David P. Murray

Largely due to overwork and the stresses of modern life, men in work and ministry are increasingly run-down, anxious, and depressed. But is this level of physical and spiritual weariness inevitable? Just as a car needs to be regularly refueled, retuned, and repaired in order to keep running, a balanced life can be sustained only when a man takes proper steps to stay on track. In this hopeful book, experienced pastor and counselor David Murray shares stories from his own life and the lives of friends, offering gospel-centered advice for avoiding, assessing, and recovering from burnout. With chapters on rest, relationships, routines, and more, this book lays out a host of practical remedies men can use to reset their lives on a more sustainable course--resulting in renewed energy, joy, and purpose.

Many Christians mistakenly believe that true Christians don t get depressed, and this misconception heaps additional pain and guilt onto Christians who are suffering from mental and emotional distress. Author David P. Murray comes to the defense of depressed Christians, asserting that Christians do get depressed! He explains why and how Christians should study depression, what depression is, and the approaches caregivers, pastors, and churches can take to help those who are suffering from it. With clarity and wise biblical insight, Dr. Murray offers help and hope to those suffering from depression, the family members and friends who care for them, and pastors ministering to these wounded members of their flock.

Discover Jesus Throughout the Old Testament!The son trudges uphill, bearing wood for his own sacrifice; his father has decided to give him up to death. What biblical event does this bring to mind? Is it Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22, or Christ's passion in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? The kinship between these two stories is deeper than mere coincidence. Christ is present in the story of Abraham and Isaac. In fact, he is present on every page of the Old Testament.Christians seem to have forgotten that the Old Testament has everything to do with Jesus Christ. In Jesus on Every Page, David Murray guides the reader down his own Road to Emmaus, describing how the Scriptures were opened to him, revealing Jesus from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. Dr. Murray's ten simple ways to seek and find Christ in the Old Testament unveil the face of Christ in the creation, the law, the psalms, the prophets, and the proverbs.Recognizing Jesus in the full breadth of Scripture is important for every Christian. Whether you are preaching Jesus through Old Testament readings or just beginning to discover the reality of Christ in the Old Testament, Jesus on Every Page provides an accessible guide to the increasingly popular subject of Jesus in the Old Testament books. Have your own Road to Emmaus experience and know the Old Testament for what it truly is: full of Jesus.Endorsements:With deceptive ease Dr. David Murray brings his readers on to the Road to Emmaus for a few hours of conversation about Jesus and the Old Testament. With an enviable grace and simplicity he teaches us how to read the Old Testament as Christians. --Sinclair B. Ferguson, Redeemer Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas.This is not a small book, it is a game-changer. I read it with a notepad in one hand and at times tears on every page. This profound work shows that Jesus is on every page of God's love story. This is a book I will read over and over. I highly recommend it! --Sheila Walsh, Singer, Author, Speaker with Women of Faith ConferencesIf you have always struggled to understand the Old Testament, this is the book for you. Dr. Murray has provided us with a refreshingly simple guide to seeing the glory of Jesus our Messiah throughout the Old Testament. --Burk Parsons, Editor, Tabletalk, Pastor, St Andrews, Orlando, Florida.There's no one I'd rather have serve as my guide for a journey down the Emmaus road than David Murray. Jesus on Every Page provides solid, understandable categories and tools for retraining ourselves on how to read and understand the Old Testament. --Nancy Guthrie, Author of the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study seriesWith contagious delight, David Murray not only opens up the Old Testament beautifully, he draws you to marvel at the One it is all about. This is a moving, rich book that can hardly fail to help readers enjoy Jesus more in his word. --Michael Reeves, Head of Theology, Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, Author of Delighting in the TrinityIf you are like me and have longed for a readable book on seeing and savoring Jesus in the Old Testament this book is the resource for you. It is biblical, practical, and preachable. I will recommend it to everyone! --Anthony Carter, Pastor of East Point Church, Georgia, Author of Blood Work and On Being Black and Reformed: A New Perspective on the African American Christian ExperienceThere have been strident voices urging us to see "Christ in the Old Testament" in recent years - among them, Greidanus, Goldsworthy, Clowney, and Chapell. Now comes David Murray's Jesus on Every Page - a bang-on target, concise summary of this urgently needed, hermeneutical adjustment. --Derek W. H. Thomas, Professor of Systematic Theology, RTS Atlanta, Minister of Preaching and Teaching, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC.There could scarcely be a more worthy pursuit than seeking to learn of Jesus in the pages of Scripture....It would be difficult indeed to find a more accessible, concise, practically helpful, warm-hearted guide than David Murray's Jesus On Every Page. --Fred G. Zaspel, Reformed Baptist Church, Franconia, PA, Calvary Baptist Seminary, Lansdale, PACertainly one of the most helpful and most needed new books that I have seen for a long while...This book is more than a devotional read. It leads us to understand more accurately why Jesus could say of the scriptures, 'they testify of me'. What could be more important? --Iain H Murray, Pastor, Author, and Editorial Director of the Banner of Truth Publishers.His aim throughout is to remind New Testament Christians that they are whole Bible believers, and to give them a key to reading the Old Testament biblically. The key to his own book is simple enough: it is that the gospel interprets the Old Testament. --Dr. Iain D. Campbell, Author, Adjunct Professor at Westminster Seminary, and Pastor of Point Free Church of Scotland.

