Comments on: A Crowd of Witnesses

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:17:23 +0000

Thank you for this post. I enjoyed the focus on seeing those before us and with us as witnesses and testimonies to God and His work. Reminded me of Paul writing in a letter that the people in the church (forgive me, I’m forgetting which letter!) could look to him for an example of the Christian life. He also wrote in his second letter to the Corinthians: where he is weak, he is strong because of Christ.

By: Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:53:47 +0000

The NLT uses the word crowd, but the actual word is cloud. I used both.

By: David McKay

David McKay — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:44:19 +0000

Crowd or cloud?

By: Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:08:23 +0000

Look at the link on Murray.

All his Spugeon books are excellent.

I love his book on Wesley, and his book on The Old Evangelicalism.

By: CBrunette

CBrunette — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:59:09 +0000

Could you recommend some of Mr. Murray’s titles? I work at a University library which is feverishly purchasing books for “collection development”. There is about a 75% chance of actually putting a book on the shelf after I suggest it. I know there is an active Reformed Christian Bible study on campus who would appreciate the reading material.

By: Ponder

Ponder — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:14:56 +0000

I can’t agree with you more on the fact that we look to many of our heros as flawless. Many a times I have had people I hold on pedestals and when they fail that pedistal comes crashing down. Who I thought was Superman was actually Clark Kent, what I thought was the Hope Diamond was no more than crystal zirconium. Those people were only human, and I can’t blame them for that.
The older I get, the more I realize that we don’t need a diety to look at, we need an actual person. I love what you said yesterday,Michael when you compared MLK’s flaws to David in the Bible, and that even though David made countless flaws he was still used by God nonetheless. I think a lot of people lose sight of that.

By: John H

John H — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:34:30 +0000

I’m a big fan of Iain Murray as well. His two-volume biography of MLJ, his works on Spurgeon, “The Puritan Hope” – great stuff. It helps that he writes wonderfully well.