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Seven Leaders
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’; and 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.
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Publication
- Publisher
- The Banner of Truth Trust
- Date published
- Apr 17, 2017
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Cloth-bound
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 296 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9781848717398
Reference
- E-book / audio
- ePub, Mobi
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. John Elias and Revival
- Youth, Anglesey and Marriage
- An Evangelist in Times of Awakening
- Wider Ministry
- Elias as a Watchman
- Calvinistic Belief Challenged
- 2. Andrew A. Bonar: Fellowship with Christ
- The Years of Preparation
- The Glasgow Ministry, 1856–1892
- M‘Cheyne Dies and the Biography Lives
- Times of Revival
- Isabella Bonar
- Godliness and Usefulness
- What Follows from Communion with God
- Why Are We Impoverished?
- 3. The Rediscovery of Archie Brown
- Called to Christ and to Preach
- The Awakening at Stepney
- Deaths and Sorrows
- The Enlarged Work
- The Man and the Message
- The Place of the Holy Spirit
- Note: C. H. Spurgeon on How to Obtain and Retain the Attention of our Hearers
- 4. Kenneth A. MacRae: Preacher and Pastor
- Lessons from the Diaries of Fifty Years
- The Preparation
- Governing Principles of Ministry
- The Preparation of Sermons
- The Holy Spirit in Preaching
- 5. Understanding Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Start with Theology
- Life-Changing Experience
- Controversy over the Preaching of the Gospel
- Public Worship
- Doctrine and Revival
- The Imprint of Faith on Life
- Six Rules for Preachers
- Note: Was Lloyd-Jones an Amyraldian?
- 6. W. J. Grier: Against Frittering Life Away
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- Presbyterians in Turmoil
- The Irish Evangelical Church
- Personal Trials
- The Decades which Followed
- Correspondence on Books and Authors
- The Last Years of Work
- Note: The Recovery of the Old Princeton Seminary Authors
- 7. John MacArthur: Preaching and Scripture
- Biography
- Faith in the Word of God
- Without Scripture the Knowledge of God Is Lost
- Without Scripture a Sense of Sin Is Lost
- Where the Bible is not Upheld the Church Turns to Other Means to Promote Her Influence
- Where Scripture Is not Honoured Doctrine Is Discounted
- Scripture and Unity
- Note: The Inerrant Word
- Endnotes
- General Index
- Index of Authors and Works Cited