A unique combination of biblical teaching, scientific research, and personal biography shows those who follow Jesus how to live joyful, purposeful lives.Hopelessness has invaded much of our culture, even reaching deep into the church. But while the world is awash in negativity, Christians have resources to live differently.In "The Happy Christian," professor and pastor David Murray blends the best of modern science and psychology with the timeless truths of Scripture to create a solid, credible guide to positivity. The author of the acclaimed "Christians Get Depressed Too," Murray exposes modern negativity s insidious roots and presents ten perspective-changing ways to remain optimistic in a world that keeps trying to drag us down."The Happy Christian" invites readers to shed negativity and become countercultural missionaries by demonstrating the positive power of the gospel in their lives."

A Mental Health Q&A from a Christian Perspective After the fall, the world was disordered from structure to chaos―negatively altering the nature of human emotions. Today, we witness its impact as mental health concerns surge and people continue to suffer. How should Christians approach the topic of mental health? What is the most Christlike way to care for those who suffer? A Christian’s Guide to Mental Illness answers 30 commonly asked questions about mental health from a Christian perspective. Intended for caregivers, this accessible resource will equip family, friends, and churches with wisdom for caring for individuals with mental health illnesses. Authors David Murray and Tom Karel use a holistic approach as they share personal stories, professional expertise, and biblical wisdom to tackle difficult questions―ultimately providing hope for the hopeless and rest for the weary.

How do sermons work? How does a preacher get from the basic nuts and bolts of a few Bible verses to the delivery of a full sermon? That s the question David Murray answers in this instructive and immensely practical book. He demonstrates that behind the thirty to forty-five minutes we see and hear on a Sunday morning are many hours of mental, spiritual and practical labour. Like all pastoral labour, it involves head, heart and hand.Murray breaks up the sermon preparation process into a clear and simple stepby-step method, covering topics such as how to choose a text, how to introduce a sermon, how to explain a text, and how to apply it. It will provide an excellent refresher for experienced preachers and a reliable guide for those just starting out. It will also be extremely helpful to Bible class teachers, Bible Study leaders, or anyone who has to prepare a Bible message.Above all, however, it is the author s desire that this book will also be read by those who do not preach. He wants to give non-preachers an insider s look at sermon preparation. By taking readers behind the scenes and asking, How do they do that? Murray wants to supply answers that will increase respect for pastors and their preaching.

