The Beatitudes: The Essential Nature of the Christian (by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones) app for iPhone and iPad

Full of insight for the Christian life and now available for the first time in audio form, this App covers the first section of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ famous sermon series “Studies in the Sermon on the Mount”.

In these 13 sermons about the Beatitudes, Dr. Lloyd-Jones draws us to a deep level of understanding of what it means to be a Christian. The lessons are as relevant today as when Dr. Lloyd-Jones first delivered them in London over half a century ago at Westminster Chapel.

It provides fully navigable audio as well as read-along text; complete with a detailed glossary, bible references, hymns, narrator video, and other fun stuff (see FEATURES, below).

There simply is no better way to capture all the insights shared about being a Christian from Dr. Lloyd-Jones, one of the most famous and gifted preachers of all time.

The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most familiar passages in the Bible, but is also one of the most frequently misunderstood. For Martyn Lloyd-Jones, the failure of the Church today to appropriate its message is a telling symptom of its superficiality, ineffectiveness and unattractiveness. “The Doctor”, as he was affectionately known, shows the remedy for the Church’s lamentable weaknesses in Jesus’ lakeside teaching, which he explains and applies memorably, through the Sermon’s rainbow of themes:

• Blessedness • Joy • Spiritual Mourning • Salt and Light • Denying Oneself • Fasting • Anxiety • Discernment • Self-deception • Trials and Tests of Faith •

With both the audio narration and the text, you can go back-and-forth from reading at the breakfast table, to listening while you commute to work, and reading again before bedtime. Just tap, and you can easily shift from one to the other—or follow along in the text as you listen!

Everything is built especially for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, and you will enjoy the extensive features that come as part of the Folium enhancedAudio™ experience.

FEATURES: This app includes a professional recording by Kingfisher Audio’s narrator, Chris Allen and was mastered by John Keane Studios.

• EXPERIENCE. About 6.5 hours of narration. Created as a Folium PiP™ edition, this book includes the text as an enrobed, non–detachable accompaniment to the audio.

• EXTENSIVE “EXTRAS”.
- History of Dr. Lloyd Jones from Iain Murray
- Quotes about Lloyd Jones from John Piper, John MacArthur, and others
- Details of each hymn and Bible verse by sermon
- Detailed glossary of terms and people
- Video commentary from the narrator

Go behind the scenes, learn more about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, discover the people and places he discusses, study the hymns and Bible verses he mentions, and expand your understanding of Jesus’ sermon.

• FUN STUFF. The app includes a collection of puzzles related to the lessons collected here.

• CHAPTER TIMINGS. Always know how much time it will take to finish a chapter. Plus, the progress bar at the top of the screen shows how far into the book you’ve come.

• OFFLINE LISTENING. You are airplane-ready and subway-friendly! Once downloaded, listen uninterrupted without threat from a lost network connection. Downloads are usually just minutes, but depend upon your network speed.

Look for these other great Lloyd-Jones apps from Kingfisher Audio:

• Salt & Light: The Function and the Purpose of the Christian in this Life
• The Law: The Relationship of the Christian to the Law of God
• Fellowship: The True Nature of Fellowship with God
• Walking: Walking Under the Father’s Eye