The Crises of the Christ

by G. Campbell Morgan

Fully edited and with an active Table of Contents, "The Crises of the Christ" is a series of reflections on seven key aspects of the life of Christ and how they reveal the redemptive work of God. As Morgan states, the focus is "not so much upon the words of His lips, or His working of wonders and signs, as upon His accomplishment of a Divine work…Of these crises there are seven. The initial, that of the birth of Jesus, then secondly, the baptism; thirdly, the temptation; fourthly, the transfiguration; fifthly, the crucifixion; sixthly, the resurrection; and seventhly, the ascension. These are not at equal distances as to time, but they follow in orderly sequence, and in their entirety contain the whole story of that work by which redemption has been wrought for the race." (33 chapters).

G. Campbell Morgan was a well-known and highly regarded preacher and Bible teacher in England. He worked closely with D. L. Moody, F. B. Meyer and Martyn Lloyd-Jones and for over 20 years was pastor of Westminster Chapel. He left an amazing legacy in written books and sermons that still encourage, instruct and challenge today!

Genres: Theology, Christian

308 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2015

About the author

Reverend Doctor George Campbell Morgan D.D. was a British evangelist, preacher and a leading Bible scholar. A contemporary of Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, Morgan preached his first sermon at age 13. He was the pastor of Westminster Chapel in London from 1904 to 1919, and from 1933 to 1943, pausing briefly between to work at Biola in Los Angeles, which he eventually handed over to Martyn Lloyd Jones.

Morgan was a prolific author, writing over 60 works in his lifetime, not counting the publishing of some of his sermons as booklets and pamphlets. In addition to composing extensive biblical commentaries, and writing on myriad topics related to the Christian life and ministry, his essay entitled "The Purposes of the Incarnation" is included in a famous and historic collection called The Fundamentals—a set of 90 essays edited by the famous R. A. Torrey, who himself was successor to D. L. Moody both as an evangelist and pastor—which is widely considered to be the foundation of the modern Christian Fundamentalist movement.

Reviews

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“He was the God-Man. Not God indwelling a man. Of such there have been many. Not a man deified. Of such there have been none save in the myths of pagan systems of thought; but God and man, combining in one personality the two natures, a perpetual enigma and mystery, baffling the possibility of explanation.”
– G.Campbell Morgan, The Crises of the Christ.

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

G. Campbell Morgan offers many unique insights on the person and work of Christ that I have not found anywhere else. I highly recommend this book as a devotional read or to prepare for teaching.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Morgan has a special way with words. They stay with you. Here's just a taste of the delight waiting to be discovered on the pages of his books.

Did you ever watch the children playing on the seashore? How I have watched them, the goldenhaired, laughing-eyed, dimple-fisted darlings! I ask this little group what they are doing, and they tell me that they are digging a big hole. What for, I say to them, and they reply, We want to see if the sea can fill it. The hole is dug, and the bairns stand on the mounds of sand, and I wait with them. We wait and watch and wonder as the waves come nearer in, those white horses of the mighty deep, and at last one, the seventh, perchance, stronger and bigger than his brothers, breaks up and over the hole with the sweet swish of summer music, and I look and they look. What has happened? Is the hole filled? More exceedingly, more exceedingly! And the sea is yet behind!
"Where sin abounded grace did abound more exceedingly."

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good things here and some very not so good things. Morgan was much influenced by post-enlightenment philosophy and it shows in his Theology Proper, his Christology, and his squishy Creator-creature distinctions. Read with caution.