Seven Leaders: Preachers and Pastors

Book Description:

Spiritual leaders lead people to heaven. Here in Seven Leaders are accounts of seven such men, together with the distinctive features of their lives:

• in John Elias, the necessity of the power of the Holy Spirit;
• in Andrew Bonar, the reality of communion with Christ;
• in Archie Brown, the irresistibility of love;
• in Kenneth MacRae, the need for faithfulness to death;
• in Martyn Lloyd-Jones, theology and doctrine;
• in W. J. Grier, passing on the 'sacred deposit';
• in  John MacArthur, the governing authority of the word of God.

An Old Testament miracle once took place at a burial. We are told that when the deceased was 'let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet' (2 Kings 13:21). Through books, the past can be touched, and the consequence may be as much of God as when Martin Luther handled the old writings of Jan Huss. Records of faithful servants of Christ still speak and can bring new life today.

Table of Contents:
1. John Elias and Revival
2. Andrew A. Bonar: Fellowship with Christ
3. The Rediscovery of Archie Brown
4. Kenneth A. MacRae: Preacher and Pastor
5. Understanding Martyn Lloyd-Jones
6. W.J. Grier: Against Frittering Life Away
7. John MacArthur: Preaching and Scripture

Author:

Iain Hamish Murray, born in Lancashire, England, in 1931, was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and King William's College in the Isle of Man (1945-49). From 1956 he was for three years assistant to Dr Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel and there, with the late Jack Cullum, founded the Banner of Truth Trust in 1957. He left Westminster in 1961 for a nine-year pastorate at Grove Chapel, Camberwell. With the world-wide expansion of the Trust, Iain Murray became engaged full-time in its ministry from 1969 until 1981 when he responded to a call from St Giles Presbyterian Church, Sydney, Australia. Now based again in the UK, he and Jean live in Edinburgh.

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