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Mr. Jones, Meet the Master: Sermons and Prayers of Peter Marshall

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In 'Mr. Jones meet the Master', you are allowed the privelege of reading just a few of Dr. Marshall's sermons. Being only sixteen, I have not found many friends my age ready to read this book, and that is awful. When most people (Especially teenagers) hear that you're reading 'a book of sermons', they think 'boring!' Not so with this book. Last summer, I decided to read 'Mr. Jones, meet the Master', and I literally could not put it down. Dr. Marshall has a captivating writing style that keeps you reading and keeps you thinking. I really love the way he pricks your conscience and lays it on the line. I really got things right with God after reading 'Mr. Jones, Meet the Master'. If you're looking for something to boost your Christian walk, please, READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can safely promise you won't be dissapointed. I have recommended this book to everyone I know, and now I recommend it to you! And if you enjoy this book, I also recommend 'A man called Peter', which is the biography of Peter Marshall. Though he went home to the 'Chief' years before I was born, I can't wait to meet him in Heaven! Beg, borrow, or buy a copy of this book TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A book to be kept near during your life. Dynamic presentations of thoughts brought out by stories of our everyday lives. If you feel removed from The Lord, this book will point the way, and give you a very gentle push in that direction. I truly regret the fact Peter Marshall left to be with the "Chief" so early in his life. I wish I could have heard him preach, and meet him.

I am planning on buying five additional copies for my children to keep in their homes.

Thank you Rev. and Mrs. Marshall

This collection of Peter Marshall's sermons is thought provoking and deepening for those who would grow in their Christian faith! I found the sermon labeled "By Invitation of Jesus" to be excellent. This is not a dry series of discourses, but a living breathing set of gems! Highly recommended.

This collection of selected sermons and prayers of Peter Marshall (prepared by his wife the extraordinary Catherine Marshall) is for Christians and non-Christians alike. It was far too often that I have been forced to look to scriptures and commentaries of other faiths to find spiritual works of both faith and imagination. like his fellow Scotsman George MacDonald, and also C.S. Lewis, Peter Marshall is among the rare exceptions. Not that I have any problem with authors, scriptures, and artists of other faith traditions, its just a rare find in Christian writers on the Gospel. It takes imagination to take a thousands year old text, and breath life into it to make real, relevant and alive for a totally new time and place, but all three of these authors, MacDonald, Lewis, and Marshall do it beautifully. Perhaps those of the Orient and Middle east are usually better at seeing scripture and religion through the prism of the artist's imagination because their cultures are often less focused on the printed word as an end in itslef, and more involved in spoken word, storytelling, and the poetic imagination, at least with regards to religious texts. Whatever the reasons, this scarcity in the Christian tradition makes a collection like this all the more rewarding. I won't try and describe the way Marshall imagines what it would be like to walk with Christ, to live as a disciple of a living Christ. I wouldn't do it justice. Enough to say I suppose, that this book is a rare treasure for any seeker of spiritual sustainance of any faith. Have the courage to imagine that Jesus is real, that the gospel is indeed truth and feel yourself swept away in a torrent of faith. Words of wisdom from one of the spiritual masters of our times. Like all spiritual masterworks, these sermons are an important resource for all mankind, regardless of faith. People forget that Mohammed spoke with reverence of the Hebrew prophets, just as Christ did. Mohammed also spoke of Christ and his Mother. Imagine how many islamist extremists and fundamentalists don't even consider this simple truth. Even Guru Nanak is part of a long tradition of prophets who spoke of unity of Islam and Hinduim, and yet Sikhs started a third religion in his name! But I digress, if you find what I'm saying blasphemous, don't worry, these are my own reflections not those of mr Marshall. My point is this only: If you are a non Christian, and you want to understand the spirit of Christ or learn from his teachings, besides going to the gospel itself, at least read someone who believes Christ, and who has the courage to imagine that his is not just and institution or a collections of ideas, but a living reality -now as ever. Don't forget to check out George MacDonald (try "Life Essential" to start) and of course C.S. Lewis.

Mr. Jones, Meet the Master! By Peter Marshall is a book of sermons by the former two time Chaplin of the U.S. Senate. His sermons are very readable and you can imagine him with his thick Scottish Burr preaching it. Each sermon has a prayer introduction and a quote from a different sermon. There are some real gems for quotes throughout his sermons.

Rev. Marshall brings alive the stories he tells drawing you in to help you feel and understand what they felt like. He was not an expository preacher but he was a Godly and gospel driven preacher.

This book of his sermons is well worth the time to read and digest.

William Wallace would have loved Dr. Marshall! I first read these sermons as a teen. I loved them because they were ( and still are ) so real. I loved them because they spoke of a Jewish Carpenter; directly to my Scottish heart. But, If you're a Christian, no matter what your culture you can hear your heart's cry for closness to the Savior in these simple yet deep words. Not for the " know-it-alls " But, for the struggling- Saint of rank and file.

I enjoyed reading all of the reviews for this book because it gave me confidence to want to buy (and read) it for myself ... and as my heading states "it did not disappoint."

Reading Peter Marshall's sermons allowed me to get to know him in a very surreal way because although I had never heard him speak - so, I was constantly picturing (and imagining) him handwriting each of these sermons.

Preparing a sermon is very personal and it comes with an insight and feelings that the writer, himself, had to have experienced and felt throughout his personal journey with God. So, this book allowed me to actually get a glimpse of Peter's relationship with the Father (his personal Father). At that point, I began to feel like I wasn't reading a sermon, but rather, I felt as though I was reading his personal journal (and that made it even more of a special treat)!

And of course, as I read "his journal" ... I also got a different perspective and appreciation for "the Master" or "Chief" (as Peter affectionately referred to Jesus as).

You simply KNOW truth when you read it because one of its characteristics is that the words and ideas that are read and conveyed seem TIMELESS - and that is exactly what this book is. As I said ... I enjoyed getting to see a glimpse inside of Peter's heart ... but, I appreciated seeing (and feeling) the Master's heart - even more! Absolutely timeless.

Awesome sermons - awesome delivery! Peter Marshall used to write out his sermons, and did so in a way that the reader knows just where the emphasis and the breathing is located, they come alive in this book!

I ordered "Mr. Jones Meet the Master" from Amazon as a gift for a friend. The book arrived in a timely manner, in good shape. The friend was pleased.

Really great- personal note with delivery thanking me, on time, in accurate condition. Wonderful.