Collected Writings of John Murray

Volume 3: Life, Sermons, Reviews

Author

John Murray

Category Collected Works/Sets, Theology Books

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Weight	1.8 lbs
Dimensions	9.5 × 6.5 × 1.4 in
ISBN	9780851513379
Binding	Cloth-bound
Topic	Prayer, The Church, Pastoral Biography, The Lord's Supper
Original Pub Date	1982
Banner Pub Date	Oct 1, 1982
Page Count	404
Format	Book

Book Description

Since the publication of volumes one and two of the Collected Writings of John Murray, this third volume in the series has been eagerly awaited. As promised, it contains an extensive account of Murray’s life and the first published collection of his sermons. Added to these are the penetrating and valuable book reviews which he contributed to The Westminster Theological Journal during the period 1939-1953. Iain H. Murray’s biography of John Murray traces his life from his boyhood days in the north of Scotland at the turn of the century, through the First World War (in which he suffered the loss of one eye), his theological training at Princeton and his long ministry as a Seminary Professor in Philadelphia, until his retirement, his return to his native Scotland, and his late marriage and brief period of fatherhood. The biography closes with a moving account of his last days during the early months of 1974.

Preaching was never merely an adjunct to Murray’s work. On the contrary it was, for him, the reason why the teaching of theology exists. By his own example as a preacher he showed how all the great peaks and valleys of divine revelation are intended ‘to lead needy men and women into the riches of God’s counsel’. His sermons, including examples of his brief ‘table addresses’ given at communion services, exhibit the wonderful balance between profound theology and personal devotion to Christ as Saviour and Lord in which he passionately believed.

As Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary, John Murray reviewed some of the most significant theological works for the Seminary’s Journal. Not only did he provide critiques of many books, but at the same time he engaged in a dialogue with them which evoked his own insights and expositions of biblical truth. This quality gives his reviews (like those of his predecessor in the Princeton tradition, B. B. Warfield) a permanent value.

Volume 3 of Murray’s Collected Writings brings to the reader both the story of his life and some of the choicest fruit of his ministry.

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	Preface	xi
I	LIFE OF JOHN MURRAY
	1. The Youngest Son of Badea	3
	2. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1924-1927	17
	3. By Ways Not Known	32
	4. Alongside Gresham Machen	46
	5. The Struggles of the Later Thirties	66
	6. Events in the War Years	79
	7. The Seminary Professor	91
	8. Glimpses of Personal Life	107
	9. The Wider Influence	122
	10. ‘The New Work’	138
II	SERMONS
	1. The Mystery of Providence, Job 23:10-12	161
	2. Prayer, Psalm 116:1-2	168
	3. The Call to the Ministry, Jeremiah 1:5-7	172
	4. The Name ‘Jesus’, Matthew 1:21	178
	5. Divine Thanksgiving for Divine Sovereignty, Matthew 11:25-28	185
	6. A Lesson in Forgiveness, Matthew 18:15-17	190
	7. Christ in All the Assemblies of His People, Matthew 18:20	194
	8. The Bridegroom’s Friend, John 3:29	199
	9. The Father’s Donation, John 6:37	204
	10. The Power of the Holy Spirit and the Christian Ministry, John 16:7-13	210
	11. The Father’s Love, Romans 8:32	215
	12. Love to Christ Indispensable, 1 Corinthians 16:22	222
	13. The Riches and the Poverty of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 8:9	226
	14. The Mystery of Godliness, Philippians 2:5-9	236
	15. The Death of the Godly, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 14	242
	16. Paul an Example, 1 Timothy 1:12-16	247
	17. Holy Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17	256
	18. The Pilgrimage to Perfection, 1 John 3:1-3	263
	19. God’s Love and Our Life, 1 John 4:9, 10	268
III	AT THE LORD’S TABLE
	Fencing the Table	275
	Table Addresses	280
IV	REVIEWS 1939-1953
	1. S. W. Carruthers: The Westminster Confession of Faith	291
	2. John Baillie: Our Knowledge of God	295
	3. J. S. Whale: Christian Doctrine	301
	4. Floyd E. Hamilton: The Basis of Millennial Faith	304
	5. W. E. Sangster: The Path to Perfection. An Examination and Restatement of John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection	307
	6. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance	311
	7. S. W. Carruthers: The Everyday Work of the Westminster Assembly	317
	8. Guy Franklin Hershberger: War, Peace, and Nonresistance	320
	9. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A Study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance	324
	10. Geoffrey F. Nuttall: The Holy Spirit in Puritan Faith and Experience	324
	11. Samuel G. Craig: Christianity Rightly So Called	329
	12. E. L. Mascall: Christ, the Christian and the Church. A Study of the Incarnation and its Consequences	333
	13. Athanasius: The Incarnation of the Word	336
	14. John Calvin: Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans	337
	15. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible	339
	16. D. M. Baillie: God was in Christ: An Essay on Incarnation and Atonement	340
	17. Auguste Lecerf: An Introduction to Reformed Dogmatics	345
	18. Abraham Booth: The Reign of Grace from its Rise to its Consummation	349
	19. Anders Nygren: Commentary on Romans	450
	20. Henry Clarence Thiessen: Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology	356
	21. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Person and Work of Christ	358
	22. William Croft Dickinson (ed.): John Knox’s History of the Reformation in Scotland	361
	23. J. M. Bates: A Manual of Doctrine	362
	24. Alan Richardson (ed.): A Theological Word Book of the Bible	367
	25. Leonard Hodgson: The Doctrine of the Atonement	371
	26. Geerhardus Vos: The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church	375
	L. Berkhof: The Kingdom of God
	27. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: Biblical and Theological Studies	376
	28. Edward A. Dowey, Jr: The Knowledge of God in Calvin’s Theology	377