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THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF JOHN MURRAY
John Murray

THESE FOUR VOLUMES ARE BACK IN PRINT AS OF FEBRUARY 2024!



"NO SET OF THEOLOGICAL WORKS HAVE HAD A MORE PROFOUND IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND MINISTRY THAN THESE VOLUMES BY PROF. JOHN MURRAY. EVERYONE CALLED TO PREACH OR TEACH GOD'S WORD CANNOT BE WITHOUT THIS MARVELOUS SET." - Michael Gaydosh, Founder of Solid Ground

THERE ARE FOUR VOLUMES

VOLUME ONE: THE CLAIMS OF TRUTH

Preface xi

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

1 The Study of the Bible 3

2 The Infallibility of Scripture 9

3 The Finality and Sufficiency of Scripture 16

4 The Unity of the Old and New Testaments 23

JESUS CHRIST

5 The Redeemer of God’s Elect 29

6 The Death of Christ 36

7 The Living Saviour 40

8 The Heavenly, Priestly Activity of Christ 44

9 The Atonement and the Free Offer of the Gospel 59

10 The Advent of Christ 86

WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND ITS TESTIMONY

11 The Banner of Westminster Seminary 99

12 Greeting to Entering Students, 1944 104

13 Charge to Edmund P. Clowney 107

14 Greeting to Entering Students, 1966 110

15 Edward J. Young: An Appreciation 113

THE GOSPEL AND ITS PROCLAMATION

16 The Grace of God 119

17 The Message of Evangelism 124

18 The Propagation of the Reformed Faith in New England 135

19 The Power of the Holy Spirit 138

20 Some Necessary Emphases in Preaching 143

21 Co-operation in Evangelism 152

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

22 Worship 165

23 Christian Doctrine and Life 169

24 The Christian Ethic 174

25 Adorning the Gospel 182

26 The Guidance of the Holy Spirit 186

THE MORAL LAW AND THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

27 The Sanctity of the Moral Law 193

28 The Sabbath Institution 205

29 The Pattern of the Lord’s Day 219

30 The Relevance of the Sabbath 225

THE CHURCH

31 The Church: Its Definition in Terms of ‘Visible’ and ‘Invisible’ Invalid 231

32 The Church: Its Identity, Functions and Resources 237

33 The Church and Mission 245

34 The Relation of Church and State 253

35 Government in the Church of Christ 260

36 The Biblical Basis for Ecclesiastical Union 269

37 Corporate Responsibility 273

38 The Creedal Basis of Union in the Church 280

HISTORICAL

39 Reformation 291

40 The Crux of the Reformation 298

41 Calvin as Theologian and Expositor 305

42 A Notable Tercentenary 312

43 The Importance and Relevance of the Westminster Confession 316

ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

44 The Significance of the Doctrine of Creation 325

45 The Relevance of the Historical 330

46 William Barclay and the Virgin Birth 340

47 God and the War 344

48 The Christian World Order 356

49 Christian Education 367



VOLUME TWO: SELECT LECTURES IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

