Quotes by Iain Murray

Iain Murray (b. 1931) — Kirchenhistoriker, Pastor und Autor · reformiert · Großbritannien

Iain Murray (* 1931) ist ein britischer reformierter Pastor, Kirchenhistoriker und Mitbegründer des Verlags Banner of Truth Trust. Er wurde vor allem durch seine Biografien historischer Glaubensgestalten wie Martyn Lloyd-Jones sowie durch seinen Einsatz für das theologische Erbe des Puritanismus und seine Kritik an ökumenischen und charismatischen Strömungen bekannt. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften vertiefte Einblicke in die reformierte Erweckungs- und Predigtgeschichte, wenngleich seine Darstellungen mitunter wegen einer stark konfessionell geprägten Perspektive diskutiert werden.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Grace & Redemption, Church & Congregation, Guilt & Forgiveness, Witness & Mission, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

Quotes by Iain Murray

To tell men the worst about themselves is not to hinder conversion. On the contrary, the real impediment to conversion is the absence of conviction of sin. The preacher’s first duty is to address that fact by awakening the conscience to the meaning of sin, and to sin understood not simply as wrong action requiring forgiveness, but as an evil principle governing man’s very heart. A sinner’s knowledge of his own inability is therefore part of the knowledge which leads him to recognize that what he needs is a new nature.

Iain Murray

Baptism and coming to the front are two essentially different things. One is an act which confirms the promises of salvation to believers, the other is a device intended to help men become believers. One bears witness to salvation, the other is represented as actually accomplishing something towards our salvation. One is an action commanded by Christ, the other is not.

Iain Murray

We are not for a moment asserting that no one is converted where the invitation system is employed, only that the system has, in reality, no connection with rebirth. Some are converted in spite of it, and not because of it.

Iain Murray

To deny the special love of God, and to believe that Christ loves all men equally, is to suppose that Christ has done no more for those the Father has given to Him than for mankind at large. But if Christians are no more loved than those who will finally be lost, the decisive factor in salvation becomes, not God’s grace and love, but something in them, and their perseverance becomes dependent upon themselves.

Iain Murray

Sources: banneroftruth.org, theopedia.com, ligonier.org

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