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Like Christ
Through this compelling classic, every Christian can learn how to allow the beauty of Christ's image to shine through him to the world.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1895
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Andrew Murray
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Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary. He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907).
Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.
Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary. He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship.
He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907).
Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.
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January 4, 2021
This book uncovers the importance of living and continously changing in the image of Jesus. It presents different aspects of the life of Jesus and the double purpose that He fullfills: Example and Atonner. It calls you to study the works and teachings of Jesus and to live a devoted life in the power of His life.For me it was a light for understanding the full God purpose for our life and the need of becoming more and more like our Savior.
November 30, 2018
A great 31 day devotional looking at 31 characteristics of Christ that we ought to model in our lives! I found myself looking forward to reading this one each morning after I got used to Murray’s writing!
September 10, 2020
Very good book that calls to a holly and devoted life! I listened to it as an audio book and will surely do it over and over again. It calls us to fix our eyes on Christ which is all we can really do as Christians.
December 31, 2025
6/5 stars. Uncomfortable, deep, probing, cleansing, unmissable. It was given to me by one of my kids friends, and I was blown away. It took a year to read at a souls pace, but it’s the best book on Christian sanctification and growth I’ve ever read, without caveat. Highly, highly recommend.
April 25, 2013
I wish this was required reading- for at least all pastors, if not all believers. So very very good.
January 25, 2023
“The life of Christ is, in very deed, the Law of the believers life “
Andrew Murray, always a rich read.
Andrew Murray, always a rich read.
December 28, 2024
Murray challenges us not only to believe in Jesus as Savior but follow Jesus as Lord to the glory of God. There are times he seems to emphasize works so much it sounds like lordship salvation.
December 31, 2025
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October 6, 2016
I love this book, my absolute favorite, Jesus love for us is unfathomable, but Murray manages to put into words the love that the father has for us, should be read by everyone, it is a relationship, not a religion that the world needs, "for he so loved the world,,,".
April 29, 2013
I love this book!
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