A Teenager's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety or Depression If you have experienced anxiety or depression, you may have asked yourself, Why am I feeling like this? You are not alone. In this companion guide to his book for parents Why Is My Teenager Feeling Like This? , pastor and counselor David Murray introduces you to the personal accounts of eighteen teens who have struggled with different types of anxiety or depression. This guide will help you discover not only the common causes but also the keys to unlock their chains. By utilizing God-given truths and tactics, you can experience new liberty, peace, and joy in your life.

Many parents of teenagers know the feeling: instead of the confident, happy, hopeful young adult they hoped to raise, they see an anxious, depressed, scared teen. What can they do to help? Adults play a vital role in guiding teenagers through anxiety and depression, and this book by pastor and counselor David Murray gives spiritual encouragement and practical direction for parents and other adults who want to help but don't know what to do. A companion volume to Murray's Why Am I Feeling Like This?, written for teenagers.

God has given us an immeasurable gift--his very words, recorded in the Bible for us to read. Structured reading plans provide a great way to read through the whole Bible, but they're usually not designed with kids in mind. In Exploring the Bible: A Bible Reading Plan for Kids, David Murray presents a simplified way to read the Bible by offering younger readers a plan tailored just for them. His 365-day plan guides children through key passages from Genesis to Revelation, helping them see and appreciate the big-picture storyline of the Bible. Each passage is also followed by a question to answer or a verse to write out, as well as space to write out a prayer-- encouraging interaction with the text. This book will instill in children the habit of being in direct contact with God's Word each day, equipping the next generation by laying the groundwork for a lifetime of Bible reading.

How Jesus Changes Our Story with His StoryEach person's life tells a story. These stories have happy chapters, sad chapters, boring chapters, and exciting chapters. Some people seem to author their own stories, while others have the pens snatched from their hands. Some stories feel hopeless. Can our stories ever be rewritten? Will they have a happy ending?David Murray introduces readers to the StoryChanger, Jesus Christ--the only one who can rewrite human stories with his better Story. Both Christians and non-Christians will discover how God's Story can transform their own messy stories into stories worth telling.Brief and Accessible: Easy to recommend to both non-Christians and new Christians Biblical: Tells the first story of God's good and beautiful creation, how sin and Satan--the StoryShredder--ruined human stories, and how Jesus rewrites and redeems those stories. Personal: Shares Murray's testimony of how God changed his story and points readers toward specific ways Jesus can change their stories as well For Individual or Group Study: Includes questions for further reflection or discussion at the end of each chapter

Many parents have good intentions for daily times of family worship. But these good intentions often fail to last because of 3 main problems: an overly ambitious plan, the absence of a plan, or the perceived lack of a spiritual benefit. This new resource by counselor and professor David Murray will help families establish regular family devotions through realistic aims, a clear plan and direction, and stimulating interaction with Scripture and prayer. Exploring the Bible Together covers key passages in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, providing a big-picture overview of the whole Bible over the course of a year. Fifty-two weekly "expeditions" are each divided into 6 days, with a small passage of Scripture (an average of 5 verses), two questions (one for older kids and one for younger kids), a brief application lesson, and a short prayer prompt. Artwork by illustrator Scotty Reifsnyder accompanies each page. In just a few minutes a day, families can explore the whole story of the Bible together.

A Daily Devotional through the Book of Proverbs from the StoryChanger Devotional Series If you want to change your story, you need to know God’s story. This devotional, part of the StoryChanger Devotional series, is a friendly, practical guide to understanding the book of Proverbs and how it shapes your story. Stories of Wisdom and Folly includes 50 devotionals written by David Murray, author of The StoryChanger . This book features daily readings designed to help you learn, love, and live according to the whole Bible. Murray walks you through a broad range of texts throughout the book of Proverbs, offering thoughtful comments on the book’s message, reflection questions, and a personal daily prayer. This devotional can help reorient your mind and transform your life with God’s better story.

Introduce Kids to the Savior of the World"Meeting with Jesus is a gem, leading to a lifetime of good practices."--Rosaria Butterfield, author, The Gospel Comes with a House KeyThis Bible reading plan for children ages 6-12 guides them through the life of Christ over the course of a year, teaching kids what Scripture says about Jesus. In less than five minutes a day, children will get to know the life and teachings of Jesus and his offer of abundant life to all who believe in him.

