Revivalist/Predestinarian Enthusiasts "Enthuse" Over Lloyd-Jones's Sermon Release

Rev. Dr. Scott Clark. Recovering the Reformed
Confessions.  Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian
and Reformed, 2008.  Print.  A must-have,
a must-read, and must-ponder.

The Baptacostalists, including MacArthurian enthusiasts, quasi-Reformed enthusiasts (without Confessions or liturgies), Anabaptist exhorters, Phil Johnsonians at PyroManiacs (the title itself is telling), Frank Turkishites (again, no Confessions or liturgies), and (British-type) Evangelical types (like Dr. Carl Trueman) "enthuse" over the imminent release of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones's sermons.  Oh my, the second coming? We even have a PCA Pastor--who won't be named--enthusing over the release of these sermons, as if older scholars haven't said what Martyn said.  Hodge, Luther, Calvin, Meyer or others? Or the great Confessions of the Reformation?

The "Biggest Announcement," the lead enthusiast of Crossway tells us, Justin Taylor.  Really?  Is it this big?

Was Westminster Chapel instrumental in catechetical instruction?  Liturgical education? 

Oh, oh.  Justin Taylor tells us this is the "biggest announcement" from MJL Trust. So be it, but it ain't the "biggest announcement" in church history, Justin.


http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2012/04/11/the-biggest-announcement-the-martyn-lloyd-jones-trust-will-ever-make/?comments#comments


Justin Taylor|8:38 pm CT

The Biggest Announcement the Martyn-Lloyd Jones Trust Will Ever Make

Jonathan Catherwood:


This is probably the biggest announcement the MLJ Trust will ever make. Starting from tomorrow, April 12th, all 1,600 recorded sermons by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones will be available to download, at no cost, to anyone who wants to listen to them! There are no exceptions, so the Ephesians sermons, Romans sermons, etc. will all be available (it will take a few days to make sure that they are all included in the library). All one has to do is join the MLJ Library (membership is free of course) and start to download! Simply go to our newly updated site at http://www.mljtrust.org and click on “MLJ Library”.


This is a decision that the UK Board has been wrestling with for a long time, because by moving away from the sale of MP3 discs (and tapes before that), which has kept the Recordings Trust in existence for 30 years in God’s grace, they will become completely dependent (as we are in the United States MLJ Trust ministry), on the voluntary donations of brothers and sisters who feel called to support the ministry while downloading sermons.


In the end, however, and after much prayer and discussion, our brothers in the UK felt that as the world of low-cost distribution through the internet was now far reaching enough that most people around the world (even in developing countries) can gain access to this ministry through a computer, and as many other ministries have had a positive experience shifting to a voluntary donation approach to on-line sermons, they felt (as we do) that this change might be in accordance with God’s will.


While there is some nervousness about such a big change, it our our most earnest hope, on both sides of the Atlantic, that this announcement will help us to fulfill the objective that has fueled this ministry since its inception 30 years ago: To preserve, and make as widely available as possible, the doctrinal exposition of God’s word by the late Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a man who could never quite believe how God had used him for the benefit of the Gospel over his long ministry in the pulpit of Westminster Chapel.


This announcement eMail has been timed to coincide with our formal announcement at “Together for the Gospel”. This morning (Wednesday, April 11th), we will be making the announcement on stage to the approximately 7,000+ Christian leaders and teachers who will be attending, and we never forget that the participation of the MLJ Trust at this conference was made possible by the kind support of our subscribers.

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HT: @Phil_Johnson_