Lloyd-Jones

Messenger of Grace.
A fascinating study focusing on three
significant themes relating to Lloyd-Jones' ministry: the nature of true
preaching; the importance of full assurance of salvation for a vibrant and
persuasive Christianity; and the grounds of fellowship between Christians and
churches. Contains previously unpublished material and a CD of a Lloyd-Jones
sermon.
'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, great preacher though he was, he belongs only
to the past. For others, he speaks directly to the current church situation.
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 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; and 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.
Recommended €
28,9