Charles H. Spurgeon and Eschatology

Did He Have a Discernible Millennial Position? by Dennis Michael Swanson Copyright © 1996 by Dennis Swanson. All rights reserved.

• Introduction
  • Thesis
  • Problem Posed in the Study
  • Plan for this Study

1. Introductory Matters
   • Introduction
   • Part One: An Overview of Spurgeon’s Life
     • Section A: His Upbringing and Early Education
     • Section B: The Theological Influences in His Life
     • Section C: The Theme and Achievements of His Ministry
   • Part Two: Eschatological and Millennial Definitions in Victorian England
     • Section A: Introduction to the Millennial Schemes
     • Section B: The Millennial Schemes in Spurgeon’s Day: An Overview
     • Section C: Spurgeon’s Understanding of the Millennial Questions of His Day
   • Part Three: Identifying the Major Eschatological Positions on the Millennium
     • Section A: An Overview of Amillennialism
     • Section B: An Overview of Postmillennialism
     • Section C: An Overview of Historic Premillennialism
     • Section D: An Overview of Dispensational Premillennialism
   • Summary
2. Spurgeon’s Statements on Eschatology
   • Introduction
   • Part One: Spurgeon’s Sermons
     • Section A: Spurgeon’s Sermons Discussing “The Second Advent of Christ
     • Section B: Spurgeon’s Sermons Discussing “The Millennial Reign”
     • Section C: Spurgeon’s Sermons Discussing “The First and Second Resurrections”
   • Part Two: Spurgeon’s Writings
     • Section A: Spurgeon in his Biblical Commentaries
     • Section B: Spurgeon in the “Sword and Trowel”
     • Section C: Spurgeon in his Other Writings
   • Part Three: Spurgeon’s Statement of Faith
   • Summary
3. Answering the Prevailing Opinions
   • Introduction
   • Part One: Spurgeon and Amillennialism
   • Part Two: Spurgeon and Postmillennialism
   • Part Three: Spurgeon and Dispensational Premillennialism
   • Part Four: Spurgeon and Historic Premillennialism
   • Summary
   • Conclusion