Letters of D Martyn Lloyd-Jones
1919 - 1981
Weight | 0.49 kg |
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Dimensions | 22.3 × 14.3 × 2.0 cm |
ISBN | 9780851516745 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Format | Book |
Page Count | 270 |
Original Pub Date | 1994 |
Banner Pub Date | Jan 1, 1994 |
Book Description
Iain H. Murray’s two volume record of the life of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones is one of the great Christian biographies of the twentieth century. It tells the remarkable story of an outstanding young physician’s call to the Christian ministry and the widespread lasting influence of his preaching and spiritual leadership, first in his native Wales and thereafter in London and throughout the world.
But a man’s letters tell the story of his pilgrimage from within, and here, in over one hundred of his personal letters, we encounter Martyn Lloyd-Jones first hand. Although he thought of himself as a ‘poor correspondent’, these pages tell a different story, unselfconsciously displaying the tender forcefulness of a personality which left an indelible impression on those who knew him personally.
Here we catch a glimpse of the rounded and balanced picture of the man: the physician and the preacher, the student of deep theology who was fascinated by agricultural life; the lover of books who cared about people; the ardent Welshman who devoted his years to Christian service in England and beyond.
In this attractive and fascinating volume, Iain Murray divides the correspondence in a way which gives insight into the different areas of Lloyd-Jones’ life (family, church, colleagues in the Christian service) but at the same time retains chronological sequence and development. Perfectly complementing the biography, The Letters of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones reveals the heartbeat of his life: ‘Not what we have been, not what we have done, but the grace of God in Jesus Christ our Lord’.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
Biographical Table | xiv | |
Introduction | xvi | |
1. | The Early Years | |
To his Mother | 3 | |
Hospital and Family News | ||
To Mr Ieuan Phillips | 4 | |
Controversy over ‘The Tragedy of Modern Wales’ | ||
To Mr Ieuan Phillips | 8 | |
Commitment to Preaching and his Engagement | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 10 | |
Invitation to Sandfields, Aberavon | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 11 | |
Anticipation of First Visit to Sandfields | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 12 | |
Hope for the Future and Plans for a Second Visit | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 14 | |
Acceptance of the Call to Sandfields | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 14 | |
Thoughts on his Summer Holiday | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 16 | |
Thankfulness for the First Year | ||
To the Secretary of the South Wales Association | 17 | |
London or Wales? | ||
To Mr E. T. Rees | 19 | |
Eleven-Years Friendship | ||
To the Moderator of the South Wales Association | 21 | |
Gratitude for Encouragement | ||
2. | To His Wife | |
From RMS ‘Berengaria’, 1937 | 25 | |
News from Pittsburgh | 27 | |
The Pre-Assembly Conference, Columbus, Ohio | 32 | |
The General Assembly and his Journeys | 36 | |
A Critical Juncture in 1938 | 39 | |
At the Outbreak of the Second World War | 41 | |
A Confused Sunday at Westminster Chapel | 42 | |
Patience amidst Uncertainties | 43 | |
The Difficulty of Being Calvinistic | 45 | |
Love and ‘Instructions’ | 47 | |
Looking for a New Home | 49 | |
3. | To Friends and Fellow Ministers | |
To Mr Geoffrey Williams | 53 | |
On his First Sight of the Evangelical Library | ||
To Mr W. Leslie Land | 54 | |
Waiting on Divine Guidance | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 55 | |
On Recent News and Books | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 57 | |
The ‘Westminster Theological Journal’ and other Items | ||
To Mr Leslie Land | 60 | |
Living from Day to Day | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 60 | |
More Shared News on Books | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 61 | |