Preface vii

SECTION I

1 The Origin of Man 3

2 The Nature of Man 14

3 Trichotomy 23

4 Man in the Image of God 34

5 The Adamic Administration 47

6 Free Agency 60

7 The Fall of Man 67

8 The Nature of Sin 77

9 Inability 83

SECTION II

10 Common Grace 93

SECTION III

11 The Plan of Salvation 123

12 The Person of Christ 132

13 The Atonement 142

14 The Obedience of Christ 151

SECTION IV

15 The Call 161

16 Regeneration 167

17 Justification 202

18 Adoption 223

19 Faith 235

20 The Assurance of Faith 264

SECTION V

21 Definitive Sanctification 277

22 The Agency in Definitive Sanctification 285

23 Progressive Sanctification 294

24 The Pattern of Sanctification 305

25 The Goal of Sanctification 313

SECTION VI

26 The Nature and Unity of the Church 321

27 The Government of the Church 336

28 The Form of Government 345

29 Arguments against Term Eldership 351

30 Office in the Church 357

31 The Sacraments 366

32 Baptism 370

33 The Lord’s Supper 376

34 Restricted Communion 381

SECTION VII

35 The Interadventual Period and the Advent: Matthew 24 and 25 387

36 The Last Things 401



VOLUME THREE: LIFE; SERMONS; BOOK REVIEWS

Preface xi

I LIFE OF JOHN MURRAY

1. The Youngest Son of Badea 3

2. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1924-1927 17

3. By Ways Not Known 32

4. Alongside Gresham Machen 46

5. The Struggles of the Later Thirties 66

6. Events in the War Years 79

7. The Seminary Professor 91

8. Glimpses of Personal Life 107

9. The Wider Influence 122

10. ‘The New Work’ 138

II SERMONS

1. The Mystery of Providence, Job 23:10-12 161

2. Prayer, Psalm 116:1-2 168

3. The Call to the Ministry, Jeremiah 1:5-7 172

4. The Name ‘Jesus’, Matthew 1:21 178

5. Divine Thanksgiving for Divine Sovereignty, Matthew 11:25-28 185

6. A Lesson in Forgiveness, Matthew 18:15-17 190

7. Christ in All the Assemblies of His People, Matthew 18:20 194

8. The Bridegroom’s Friend, John 3:29 199

9. The Father’s Donation, John 6:37 204

10. The Power of the Holy Spirit and the Christian Ministry, John 16:7-13 210

11. The Father’s Love, Romans 8:32 215

12. Love to Christ Indispensable, 1 Corinthians 16:22 222

13. The Riches and the Poverty of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 8:9 226

14. The Mystery of Godliness, Philippians 2:5-9 236

15. The Death of the Godly, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 14 242

16. Paul an Example, 1 Timothy 1:12-16 247

17. Holy Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17 256

18. The Pilgrimage to Perfection, 1 John 3:1-3 263

19. God’s Love and Our Life, 1 John 4:9, 10 268

III AT THE LORD’S TABLE

Fencing the Table 275

Table Addresses 280

IV REVIEWS 1939-1953

1. S. W. Carruthers: The Westminster Confession of Faith 291

2. John Baillie: Our Knowledge of God 295

3. J. S. Whale: Christian Doctrine 301

4. Floyd E. Hamilton: The Basis of Millennial Faith 304

5. W. E. Sangster: The Path to Perfection. An Examination and Restatement of John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection 307

6. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance 311

7. S. W. Carruthers: The Everyday Work of the Westminster Assembly 317

8. Guy Franklin Hershberger: War, Peace, and Nonresistance 320

9. Henry W. Clark: The Cross and the Eternal Order. A Study of Atonement in its Cosmic Significance 324

10. Geoffrey F. Nuttall: The Holy Spirit in Puritan Faith and Experience 324

11. Samuel G. Craig: Christianity Rightly So Called 329

12. E. L. Mascall: Christ, the Christian and the Church. A Study of the Incarnation and its Consequences 333

13. Athanasius: The Incarnation of the Word 336

14. John Calvin: Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans 337

15. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible 339

16. D. M. Baillie: God was in Christ: An Essay on Incarnation and Atonement 340

17. Auguste Lecerf: An Introduction to Reformed Dogmatics 345

18. Abraham Booth: The Reign of Grace from its Rise to its Consummation 349

19. Anders Nygren: Commentary on Romans 450

20. Henry Clarence Thiessen: Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology 356

21. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: The Person and Work of Christ 358

22. William Croft Dickinson (ed.): John Knox’s History of the Reformation in Scotland 361

23. J. M. Bates: A Manual of Doctrine 362

24. Alan Richardson (ed.): A Theological Word Book of the Bible 367

25. Leonard Hodgson: The Doctrine of the Atonement 371

26. Geerhardus Vos: The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom and the Church 375

L. Berkhof: The Kingdom of God

27. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield: Biblical and Theological Studies 376

