A major selection of evangelistic sermons from the Old Testament is now published for the first time. There is an extended introduction by Iain H. Murray, on 'The Evangelistic Use of the Old Testament in the Preaching of Dr Lloyd-Jones'.
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor who was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminster Chapel in London. Lloyd-Jones was strongly opposed to Liberal Christianity, which had become a part of many Christian denominations; he regarded it as aberrant. He disagreed with the broad church approach and encouraged evangelical Christians (particularly Anglicans) to leave their existing denominations. He believed that true Christian fellowship was possible only amongst those who shared common convictions regarding the nature of the faith.
Powerful examples of preaching the gospel in the Old Testament. These sermons illustrate the truth of 2 Timothy 3:
2 Timothy 3:15
[15] and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Brilliant. Every chapter shines light on easily overlooked truths and realities of the gospel in the OT. Wish I’d read it years ago, so clear and powerful and faithful to the written Word.
an excellent collection of sermons from a surgeon of souls. just as a doctor explains what’s normal and abnormal, he presents what man is as God intended, and a most thorough pathology of what’s wrong in man. by thorough i mean he explains its different manifestations based on a definitive diagnosis of sin; and it is as definitive as a pathologist diagnosed a disease grossly, histologically, molecularly, and genetically. by it he is also able to eliminate other differential diagnoses that the world gives. lastly, he gives The Cure as a glorious, willing, able, and loving cure that Christ is. on a personal note, lloyd jones read my past so accurately. i found it such a winsome and soul-stirring read.
Excellent book! I wouldn't recommend reading it "continuously" over a short period of time because many of the sermon illustrations are similar and it might start feeling repetitive. I read one sermon a week as a "day off read" and that was a good interval for me.