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J.R.R. Tolkien

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This week in my history episode I decided to take a look at J.R.R. Tolkien, who while not influential or known specifically for his faith it was his faith that played an important role in his life and his works.

The Christmas Story collection I was talking about is “Letters From Father Christmas” and can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007978M9S/?coliid=I3I6FRDMQWREAH&colid=FBNRYQGGSUTG&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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References:

https://www.biography.com/people/jrr-tolkien-9508428

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

 

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What’s Good About Good Friday?

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I know that Good Friday was a couple of weeks ago, but I figured why not talk about why we call Good Friday “good.” I will say I found out things I didn’t realize in looking into this topic after one of the men at the St. Pete Dream Center’s Table Talk prayer breakfast asked the same question back on Good Friday.

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I will be presenting the concept of Good Friday this month in two different ways. First for the history week we will look at why we call it Good Friday. Then with the Bible Study I will be looking at a deep and probably philosophical reason why Good Friday had to happen in the first place.

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Spurgeon’s Spiritual Beliefs

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In the final of a three part series talking about Charles Spurgeon and God’s work in his life I talk about his spiritual beliefs and how they shaped who he was. If you haven’t listened to the first two parts I suggest listening to them first; episodes 202 and 205.

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Resources for the entire Spurgeon series.

Conwell, Russell H. The Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1892. Kindle e-Book.

Duke, David Nelson. “Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Social Concern Exceeding an Individualistic, Self-help Ideology.” Baptist History and Heritage 22, no. 4 (October 1, 1987): 47-56. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

Estep, William Roscoe. “The Making of a Prophet: An Introduction to Charles Haddon Spurgeon.” Baptist History and Heritage 19, no. 4 (October 1, 1984): 3-15. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

Fullerton, W.Y. Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography. Chicago: Moody Press, 1966. http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/biopref.htm (accessed January 26, 2013).

Morden, Peter J. “The Spirituality of C.H. Spurgeon. 1, Establishing Communion: A Convertive Piety.” Baptistic Theologies 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2012): ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

________. “The Spirituality of C.H. Spurgeon. 2, Maintaining Communion: The Lord’s Supper.” Baptistic Theologies 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2012): 27-50. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

________. “The Spirituality of C.H. Spurgeon. 3, The Outworking of Communion: Active Exertion.” Baptistic Theologies 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2012): 51-80. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

Northrop, Henry Davenport. Life and Works of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon. Chicago: Monarch Book Company, 1890. http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/Life.and.Works.of.Spurgeon/Life.and.Works.1.html (accessed February 23, 2013).

Piper, John. “Charles Spurgeon: Preaching through Adversity.” Founders Journal 23 (Winter 1996), http://www.founders.org/journal/fj23/article1.html (accessed February 27, 201).

Skinner, Craig. “The Preaching of Charles Haddon Spurgeon.” Baptist History And Heritage 19, no. 4 (October 1, 1984): 16-26. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 26, 2013).

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Charles Spurgeon the Ministry Years

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This week I continue from last month in talking about Charles Spurgeon and his years of ministry up until his death.

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Charles Spurgeon the Early Years

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This is the start of a three-part series on Charles Spurgeon for the God at Work History episodes. This month I talk about his childhood and school years.

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Sources:

John Piper, “Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity,” Founders Journal 23 (1996), http://www.founders.org/journal/fj23/article1.html

Y. Fullerton, Charles Haddon Spurgeon: A Biography (Chicago: Moody Press, 1966), http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/biopref.htm

Henry Davenport Northrop, Life and Works of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon (Chicago: Monarch Book Company, 1890), http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/Life.and.Works.of.Spurgeon/Life.and.Works.1.html

Russell H. Conwell, The Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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Joy to the World

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This episode I look at the story behind the Christmas Carol “Joy to the World”

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Sources:

http://staugustine.com/living/2015-12-17

https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-joy-to-the-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_to_the_World

https://www.forestbaptistchurch.org/the-story-behind-the-carol-joy-to-the-world/

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/joy-to-the-world-a-classic-christmas-hymn-reconsidered/

https://www.ligonier.org/blog/christmas-carols-joy-world/

https://www.crossway.org/articles/a-brief-history-of-joy-to-the-world/

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Silent Night

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Well, I decided to do a special holiday episode for December and to hold everyone over until the first of the year when I start with season 2.

In this episode, I take a look at the story of the Christmas Carol “Silent Night” and finish off with a reading of the English translation of the original text as well as a reading of what is traditionally sung in regards to the carol.

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Silent Night Society http://www.stillenacht.at/en/index.asp. This is where I got most of my material as well as the English translation of the full six verses.

“Stille Nacht” https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/german-language/german-christmas-carols/stille-nacht/

Silent Night https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/german-language/german-christmas-carols/silent-night/

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Martin Luther

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This week I take a look at the person that many believe was the one to start the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther.

Here are the sources I used in preparation for this episode:

http://www.history.com/topics/martin-luther-and-the-95-theses

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/martin-luther.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther

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Augustine of Hippo

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This week I look at the life of Augustine of Hippo or better known as Saint Augustine. This was probably one of the people in church history that God working in their life is very apparent. It was just by a set of circumstances that Augustine became priest and later bishop in Hippo. He also attributed his conversion to a divine command to “Take up and read.” The one thing is without Augustine’s teachings and writings I am not sure how the Protestant Reformation would have looked as many of the reformers were influenced by Augustine’s theology.

Here are the main sites I used when researching about Augustine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/augustine-of-hippo.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine

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John Calvin and the Bible

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This episode I look at John Calvin and how God used the Bible to shape Calvin’s theology and how this in turn became a view of Sola Scriptura or Scripture alone, where Calvin viewed God as working through the Scriptures to reveal Himself to the Christian.

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