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Welcome to the seventy-fourth episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Dr. Christian George about The Lost Sermons of C. H. Spurgeon Volume I: His Earliest Outlines and Sermons Between 1851 and 1854.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Dr. George’s life, marriage, ministry, and upcoming ministry projects.
- Who is Charles Spurgeon?
- Why is Charles Spurgeon still influential today?
- The character of Charles Spurgeon.
- A few of the contributions The Lost Sermons of C.H. Spurgeon make to the overall body of Spurgeon’s work.
- Spurgeon’s relationship with George Mueller.
- Three things that stood out to Dr. George most during his studies of Charles Spurgeon that most people don’t know about Spurgeon.
- How Spurgeon’s ministry today can influence both present and future pastors and ministry leaders today.
- The influence of the Puritans on Spurgeon’s life and ministry.
- Spurgeon’s counsel to the gospel-centered movement.
- How did Spurgeon respond to criticism and how that is instructive for Christians today.
About the Author:
Christian T. George is assistant professor of historical theology and curator of The Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
