Expository Sermons on 2 Peter (paperback)

Expository Sermons on 2 Peter (paperback)When Dr. Lloyd Jones preached these twenty five sermons on 2 Peter (October 1946 1947) comparatively few saw their far reaching significance. The minister of Westminster Chapel, London, was proposing to rebuild a congregation on lines strangely unfamiliar in post war Britain. The sermons form authoritative, expository preaching and, still more, their content, were against all the prevailing trends. J. I. Packer, one of his younger hearers in the late

When Dr. Lloyd-Jones preached these twenty-five sermons on 2 Peter (October 1946-1947) comparatively few saw their far-reaching significance. The minister of Westminster Chapel, London, was proposing to rebuild a congregation on lines strangely unfamiliar in post-war Britain. The sermons’ form- authoritative, expository preaching — and, still more, their content, were against all the prevailing trends. J. I. Packer, one of his younger hearers in the late 1940s, has written: ‘I had never heard such preaching and was electrified. All that I know about preaching, I can honestly say, I learned from “the Doctor”. I have never heard another preacher with so much of God about him’.

The content of this volume is its chief warrant for publication. But as a record of Dr. Lloyd-Jones’ first extensive series of sermons on any one book of Scripture it also has some special interest. With treatment which is broader and less detailed than normal (intentionally he does not deal with every verse) his hearers were introduced to expository preaching. Now, in this format, his 2 Peter sermons will provide an introduction for others to a type of reading which is able, under God, to strengthen Christians and churches around the world.

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780851517711

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), minister of Westminster Chapel in London for 30 years, was one of the foremost preachers of his day. His many books have brought profound spiritual encouragement to millions around the world.

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Pretty much anything by Martyn Lloyd-Jones is going to get 5 stars from me. His books (most of which are collections of sermons preached in one of his two pastorates)are the most important in my library next to the Holy Scriptures themselves. For me to read him is to experience personal revival with each page. This collection of sermons from 2 Peter is not exception, however there are some marked differences to point out. He preached this series of sermons right after assuming the preaching duties at Westminster Chapel from Dr. Morgan. Morgan, who was a great devotional preacher and author, was not the analytical, verse by verse expositor that Dr. Lloyd-Jones was becoming. Lloyd-Jones knew this so to begin to ease the congregation in to his style he did this series in which he covers more verses per message (in his magesterial expositions of Ephesians & Romans he could spend weeks on a single word or phrase!)and also did not attempt to fully expound every verse.

For this reason this book will serve as a great introduction to the Doctor for the newcomer, and for those familiar with his preaching it is an interesting & educational glimpse at his development as an expositor. Jeff Green