28. Edward A. Dowey, Jr: The Knowledge of God in Calvin’s Theology 377



VOLUME FOUR: STUDIES IN THEOLOGY

Preface vii

I STUDIES IN THEOLOGY

1. Systematic Theology 1

2. Inspiration and Inerrancy 22

3. The Inspiration of the Scripture 30

4. Jesus the Son of God 58

5. Who Raised Up Jesus? 82

6. The Reconciliation 92

7. The Free Offer of the Gospel 113

8. Paul’s Use of ‘Nomos’ 133

9. The Weak and the Strong 142

10. Calvin’s Doctrine of Scripture 158

11. Calvin and the Authority of Scripture 176

12. Calvin on the Sovereignty of God 191

13. Calvin, Dordt and Westminster on Predestination – A Comparative Study 205

14. Covenant Theology 216

15. The Theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith 241

16. Tradition: Romish and Protestant 264

II REVIEWS 1954-1967

1. Claude Welch: In This Name. The Doctrine of the Trinity in Contemporary Theology 277

2. Steven Barabas: So Great Salvation. The History and Message of the Keswick Convention 281

3. Anton Fridrichsen et al.: The Root of the Vine. Essays in Biblical Theology 286

4. G. C. Berkouwer: Studies in Dogmatics. Faith and Justification. 288

5. John Christian Wenger: Introduction to Theology. An Interpretation of the Doctrinal Content of Scripture, Written to Strengthen a Childlike Faith in Christ 292

6. Emil Brunner: Eternal Hope 296

7. John Frederick Jansen: Calvin’s Doctrine of the Work of Christ 302

8. Harry Buis: The Doctrine of Eternal Punishment 304

9. C. K. Barrett: A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans 306

10. Paul van Buren: Christ in our Place. The Substitutionary Character of Calvin’s Doctrine of Reconciliation 310

11. B. B. Warfield: Biblical Foundations 314

12. Karl Barth: Christ and Adam. Man and Humanity in Romans 5 316

13. Dwight Hervey Small: The Biblical Basis for Infant Baptism. Children in God’s Covenant Promise 321

14. G. C. Berkouwer: Studies in Dogmatics. Divine Election 323

15. Bernard Ramm: The Witness of the Spirit. An Essay on the Contemporary Relevance of the Internal Witness of the Holy Spirit 331

16. Bernard Ramm: Special Revelation and the Word of God 334

17. Andre De Bovis, S. J.: What is the Church? 339

18. A. Berkeley Mickelsen: Interpreting the Bible 342

19. G. C. Berkouwer: Studies in Dogmatics. The Work of Christ 345

20. Gustaf Aulen: The Faith of the Christian Church 349

21. Herman N. Ridderbos: When the Time Had Fully Come: Studies in New Testament Theology 355

Bibliography 361

Index of Names 379

Index of Subjects 382



Professor John Murray, born shortly before the cusp of the 20th century in Scotland, was considered a leading Reformed theologian. He served in France in World War I and then pursued studies at the University of Glasgow and then Princeton Theological Seminary. He briefly taught at the latter school before teaching at Philadelphia’s Westminster Theological Seminary. He taught there through his retirement, also being ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. John Murray books include the Collected Writings of John Murray, a four-volume set that contains the best of his wisdom, along with a detailed account of his life; Redemption Accomplished and Applied, in which he distills information about the concepts of regeneration, justification, adoption, sanctification and glorification for Christians, and stresses the importance of union with Christ; and Free Offer of the Gospel, which shares how people who embrace Jesus will enjoy the marvelous gift of salvation.

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VOLUME ONE: THE CLAIMS OF TRUTH
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VOLUME TWO: SELECT LECTURES IN SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
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