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.
I first read these sermons on Ephesians 3 in 1997 and this year returned to the chapters on Paul’s magnificent in prayer in verses 14-21 (essentially, chapters 7-24 in this book). They are some of the best sermons on spiritual experience I’ve ever read, and represent Martyn Lloyd-Jones at his best.
This is possibly the most spiritually edifying book I've read. It is hard to say that, because so many of 'the Doctor's' books (especially his series in Romans) have had a powerful impact on me. But in the course of reading these sermons, there were countless times when I simply had to stop and pray, because of a greater spiritual understanding, and a sense of the presence and love of God - and a hunger for more of God - to know Jesus abiding in my heart, and to love Him more - to be filled with all the fullness of God. He is everything. We are satisfied with Jesus, and every longing fulfilled in Him.
A phenomenal meditation and exposition of one of the most soaring chapters in the whole Bible. Essentially a collection of a deep dive sermon series, these are incredibly readable and insightful thoughts on scripture. I loved his particular emphasis on who the Apostle Paul was and how that impacted his writing. It is a beautiful marrying of theological truth, historical facts and spiritual encouragement that any Christian would be built up by.