Pete Wilcox
@petewilcox.bsky.social
Husband, father, Grandpa (PoppaPete). Christian disciple. Bishop of Sheffield. Sports fan & Newcastle Utd nut. Married to @theonlyfictionfox.bsky.social Also posting @bishoppete.bsky.social
At the theatre with good friends. #DearEngland
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
At the theatre with good friends. #DearEngland
A new purchase - the day is not wasted! #BibleCommentary
August 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A new purchase - the day is not wasted! #BibleCommentary
Last evening of annual leave. Enjoying the sunshine.
August 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Last evening of annual leave. Enjoying the sunshine.
I was consecrated as a bishop in the church of God exactly 8 years ago today. What a lot has happened in that time @sheffdio.org #LightsForChrist #DeoGratias
June 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I was consecrated as a bishop in the church of God exactly 8 years ago today. What a lot has happened in that time @sheffdio.org #LightsForChrist #DeoGratias
Sad for @sheffieldunitedfc.bsky.social that they didn’t gain promotion back to the Premier League. #Blades
May 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sad for @sheffieldunitedfc.bsky.social that they didn’t gain promotion back to the Premier League. #Blades
A prayer walk among the bluebells. #MaundyThursday.
April 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A prayer walk among the bluebells. #MaundyThursday.
I won’t quickly tire of this.
April 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I won’t quickly tire of this.
‘In reading books, let your motto be, “Much not many”. Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
‘In reading books, let your motto be, “Much not many”. Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘A man has no more right at table to talk all than to eat all’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
‘A man has no more right at table to talk all than to eat all’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘It is a remarkable fact, but we may as well state it, that [clergy] are only human after all; and God has not railed off a holy corner of the earth to serve as a chancel for them, to abide therein by themselves’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
‘It is a remarkable fact, but we may as well state it, that [clergy] are only human after all; and God has not railed off a holy corner of the earth to serve as a chancel for them, to abide therein by themselves’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘The vice of the ordained ministry is that we will parsonificate the gospel’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‘The vice of the ordained ministry is that we will parsonificate the gospel’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘When I see a flamingo gravely stalking along, I am reminded of some of my dignified brethren of the preaching fraternity, who are so marvellously proper that they are just a shade amusing’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘When I see a flamingo gravely stalking along, I am reminded of some of my dignified brethren of the preaching fraternity, who are so marvellously proper that they are just a shade amusing’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
‘Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
March 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
‘Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
‘Our Sabbaths are our days of toil, and if we do not rest upon some other day, we shall breakdown.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
March 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘Our Sabbaths are our days of toil, and if we do not rest upon some other day, we shall breakdown.’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
‘A mouthful of sea air, or a stiff walk in the wind’s face, might not give grace to the soul, but it would yield oxygen to the body, which is next best’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
March 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
‘A mouthful of sea air, or a stiff walk in the wind’s face, might not give grace to the soul, but it would yield oxygen to the body, which is next best’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877 #Well-Being
‘We have the treasure of the gospel in earthen vessels, and if there be a flaw in the vessel here and there, let none wonder’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
‘We have the treasure of the gospel in earthen vessels, and if there be a flaw in the vessel here and there, let none wonder’
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘Let it be proposed that when capital punishment is abolished, those are found guilty of murder shall be compelled to listen to a selection of the dreariest Parliamentary orators’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
‘Let it be proposed that when capital punishment is abolished, those are found guilty of murder shall be compelled to listen to a selection of the dreariest Parliamentary orators’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘If we can study and do not, if we can have a studious ministry and will not, we no right to call in a divine agent to make up the deficits of our idleness or eccentricity’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
March 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
‘If we can study and do not, if we can have a studious ministry and will not, we no right to call in a divine agent to make up the deficits of our idleness or eccentricity’.
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
CH Spurgeon, ‘Lectures to my Students’, 1877
‘If you do not touch the heart, you will soon weary the ear’.
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
March 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
‘If you do not touch the heart, you will soon weary the ear’.
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
‘Deacons and sextons trotting over the place [during the sermon] are a torture never to be patiently endured, and should be kindly, but decidedly, requested to suspend their perambulations.’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
March 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‘Deacons and sextons trotting over the place [during the sermon] are a torture never to be patiently endured, and should be kindly, but decidedly, requested to suspend their perambulations.’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
‘From stock anecdotes may both we preachers and our hearers be mercifully delivered’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
‘From stock anecdotes may both we preachers and our hearers be mercifully delivered’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
‘Spend more time in the study that you may need less in the pulpit. We are generally longest when we have least to say.’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
March 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
‘Spend more time in the study that you may need less in the pulpit. We are generally longest when we have least to say.’
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877
CH Spurgeon, Lectures to my Students, 1877