The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones

This book is a re-cast, condensed and, in parts, re-written version of the author’s two volumes D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years (1982) and The Fight of Faith (1990). Since those dates, the life of Dr Lloyd-Jones has been the subject of comment and assessment in many publications and these have been taken into account. The main purpose of this further biography, however, is to put Dr Lloyd-Jones’ life before another generation in more accessible form. The big story is all here.

When Lloyd-Jones left medicine, he intended only to be an evangelist in a mission hall in South Wales. No one was more surprised than he in being called to a ministry which would eventually affect churches across the world. How this happened is here explained, but the theme is the person described by F. F. Bruce: ‘a thoroughly humble man. He was a man of prayer, a powerful evangelist, an expository preacher of rare quality, in the fullest sense a servant of the Word of God.’

Behind that theme a greater one emerges. In ML-J’s own words: ‘My whole life experiences are proof of the sovereignty of God and his direct interference in the lives of men. I cannot help believing what I believe. I would be a madman to believe anything else-the guiding hand of God! It is an astonishment to me.’

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781848711808

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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). He was converted in 1949 through the ministry at Hildenborough Hall, Tom and Jean Rees' Christian co

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God gave me a wonderful gift in the life of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. As I read this book I found a friend that I had never met, a teacher I had never sat under, and an example of faith. When I realized I was about to read the final chapter, I put the book down. All books come to an end, but this was the story of a life. I put it off for as long as I could, and I am glad that I did. I was able to read of the victorious passing of Lloyd-Jones on a day when I had nothing else to do. I didn’t realize how affected I would be, but I should have known that there would be tears streaming down my face as even previous portions of this wonderful book guided me into tearful prayer. The rest of the day my thoughts were full of the God that made such a man. Wesley Adams