The Need for Evangelical Authors | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 62 | |
Meeting Douglas Johnson | ||
To the Rev. Kenneth J. MacLeay | 63 | |
A Word for a Young Minister | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 64 | |
Hughes’ Arrival in South Africa and News of Westminster | ||
To Mr Leslie Land | 66 | |
Thoughts on Authors | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 68 | |
Opinions on MSS and News | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 72 | |
Arrangements to Meet | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 73 | |
Concern over Hughes’ Health and Future Work | ||
To the Rev. Philip E. Hughes | 75 | |
The First Puritan Conference | ||
To the Rev. Leslie Land | 75 | |
On Breakdowns in the Ministry | ||
To the Rev. J. Gwyn-Thomas | 78 | |
The Possibility of a Bedfordshire Living | ||
4. | Westminster Chapel | |
To Dr Anne Connan | 83 | |
Consolation for a War-Widow | ||
To Mr A. G. Secrett | 85 | |
Sympathy and Notes of a Sermon | ||
To Mr A. G. Secrett | 86 | |
Thankfulness for his Support | ||
To Mr Hector Brooke | 87 | |
Increase at the Chapel | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 88 | |
Annual Letter, 1947 | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 90 | |
Annual Letter, 1948 | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 91 | |
Annual Letter, 1953 | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 93 | |
Annual Letter, 1954 | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 95 | |
Annual Letter, 1957 | ||
5. | Some Family Letters | |
To his Mother | 99 | |
Removal to Ealing | ||
To his Mother | 101 | |
Services and Rockets | ||
To his Mother | 102 | |
Visit to Norway | ||
To his Mother | 104 | |
Crossing the Atlantic Again | ||
To his Mother | 107 | |
Her Birthday | ||
To his Mother | 107 | |
True Christianity | ||
To his Mother | 109 | |
A First Visit to Donegal | ||
To his Mother | 110 | |
Holiday in Switzerland | ||
To his Mother | 112 | |
Conference in Cambridge | ||
To Mr and Mrs H. F. R. Catherwood | 114 | |
The first ‘Weekly Report’ to the Newly-Weds | ||
To Mr and Mrs H. F. R. Catherwood | 117 | |
More News. On Seeking ‘Full Assurance’ | ||
To Mr and Mrs H. F. R. Catherwood | 120 | |
Preaching, Lecturing on Church Polity, and Romans 6:2-‘The most important sermon I ever preached’ | ||
6. | A Younger Generation and New Agencies | |
To Mr Elwyn Davies | 127 | |
The Work in Wales | ||
To Mr E. R. Corsie | 128 | |
Books Recommended | ||
To Mr Raymond Johnston | 129 | |
Counsel for Young Writers | ||
To Mr lain H. Murray | 131 | |
The ‘Banner of Truth’ Magazine | ||
To Mr Raymond Johnston | 132 | |
Have his Views on Sanctification Changed? | ||
To Mr lain H. Murray | 133 | |
‘The Major Matter of Policy’ | ||
To the Rev. Elwyn Davies | 134 | |
Support for a New Centre in North Wales | ||
To the Rev. Elwyn Davies | 136 | |
The Start of the ‘Evangelical Magazine’ | ||
To the Rev. Elwyn Davies | 137 | |
A Busy Summer | ||
To Mr Peter Golding | 138 | |
‘Better Times are Coming’ | ||
7. | On Evangelical Unity and the Threat of Ecumenism | |
To Mr and Mrs H. F. R. Catherwood | 141 | |
A Wider Unity in England? | ||
To the Editor of Barn | 143 | |
Controversy with Aneirin Talfan Davies on Christian Unity | ||
To the Editor of Barn | 157 | |
Controversy Continued | ||
To the Rev. Graham S. Harrison | 163 | |
The Unity of Evangelical Churches | ||
To the Rev. C. M. Hilton Day | 164 | |
On Leaving a Denomination | ||
To the Rev. K. W. H. Howard | 165 | |
The London Baptist Association and Church Unity | ||
Dr Philip E. Hughes | 167 | |
Anticipation of a Crisis | ||
To the Rev. Graham S. Harrison | 169 | |
Further Comment on the Unity of Evangelical Churches | ||
To the Rev. David N. Samuel | 170 | |
Membership of the Westminster Fellowship | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel, 1967 | 171 | |
Denominations and a ‘World Church’: a ‘turning point in history’ | ||
To Dr Philip E. Hughes | 174 | |
Did Calvin Practise Secession? | ||
To the Rev. Graham S. Harrison | 175 | |
Counsel in Discouraging Days | ||
To the Members of Westminster Chapel, 1968 | 176 | |
The Change for the Worse among Evangelicals | ||
To the Rev. Elwyn Davies | 179 | |
