Collected Writings of John Murray
Volume 3: Life, Sermons, Reviews
Weight | 0.82 kg |
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Dimensions | 24.1 × 16.5 × 3.6 cm |
ISBN | 9780851513379 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Format | Book |
Page Count | 404 |
Volume | 3 |
Original Pub Date | 1982 |
Banner Pub Date | Oct 1, 1982 |
Book Description
Since the publication of volumes one and two of the Collected Writings of John Murray, this third volume in the series has been eagerly awaited. As promised, it contains an extensive account of Murray’s life and the first published collection of his sermons. Added to these are the penetrating and valuable book reviews which he contributed to The Westminster Theological Journal during the period 1939-1953. Iain H. Murray’s biography of John Murray traces his life from his boyhood days in the north of Scotland at the turn of the century, through the First World War (in which he suffered the loss of one eye), his theological training at Princeton and his long ministry as a Seminary Professor in Philadelphia, until his retirement, his return to his native Scotland, and his late marriage and brief period of fatherhood. The biography closes with a moving account of his last days during the early months of 1974.
Preaching was never merely an adjunct to Murray’s work. On the contrary it was, for him, the reason why the teaching of theology exists. By his own example as a preacher he showed how all the great peaks and valleys of divine revelation are intended ‘to lead needy men and women into the riches of God’s counsel’. His sermons, including examples of his brief ‘table addresses’ given at communion services, exhibit the wonderful balance between profound theology and personal devotion to Christ as Saviour and Lord in which he passionately believed.
As Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary, John Murray reviewed some of the most significant theological works for the Seminary’s Journal. Not only did he provide critiques of many books, but at the same time he engaged in a dialogue with them which evoked his own insights and expositions of biblical truth. This quality gives his reviews (like those of his predecessor in the Princeton tradition, B.B Warfield) a permanent value.
Volume 3 of Murray’s Collected Writings brings to the reader both the story of his life and some of the choicest fruit of his ministry.
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Page | ||
Preface | xi | |
I | LIFE OF JOHN MURRAY | |
1. The Youngest Son of Badea | 3 | |
2. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1924-1927 | 17 | |
3. By Ways Not Known | 32 | |
4. Alongside Gresham Machen | 46 | |
5. The Struggles of the Later Thirties | 66 | |
6. Events in the War Years | 79 | |
7. The Seminary Professor | 91 | |
8. Glimpses of Personal Life | 107 | |
9. The Wider Influence | 122 | |
10. ‘The New Work’ | 138 | |
II | SERMONS | |
1. The Mystery of Providence, Job 23:10-12 | 161 | |
2. Prayer, Psalm 116:1-2 | 168 | |
3. The Call to the Ministry, Jeremiah 1:5-7 | 172 | |
4. The Name ‘Jesus’, Matthew 1:21 | 178 | |
5. Divine Thanksgiving for Divine Sovereignty, Matthew 11:25-28 | 185 | |
6. A Lesson in Forgiveness, Matthew 18:15-17 | 190 | |
7. Christ in All the Assemblies of His People, Matthew 18:20 | 194 | |
8. The Bridegroom’s Friend, John 3:29 | 199 | |
9. The Father’s Donation, John 6:37 | 204 | |
10. The Power of the Holy Spirit and the Christian Ministry, John 16:7-13 | 210 | |
11. The Father’s Love, Romans 8:32 | 215 | |
12. Love to Christ Indispensable, 1 Corinthians 16:22 | 222 | |
13. The Riches and the Poverty of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 8:9 | 226 | |
14. The Mystery of Godliness, Philippians 2:5-9 | 236 | |
15. The Death of the Godly, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 14 | 242 | |
16. Paul an Example, 1 Timothy 1:12-16 | 247 | |
17. Holy Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17 | 256 | |
18. The Pilgrimage to Perfection, 1 John 3:1-3 | 263 | |
19. God’s Love and Our Life, 1 John 4:9, 10 | 268 | |
III | AT THE LORD’S TABLE | |
Fencing the Table | 275 | |
Table Addresses | 280 | |
IV | REVIEWS 1939-1953 | |
1. S. W. Carruthers: The Westminster Confession of Faith | 291 | |
2. John Baillie: Our Knowledge of God | 295 | |
3. J. S. Whale: Christian Doctrine | 301 | |
4. Floyd E. Hamilton: The Basis of Millennial Faith | 304 | |
5. W. E. Sangster: The Path to Perfection. An Examination and Restatement of John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection | 307 | |
6. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance | 311 | |
7. S. W. Carruthers: The Everyday Work of the Westminster Assembly | 317 | |
8. Guy Franklin Hershberger: War, Peace, and Nonresistance | 320 | |
9. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A Study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance | 324 | |
10. Geoffrey F. Nuttall: The Holy Spirit in Puritan Faith and Experience | 324 | |
11. Samuel G. Craig: Christianity Rightly So Called | 329 | |
12. E. L. Mascall: Christ, the Christian and the Church. A Study of the Incarnation and its Consequences | 333 | |
13. Athanasius: The Incarnation of the Word | 336 | |
14. John Calvin: Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans | 337 | |
15. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible | 339 | |
16. D. M. Baillie: God was in Christ: An Essay on Incarnation and Atonement | 340 | |
17. Auguste Lecerf: An Introduction to Reformed Dogmatics | 345 | |
18. Abraham Booth: The Reign of Grace from its Rise to its Consummation | 349 | |
19. Anders Nygren: Commentary on Romans | 450 | |
20. Henry Clarence Thiessen: Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology | 356 | |
21. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Person and Work of Christ | 358 | |
22. William Croft Dickinson (ed.): John Knox’s History of the Reformation in Scotland | 361 | |
23. J. M. Bates: A Manual of Doctrine | 362 | |
24. Alan Richardson (ed.): A Theological Word Book of the Bible | 367 | |
25. Leonard Hodgson: The Doctrine of the Atonement | 371 | |
26. Geerhardus Vos: The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church | 375 | |
L. Berkhof: The Kingdom of God | ||
27. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: Biblical and Theological Studies | 376 | |
28. Edward A. Dowey, Jr: The Knowledge of God in Calvin’s Theology | 377 |
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