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Good Tidings of Great Joy: A Collection of Christmas Sermons
This is a collection of eight sermons by Charles Spurgeon considering the gospel impact of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a wonderful collection to read and reflect on during this season.
123 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 12, 2017
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
5,990 books1,623 followersCharles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was England's best-known preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church (formerly pastored by the famous Baptist theologian, John Gill). The congregation quickly outgrew their building, moved to Exeter Hall, then to Surrey Music Hall. In these venues, Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000—all in the days before electronic amplification. In 1861, the congregation moved permanently to the newly constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle.
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December 27, 2020
Spurgeon has an incredible way with words to stir your affections and a great talent of expositing a verse well to help you meditate on the glory of God and lead you to a deeper mourning of your own sin. Every sermon ended with an exhortation to come to Christ and praise Him. I thoroughly enjoyed reading these Christmas sermons as they helped me think on the incarnation of Christ with awe and wonder!
January 24, 2024
As with all of Spurgeon’s works, they are theologically and devotionally rich. This work is no exception. It’s (I believe) a compilation of his sermons put into a devotional form. There is truly more meat, more doctrinal and devotional depth in one devotion (usually anywhere from 3-5 pages) than there are in many sermons preached today. This work will surely grow your understanding of Jesus’ condescension, birth, incarnation, divinity, love etc, while also stirring your heart’s affections for the same. Spurgeon lived stunned by awe at the glory of God, and he had a profound way of imparting that to his hearers and readers. “Good Tidings of Great Joy” is among the best Christmas devotionals I’ve ever read. It’s thought-provoking as it is awe-inspiring, and it’s well worth your time. Check this one out!
“You know what ‘good will’ means. Well, all that it means, and more, God has to you, ye sons and daughters of Adam. Poor sinner, thou hast broken his laws; thou art half afraid to come to the throne of his mercy, lest he should spurn thee; hear thou this, and be comforted,—God has good will toward men, so good a will that he has said, and said it with an oath, too, ‘As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live’;—so good a will, moreover, that he has even condensed to say, ‘Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ And if you say, ‘Lord, how shall I know that you have this good will towards me?’ he points to the manger, and says, “Sinner, if I had not had good will towards thee, would I have parted with my beloved Son? If I had not had good will towards the human race, would I have given up my Son to become one of that race, that he might, by so doing, redeem from death as many of them as would believe on him?’”
“You know what ‘good will’ means. Well, all that it means, and more, God has to you, ye sons and daughters of Adam. Poor sinner, thou hast broken his laws; thou art half afraid to come to the throne of his mercy, lest he should spurn thee; hear thou this, and be comforted,—God has good will toward men, so good a will that he has said, and said it with an oath, too, ‘As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live’;—so good a will, moreover, that he has even condensed to say, ‘Come now, let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ And if you say, ‘Lord, how shall I know that you have this good will towards me?’ he points to the manger, and says, “Sinner, if I had not had good will towards thee, would I have parted with my beloved Son? If I had not had good will towards the human race, would I have given up my Son to become one of that race, that he might, by so doing, redeem from death as many of them as would believe on him?’”
February 11, 2020
Good Tidings of Great Joy is a collection of eight Christmas sermons by oft-quoted preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Spurgeon was not a big fan of Christmas, according to these messages. He thought it was too often used as an excuse for excess. And he disliked a superstitious keeping of church holidays. But he did concede that hard-working people could use the time off and that the holidays provided a time to bring out particular truths related to Christ’s birth.
My favorite of these was the fourth, which looks at how different people responded to the birth of Christ.
I wish whoever had compiled these messages had included the dates they were originally preached.
Spurgeon is always good for a thoughtful read and for bringing things out of passages I hadn’t seen or considered in quite as much depth. I disagreed with him in just a couple of places due to our differences on the implications of election and free will. But overall I enjoyed this and benefited from it very much.
Spurgeon was not a big fan of Christmas, according to these messages. He thought it was too often used as an excuse for excess. And he disliked a superstitious keeping of church holidays. But he did concede that hard-working people could use the time off and that the holidays provided a time to bring out particular truths related to Christ’s birth.
My favorite of these was the fourth, which looks at how different people responded to the birth of Christ.
I wish whoever had compiled these messages had included the dates they were originally preached.
Spurgeon is always good for a thoughtful read and for bringing things out of passages I hadn’t seen or considered in quite as much depth. I disagreed with him in just a couple of places due to our differences on the implications of election and free will. But overall I enjoyed this and benefited from it very much.
December 4, 2018
Spurgeon always brings the fire. This collection covers a nice range of Festive topics, each of which encourages you to look on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ with wonder and love.
January 7, 2019
Not a quick read but eloquent and deeply thought provoking.
December 20, 2025
Classic C. H. Spurgeon. Gospel-rich! Christ-honoring!
January 2, 2026
I love me some Spurgeon. These 8 sermons were great. There was a lot to think about. He even gave me ideas for some poems to write.
January 3, 2026
Superb collection of meditations on the incarnation. From the chapter grace and truth. Christ has brought us grace in rivers and truth in streams. Classic Spurgeon covers so many interesting points.
December 28, 2018
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