Lloyd-Jones

Messenger of Grace

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Weight 0.54 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.3 × 2.5 cm
ISBN 9780851519753
Binding

Cloth-bound

format

Book

page-count

288

Original Pub Date

2008

Banner Pub Date

May 31, 2008

Book Description

‘With the death of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones the most powerful and persuasive evangelical voice in Britain for some 30 years is now silent.’ So began an obituary for The Times in March 1981, written by John R.W. Stott. That Britain’s leading newspaper declined to accept the obituary was hardly surprising; the preacher at Westminster Chapel was scarcely in step with the celebrities of his age. But it is with more current assessments of Lloyd-Jones that this book engages. For some, he speaks directly to the current church situation. Dr. Mark Dever, of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington D.C., could say in 2007, ‘Martyn Lloyd-Jones is one of the men I admire most from the 20th century, and the longer time goes on, my admiration of him increases. He had a more profound spiritual vision than anyone else I know.’

Iain Murray is not here repeating biography but concentrating on three themes he regards as of major significance.

  • On the first of these-the nature of true preaching- there is fresh insight on what Lloyd-Jones regarded as of paramount importance. The analysis distinguishes between what was true of Lloyd-Jones as an individual and what is the permanent essence of powerful preaching.
  • The second theme concerns the place that full assurance of salvation must have if Christianity is to be vibrant and persuasive.
  • The third addresses the claim that Lloyd-Jones’s understanding of the New Testament church was needlessly divisive.

There is new material here, including some pages where the author differs with his friend. But Murray seeks to follow Lloyd-Jones in seeing the glory of God as the end of all Christian life and thought.

Table of Contents Expand ↓

Preface xi
Part 1 1
1 The Lloyd-Jones Legacies 3
2 Preaching and the Holy Spirit 29
3 The Evangelistic Use of the Old Testament 55
4 Skeletons in the Cupboard 85
5 Raising the Standard of Preaching: Notes of a Memorable Address 99
6 Lloyd-Jones and Spurgeon Compared 109
7 A Controversial Book: Joy Unspeakable: The Baptism with the Holy Spirit 127
8 ‘The Lost Leader’ or ‘A Prophetic Voice’? 165
Part 2
9 The End of the Puritan Conference: Lloyd-Jones to Packer 205
10 Some Convictions of Lloyd-Jones in Miniature 209
11 Inventory of the Lloyd-Jones Sermons 227
12 An Analysis of the Sermons on Ephesians 245
13 Is the Reformation Over? A Review 257
Authors and Sources Cited 269

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