Dear Jonathan,
You asked about lessons from Spurgeon for preachers.  I don't think that Spurgeon was a perfect model for preachers, but there is much we can learn from him.

1)  Preach the Cross.

2)  Preach the Cross with Passion.

3)  Subordinate your personality to your message.  (Plenty of your personality will still come through!!)

4)  Verbally speaking, paint the message on a grand scale.

5)  Apply the Gospel of Grace to the saved and to the lost among your congregation.

6)  Careful and judicious use of humor is OK.  It need NOT necessarily in any way detract from the seriousness of the message of the cross (thought it easily and usually does!!).

There are a few.  I'm off to preach an overview of I Corinthians at the Geneva Bible Institute.  thanks for your prayers.

And GREAT job on the new newsletter/e-journal, Jonathan!!  The Powlison piece is amazing.  And Michael Lawrence's pieces are like silk.  And Andy Davis' review of NT Wright and Greg Gilbert's of Brian McLaren & of the atonement volume were excellent!  And Mike McKinley (though I didn't understand your earlier exchange with him) was absolutely hilarious on the Gospel Coalition meeting!!  I look forward to being at the next one.