From one of Christianity’s most beloved devotional writers and speakers of the nineteenth century, here is a series of lectures originally delivered at an annual conference in South Africa on the topic of the Kingdom of God. In his own passionate and persuasive manner, author and theologian Andrew Murray reveals how the Kingdom of God is a real and present reality inside of every single believer. Murray first tackles the question of what the Kingdom of God is and then goes on to describe for his readers the importance of the indwelling of God, Jesus Christ in us, and our daily fellowship with him. Though first delivered at a conference in the late nineteenth century, this books remains just as necessary and relevant today as when it was first presented. In this book, Murray reminds us the all-important truth about returning to the basics of our Christian faith. Anyone desiring to uncover or rediscover the heart of the Christian message will be blessed by reading this book.
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. . Murray was Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Murray became a noted missionary leader. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian serving the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and his mother had connections with both French Huguenots and German Lutherans. This background to some extent explains his ecumenical spirit. He was educated at Aberdeen University, Scotland, and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. After ordination in 1848 he served pastorates at Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. He helped to found what are now the University College of the Orange Free State and the Stellenbosch Seminary He served as Moderator of the Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and was president of both the YMCA (1865) and the South Africa General Mission (1888-1917), now the Africa Evangelical Fellowship. He was one of the chief promoters of the call to missions in South Africa. This led to the Dutch Reformed Church missions to blacks in the Transvaal and Malawi. Apart from his evangelistic tours in South Africa, he spoke at the Keswick and Northfield Conventions in 1895, making a great impression. upon his British and American audiences. For his contribution to world missions he was given an honorary doctorate by the universities of Aberdeen (1898) and Cape of Good Hope(1907). Murray is best known today for his devotional writings, which place great emphasis on the need for a rich, personal devotional life. Many of his 240 publications explain in how he saw this devotion and its outworking in the life of the Christian. Several of his books have become devotional classics. Among these are Abide in Christ, Absolute Surrender, With Christ in the School of Prayer, The Spirit of Christ and Waiting on God.
