The Christ-Centered Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Classic Sermons for the Church Today
Overview
Throughout history, there have been certain figures who have stood the test of time and had an enduring impact on the church at large. One such person was the famed Welsh preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones. In this carefully curated collection of sermons, contemporary readers are introduced to one of the most influential pastors of the twentieth century. Compiled and edited by his daughter and grandson, this powerful anthology will help you learn from Lloyd-Jones’ prophetic preaching.
Top Highlights
“‘blindness’ and ‘darkness’ are indicative of ignorance” (Page 19)
“So I would lay it down as a basic proposition that the primary task of the church is not to educate man, it is not to heal him physically or psychologically, it is not to make him happy. I will go further: it is not even to make him good. These are things that accompany salvation, and when the church performs her true task she does incidentally educate men and give them knowledge and information, she does bring them happiness, she does make them good and better than they were.” (Page 21)
“I never find Jesus Christ changing his gospel in order to make it suit the people. Rather, I find him changing the people in order to make them fit into his gospel. We can be perfectly certain that there will be no true revival in this country, in spite of what may be happening round about us, until we return to the royal pattern.” (Pages 37–38)
“As we shall see, his whole emphasis is not upon what they are to do but upon what God has done, is doing, and is going to do for them. They are to continue not by clenching their teeth in a spirit of courageous determination but rather by ‘setting their affections on things above.’” (Page 56)
“Preaching is a demonstration of the Spirit and of power. And a man has to realize, after he has prepared his sermons, that however perfectly he may have done so, that it is all waste and useless unless the power of the Spirit comes upon it and upon him. He must pray for that.” (Page 139)
- Title: The Christ-Centered Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Classic Sermons for the Church Today
- Author: David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sermons, English › 20th century
- ISBNs: 9781433541025, 9781433541056, 9781433541032, 9781433541049, 1433541025, 143354105X, 1433541033, 1433541041
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTCNTRDPRCHN
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:40:12Z
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981) is recognized as one of the last century’s most gifted preachers and writers. He was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century.
Lloyd-Jones first studied medicine, but left that field and went to Wales in 1927 to follow his calling to preach. He became the minister of a Welsh Presbyterian Church in Abervon, South Wales where he ministered for a decade.
In 1929, Lloyd-Jones went to London where he was appointed the associate pastor of Westminster Chapel working alongside G. Campbell Morgan. This ministry lasted for 30 years until Lloyd-Jones retired in 1968. He also served at Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Students which is known today as the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.
Through his books and commentaries, Lloyd Jones has had a profound influence upon the Christian church and the lives of many worldwide. His books include The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith, Great Doctrines of the Bible, and the titles in the Crossway D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Collection and Select Expositions of Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
