"The Prince of Preachers-Live" at Fallbrook First Baptist Church

FALLBROOK – The First Baptist Church of Fallbrook is hosting a portrayal of the famed 1800s preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon on July 3 at 10 a.m.

Dave Aranda-Richards, a Fallbrook resident and professional actor has enacted a program titled “The Prince of Preachers-Live” in churches and secular venues in every state except Hawaii, will present Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Present Crisis,” verbatim.

According to Richards, the sermon was preached on the morning of July 13, 1879. Two weeks later, while currently engaged in two wars, Britain invaded Afghanistan. In the sermon Spurgeon stated, “We...