Chairmanship of the BEC Council | ||
To Dr David Samuel | 180 | |
Controversy over ‘Growing into Union’ | ||
To Dr Philip E. Hughes | 181 | |
Thoughts of Westminster Seminary | ||
Continuing Controversy in England | ||
To the Rev. Alan Francis | 183 | |
Attitude to the Baptist Union | ||
8. | Queries and Controversies | |
To the Editor of the Glasgow Herald | 187 | |
Church and Public Mind | ||
To the Editor of the British Weekly | 188 | |
Evangelical Christianity Means More than Calvinism | ||
To Professor Donald MacKay | 190 | |
Scientific Knowledge not a Key to Scripture | ||
To the Rev. J. Gwyn-Thomas | 192 | |
Distinguishing between a Psychological and a Spiritual Problem | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 193 | |
Disappointment in the Ministry | ||
To the Rev. Llewelyn Williams | 194 | |
The Biography of T. C. Williams | ||
To Mr L. B. Gunn | 195 | |
The Sufferings of Christ | ||
John A. Schep | 196 | |
Pentecostalist Controversy and the Need for Discernment | ||
To the Rev. Dr Klaas Runia | 198 | |
Definitions which Leave no Room for Revival | ||
To Dr Gerald Golden | 201 | |
Faith Healing and Maynard James | ||
To Dr Gerald Golden | 202 | |
The Baptism of the Spirit | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 204 | |
Fanaticism in Chard, Somerset | ||
To Mr John Knight | 205 | |
Speaking in Tongues | ||
To Dr E. G. Gerald Roberts | 205 | |
Preserving the Lives of Severely Handicapped Babies | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 207 | |
Faith Healing and the C M F Memorandum | ||
To Dr Douglas Johnson | 208 | |
Observing Faith-Healing Conferences | ||
9. | The ‘Retirement’ Years | |
To the Members of Westminster Chapel | 213 | |
The Farewell Letter, 1968 | ||
To the Rev. Eric J. Alexander | 216 | |
Maintaining a Biblical Ministry at Westminster | ||
To Mrs John B. E. Thomas | 218 | |
Her Husband’s Death, a ‘Grievous Blow’ to Wales | ||
To the Rev. Geoffrey Thomas | 219 | |
The Death of John Thomas | ||
To Mr and Mrs H. F. R. Catherwood | 220 | |
Generosity Shared | ||
To Dr Philip E. Hughes | 221 | |
News of Books | ||
To the Rev. lain H. Murray | 222 | |
Discussion of Publications | ||
To Mrs J. Gwyn-Thomas | 223 | |
On the Death of her Husband | ||
To the Rev. lain H. Murray | 224 | |
The Ephesians Series | ||
To the Rev. lain H. Murray | 225 | |
Dallimore on Whitefield, volume 2 | ||
To the Rev. Elwyn Davies | 226 | |
The Bala Conference | ||
To Pastor Douglas D. Jones | 226 | |
Fulfilling a Preaching Engagement | ||
To Mr Ron L. Riseborough | 227 | |
The Right Attitude to Controversy | ||
To Mr Wallace Crichton | 229 | |
Helping the Next Generation | ||
To Dr Gerald Golden | 230 | |
News of ML-J’s Health | ||
To the Rev. Ron Clarke | 231 | |
New Experiences and Faith | ||
To Dr Philip E. Hughes | 232 | |
Last Testimony and Greetings | ||
To Professor R. Strang Miller | 233 | |
A Farewell Note | ||
To the Rev. Alan C. Clifford | 234 | |
Thanks to an Author | ||
To the Rev. John A. Caiger | 235 | |
The Future of the Westminster Fellowship | ||
Index | 239
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Iain Murray says in his introduction to Banner’s collection of Lloyd-Jones’s letters that he hoped to convey the “everyday humanity” of the great preacher in his selection of letters. This, in my opinion, is the most rewarding feature of the book. I especially enjoyed Lloyd-Jones’s letters to his wife that report his travels and preaching engagements. His love for the beauty of nature comes through, but his reporting in general of the trips is also interesting.
This collection, as intended, is a great companion to Murray’s biography and helps to add some color and fine detail to the picture he paints in that book. It is also a source of encouragement to pastors, not only to see how Lloyd-Jones exercised part of his pastoral ministry through letters, but also to see his comments on such issues as faith healing or the lives of severely handicapped babies. Still, the greatest encouragement to be found in the letters is perhaps the opportunity to be reminded that Lloyd-Jones—like all of us—was a man of “everyday humanity” and not some otherworldly personality who only was at home in the pulpit.