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Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Is it Really Possible to Believe in a Form of Evolution and Still be a Christian?

February 27, 2010

I received the following email, and with the writer’s consent, thought it would be good to publish it here. Remember that the discussion I intended is not about what I personally believe on this issue, nor about what it is best for a Bible-loving believer to believe. Rather, it’s about whether arguing about evolution is [...]

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MLJ Monday-The Christian Life Is Not Automatic

February 15, 2010

Lloyd-Jones makes a great point in the quote below. The only thing I would add is that many people today think that simple preaching of doctrine will automatically lead to a transformed life. Lloyd-Jones is right when he says we must be taught to think. We need practical guidance to help us [...]

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Knowledge Puffs Up

November 8, 2009

This quote from Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones is taken from his Ephesians series of sermons which I keep going back to. He challenges those who settle for a purely intellectual dimension to their Christian faith. Like so much of what he said it is if anything MORE relevant to us today than it was when [...]

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Interview With “Bones” A Pastor From Zimbabwe

November 6, 2009

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a soft spot for this troubled African country. It was where my wife grew up for a start. Also, who cannot feel compassion for this nation which should be one of the wealthiest in Africa and yet faces abject poverty?
What amazes me is the way God [...]

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Doing It My Way Is Not The Right Way – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

October 19, 2009

I want to share today from The Doctor on the problem of self. Our society tells us to feed our independence, our self-sufficiency and as a result our pride. The Doctor wisely points to a very different way:
How well the devil knows our human weakness! There is no method, therefore, that he more [...]

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‘Politics is Futile’ – The Doctor

October 12, 2009

The Christian world is divided between those who think Christians spend too little attention to this world and its political problems and those who think we spend too much. Being “in the world but not of the world” surely means we have room for error at either extreme. My observation? American Christians seem [...]

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What Would The Doctor Have Thought Of Sex Education?

September 28, 2009

The Doctor makes a strong point below, but I wonder if he might think differently in this society where our kids will learn about sex at school, and unless we are eternally vigilant, on TV. I do want my children to learn about these things form me and Andree, but at the same time I [...]

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MLJ on Spiritual Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12

May 25, 2009

The following quote from the Doctor expresses something important that many people don’t fully agree with today. Now, I am sure that the Doctor did not mean to say that the Spirit only works in us in these direct, spiritual ways. Clearly for example the Spirit inspires a preacher, and he inspires an administrator, and [...]

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MLJ- Don’t Limit God!

May 3, 2009

Martyn Lloyd-Jones diagnoses the problem with the people of Israel. His diagnosis also reflects on us today. He is speaking from Psalm 78:41.
The ultimate charge that he brings against them is that they were guilty of “limit[ing] the Holy One of Israel.” Now some translations translate this as, “they provoked the Holy One of Israel,” [...]

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The Doctor on Direct Interventions By God Today

March 16, 2009

UPDATE- I have found the original source and as it is only now availble on the wayback machine include a copy here.———
The Doctor thinks we are crazy if we reject the notion of God intervenng directly in human history today. This quote makes me want to pray more for him to stretch out [...]

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Do You KNOW Christ?

March 9, 2009

I will simply let “The Doctor” speak for himself today. This has to be one of the most challenging quotes from him I have ever read:
“. . . The secret of the early Christians, the early Protestants, Puritans and Methodists was that they were taught about the love of Christ, and they became filled [...]

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The Return of The Doctor

March 2, 2009

No, I am not back from my blogging semi-retirement! This blog is still on automatic pilot and is on a STRICT rev-limiter. Until such time as the complete draft of my book is in the hands of my publisher (which should be in 1 months time), I will not be posting more than [...]

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MLJ – What is the Greatest Need of the Church?

January 12, 2009

“The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and most urgent need in the Church, it is obviously the greatest need of the world also.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, p. 9
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MLJ On the Mind-Numbing Qualities of Television

December 1, 2008

On Friday I shared a quote about why Piper doesn’t own a TV. I can’t find any evidence to suggest that the Doctor also abstained from this modern form of entertainemnt. There are multiple references to the things “we watch on televion” in his sermons. However, Martyn Lloyd-Jones had serious reservations about TV, as this [...]

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