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Below is a great first start for finding out more about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a pastor, teacher and scholar who influenced so many in the 20th and 21st centuries. John Piper does a thorough job exploring different facets of the career and beliefs of this man of God.
In July, 1959 Martyn Lloyd-Jones and his wife Bethan were on vacation in Wales. They attended a little chapel for a Sunday morning prayer meeting and Lloyd-Jones asked them, "Would you like me to give a word this morning?" The people hesitated because it was his vacation and they didn't want to presume on his energy. but his wife said, "Let him, preaching is his life" (see note 1). It was a true statement. In the preface to his powerful book, Preaching and Preachers, he said, "Preaching has been my life's work ... to me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and the most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called (see note 2).
Read more: Martyn Lloyd-Jones-The Preacher, by John Piper
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Woohoo! It's Fat Tuesday! Mardi Gras! Pancake Tuesday! The Tuesday before Lent, that is. It's the last day people can indulge in excess before they give it up for the season of deprivation. Of course, lots of people just enjoy the indulgence without following it with the deprivation of Lent...! Not that there's anything wrong with that...Laissez les bon temps roulez, right?!
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