amazement at such a request from Paul: ”He was inspired, and yet he wants books! He had been preaching for thirty years, and yet he wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had a wider experience than most men do, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things that it was not lawful for a man to utter, and yet he wants books! He had written a major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!”
Spurgeon then reminds us, “He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains proves he has no brains of his own.”
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