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September 18, 2024

Title: How Charles Spurgeon Brought Back Christmas
Topic: Charles Spurgeon

Discussed by Dr. Geoffrey Chang
with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (www.mbts.edu/)

Part 1 of 3

New guest, Dr. Geoffrey Chang, MDiv, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and the curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the Book Review Editor for History and Historical Theology at Themelios (The Gospel Coalition). Dr. Chang is the author of many articles and books, as well as the editor of “A Wondrous Mystery”.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Why did the English Puritans of the 17th Century oppose the celebration of Christmas?

What is the origin of the name “Christmas”?

In the 19th Century, why did Christmas take on a new cultural popularity in the English-speaking world? Dr. Chang discusses the vital role Prince Albert and Queen Victoria played in resurrecting the celebration we call Christmas, in addition to Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.

Why do some Christians still NOT celebrate Christmas?

What is advent?

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Title: Part 2 of 3 - How Charles Spurgeon Brought Back Christmas
Topic: Charles Spurgeon

Discussed by Dr. Geoffrey Chang
with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (www.mbts.edu/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

How did Charles Spurgeon effluence and change the world?

During the decades of Spurgeon’s preaching, was theological thought drifting away from the Good News that the Infinite has become an infant? Dr. Chang explains the new ideas that were being taught about Christ that were absolutely untrue.

Did Spurgeon preach that Jesus was sent as an infant to Bethlehem and would be the substitute for sinners to die on Calvary?

Is Charles Spurgeon considered the best preacher of the 19th Century?

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Title: Part 3 of 3 - How Charles Spurgeon Brought Back Christmas
Topic: Charles Spurgeon

Discussed by Dr. Geoffrey Chang
with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (www.mbts.edu/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Why did Charles Spurgeon love Christmas and the Christmas story?

What is the daily advent devotional: “A Wondrous Mystery”?

What would Spurgeon say is the best way to celebrate Christmas?

Dr. Geoffrey Chang is the curator of the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He obviously is well-versed in all-things Spurgeon. What did he gain, spiritually, from compiling Spurgeon’s sermons for this advent book, “A Wondrous Mystery”?

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