of him and point to him. A Christless gospel is no gospel and a Christless discourse is the cause of merriment to devils.20 Christ being the glory of God, he lightens every doctrine, and it is only in his radiance that Christian doctrines are and show themselves to be glorious. That is why, Spurgeon wrote, “You cannot taste the sweetness of any doctrine till you have remembered Christ’s connection with it.”21 It also helps to explain Spurgeon’s passion for biblical orthodoxy, seen most clearly in