The Gospel in Genesis: From Fig Leaves to Faith by Martyn Lloyd-JonesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'm frustrated because I just wrote a lengthy review that got deleted. So I'm going to be much more brief. Martyn Lloyd-Jones ("the Doctor") was the minister at Westminster Chapel in London for 30 years. His influence in the Reformed evangelical world is hard to overestimate. He's know for his Biblical preaching and his ability to push the text to affect the minds and hearts of his hearers.
Crossway has done the church a great service in publishing previously unavailable sermons from Lloyd-Jones. The Gospel in Genesis is a collection of 9 sermons on Genesis 3-12. Lloyd-Jones argues that these chapters are important, first, because the whole story of the Bible can be seen in the first few chapters of Genesis (at least in seed form). He also argues that the story of the world makes sense when we view it through the lens of Genesis. And lastly, Genesis makes sense of your life personally: who you are, who you want to be, your pain, struggles, and obstacles.
Chapter 4 "Where Art Thou" is the most powerful sermon. Lloyd-Jones challenges the reader to consider how God is pursuing you, like he did Adam and Eve in the Garden. And also to consider how you may be trying to evade him.
Read this book if you're a pastor planning to teach from the early chapters of Genesis, or a lay person looking for a devotional based on the exposition of Biblical texts.
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Oh, come on Josh, you know we're all waiting with bated breadth for your chapter by chapter, word by word review of Rob Bell's Love Wins.
ReplyDeleteYeah right. I probably should get around to reading it. I don't have much motivation as none of my people are really into Bell.
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