Joy Born At Bethlehem: 19 Christmas Sermons from the Ministry of Charles Spurgeon

Joy Born At Bethlehem: 19 Christmas Sermons from the Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Publisher: Primedia E-launch LLC
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1628905417

Charles Spurgeon, the “Prince of Preachers,” was very mindful of the need to avoid seeing Christmas as a merely religious holiday, open to commercialization and frivolity. Accordingly, throughout most of his extensive ministry he refused to alter his teaching schedule to fit in a “Christmas” sermon, as is so common today. Looking through Spurgeon’s vast teaching archive, we find only 19 instances in which special attention was given to the topic of Christmas. Spurgeon’s focus in these 19 sermons is overwhelmingly the who and why of Christmas. He marveled at the fact that God would send his only Son into the world for people who in no way deserved it. Christ came into the world to save sinners. That was Spurgeon’s focus 150 years ago. We need that message now more than ever. Joy to the world, the Lord has come!

Joy to the World

Joy to the World
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2016-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781973255536

In the midst of the business of December, take 5 minutes each day and let Charles Spurgeon, the prince of preachers, warm your heart with joy that can only be found in the good news of Jesus Christ."This is the season of the year when, whether we wish it or not, we are compelled to think of the birth of Christ." said Charles Spurgeon at the start of his sermon on 23rd December 1855. After dispelling any notion of a religious necessity of celebrating Christmas, he went on, "However, I wish there were ten or a dozen Christmas-days in the year" as an opportunity to preach on the incarnation of Jesus.Slow down this advent and reflect on the birth of Jesus with this 25-day advent devotional guide.

Spurgeon's Sermon Notes Over 250 Sermons Including Notes, Commentary and Illustrations

Spurgeon's Sermon Notes Over 250 Sermons Including Notes, Commentary and Illustrations
Author: Spurgeon
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Total Pages: 737
Release: 1997-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1565638298

Spurgeon's sermons are notable not merely for their quantity, but also for their quality. His sermons combine keen intellect, scriptural truth, and a passionate love for God. Gems of insight and truth shine form the pages of this book, as penetrating and relevant today as they were a century ago. Spurgeon wrote his Sermon Notes to aid other preachers whose duties left them pressed for time. Originally released as four books, Spurgeon's Sermon Notesare gathered here into one convenient volume . Spurgeon's Sermon Notes is a classic which provides fresh inspiration and understanding for preachers, study group leaders, or any heart that craves a devotional overview of the greatest book of all time penned by one of its greatest students. Features: 264 sermon outlines, complete with illustrations and commentary Based on selected texts from almost every book of the Bible Organized in biblical sequence, for easy reference Newly typeset version with punctuation modernized for easier reading

Celebrating The 12 Days of Christmas

Celebrating The 12 Days of Christmas
Author: Chris Marchand
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532655339

The song “The 12 Days of Christmas” is a mainstay of the holiday season, but the practice of celebrating Christmas as a twelve-day festival fell out of fashion long ago in most cultures. In Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas, author Chris Marchand explores the history behind the season and individual feast days from December 25 to January 6, and then offers suggestions for how you can celebrate it with your family, church, or community. Along with this, he provides answers to many of the nagging questions surrounding the holiday, such as the history behind the twelve-days song, why December 25 was chosen as the date, and what to do about its supposedly pagan origins. The challenge before us is to first help people see Christmas as a holiday that begins, rather than ends, on December 25, and then to together figure out how to reinvent Christmas in the present by learning how it was celebrated in the past.

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Author: Joseph Skip Ryan
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433501805

An Anthology of Advent readings, collected from the works of 22 classic and contemporary theologians with a high view of Scripture, it will help in preparing your heart to honor the sacredness of each Christmas season.

Barbed Arrows

Barbed Arrows
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
Publisher: Hansebooks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9783348099417

Barbed Arrows is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church

Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church
Author: Saint Bede (the Venerable)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

From the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, Bede's authority as a scriptural exegete was second only to that of the Doctors of the Latin Church. His influence was enormous. Yet modern readers associate this remarkable scholar-monk only with his History of the English Church and Nation and ignore the works he saw as his chief accomplishment. - Back cover of book 1.

Hidden Christmas

Hidden Christmas
Author: Timothy Keller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0735222029

From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the Christmas holiday—a profoundly moving and intellectually provocative examination of the nativity story Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Every Christmas displays of Baby Jesus resting in a manger decorate lawns and churchyards, and songs about shepherds and angels fill the air. Yet despite the abundance of these Christian references in popular culture, how many of us have examined the hard edges of this biblical story? In his new book Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating journey into the surprising background of the nativity. By understanding the message of hope and salvation within the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth, readers will experience the redeeming power of God’s grace in a deeper and more meaningful way.

Free Will—A Slave

Free Will—A Slave
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
Publisher: Curiosmith
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 194128115X

Spurgeon examines the nature of “free will,” and uses the text John 5:40, “You will not come to me, that you might have life.” He observes: “The will is well known by all to be directed by the understanding, to be moved by motives, to be guided by other parts of the soul, and to be a secondary thing.” He puts forth the Calvinist doctrine that a person cannot come to Christ by their own means, but Christ must come to the person. He expounds on the nature of legal, spiritual and eternal deadness and how people are unable to overcome this by themselves. He then goes on to describe legal, spiritual and eternal life that is in Christ Jesus. This sermon has been updated to modern language.