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A Good Start
Charles H. Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s counsel for the man standing at the start of something — a career, a marriage, a walk with Christ. How you begin matters. This book shows you how to begin well.
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“It is a grand thing to be started in life aright; it is half the battle, you know, to begin well.”— C.H. Spurgeon, A Good Start
What’s inside
25 Chapters on Beginning Well
First published in 1898, A Good Start was written for young men and women standing at the threshold of life. That truth has not aged a day — the world still needs men who lead with conviction, love with courage, and build lives that outlast them.
Short chapters
Read one a day on your own — or one a week with your son, your small group, or your men’s ministry.
Faith in Scripture
Spurgeon walks through Joash, Ruth, Esther, Sarah, Lydia, and the Queen of Sheba — real people who started well, or didn’t.
Counsel for real life
Plain, pointed words on temptation, diligence in business, the changes of life, and how swiftly it all goes by.
See all 25 chapters
- Joash and His Friend Jehoiada
- A Young Man in Christ
- Ruth’s Faith and Reward
- Parents’ Good Principles to Be Followed
- Why the Young Need Conversion
- A Desirable Service
- On Overcoming the Evil One
- Esther Defeats Her Enemies
- The Word in the Heart
- The Attack!
- Sarah, a Woman of Faith
- Sarah, a Woman Who Did Well
- A Bold and Earnest Profession
- Lydia, of Thyatira
- The Queen of Sheba, Solomon’s Pupil
- The Vision!
- Something to Do with the Future
- A Message for the Present Time
- A Story of an Eccentric Woman
- Grace a Matter of Growth
- Open the Young Man’s Eyes
- The Swiftness of Life
- The Changes of Life
- On Being Diligent in Business
- The Need of a City Man
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