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. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