Christians have long recognized the book of Psalms to be the great handbook of the spiritual life. Martin Luther thought of it as the Bible in miniature, and John Calvin prized it as 'an anatomy of all parts of the soul.' This mini-guide introduces the reader to this precious book. David Murray shows how the Psalms speak of Christ, whilst answering questions regarding the interpretation of some difficult passages. He explains how the Psalms ought to be used in worship, counselling, witnessing, and singing, so that believers might glorify and enjoy God each day.

A Daily Devotional through the Book of Exodus from the StoryChanger Devotional SeriesWhen you know God’s story, your own story changes too. This devotional, part of the StoryChanger Devotional series, is a friendly, practical guide to understanding the book of Exodus and how it shapes your story. Stories of Redemption and Relationship includes 50 devotionals written by David Murray, author of The StoryChanger. This series features daily readings designed to help you learn, love, and live the whole Bible. Murray walks you through the full text of Exodus, offering thoughtful comments on the book’s message, reflection questions, and a personal daily prayer. This devotional can help reorient your mind and transform your life with God’s better story.50 Daily God-Centered Each day includes an explanation of that day’s reading, reflection questions, and a personal prayer Great for Families, Individuals, or Small Accessible for non-Christians and new Christians, this devotional also helps readers learn how to effectively share God’s story Part 2 of the StoryChanger Devotional Inspired by Murray’s book The How God Rewrites Our Story by Inviting Us into His

Six books totaling 800+ pages on Christian joy! Following publication of The Happy Christian: 10 Ways To Be A Joyful Believer In A Gloomy World, pastor and professor Dr. David Murray has bundled together six further books exploring and applying Christian joy in everyday life: - 100 Days Of Happiness: A Daily Diet Of Joy For A Gloomy World - 1000 Happy Quotes: A History Of Christian Happiness - The Happy Leader: Leading For Spiritual Profit - The Happy Family: God's Guide To Family Flourishing - The Happy Student: Happiness And Success At School - The Happy Church: Holy, Healthy, Happy Churches MORE DETAILS 100 Days of Happiness: Snack on these short and instructive devotionals for 100 days and watch as your happiness expands, deepens, and grows into a healthy habit for the rest of your life. 1000 Happy Quotes: Select quotes about Christian happiness from every era of church history. Read a few a day and memorize some of the shorter ones to gradually drip-drip-drip joy into your soul until you overflow in joyful praise to God and joyful service to others! The Happy Leader: As the happiest Christian leaders model biblical leadership and thereby produce the most spiritual profit for the Christians and churches they lead, this book looks at a dozen biblical models of leadership. The Happy Family: A summary of the basics of a Christian family, based on the simple principle that the most biblical families are the happiest families. The Happy Student: What makes for happy students? This book provides the answer based around eight topics: Happy studies, happy organization, happy time management, happy health, happy technology, happy, money, happy relationships, and happy decisions. The Happy Church: Holy, healthy, and happy churches are built upon truth, holiness, worship, justice, unity, and biblical diversity.

A Daily Devotional through the Book of Luke from the StoryChanger Devotional Series If you want to change your story, you need to know God’s story. This devotional, part of the StoryChanger Devotional Series, is a friendly, practical guide to understanding the Gospel of Luke and how it shapes your story. Stories of Mission and Mercy includes 50 devotionals written by David Murray, author of The StoryChanger . This series features daily readings designed to help you learn, love, and live the whole Bible. Murray walks through the Gospel of Luke, offering thoughtful expositional comments on the book’s message, reflection questions, and a personal daily prayer. This devotional can help reorient your mind and transform your life with God’s better story.

After 20 years of pastoral ministry, 12 years of training pastors in seminaries, and many years of blogging and writing about pastoral issues, pastor and professor Dr. David Murray has published this book of almost 250 articles and conference addresses divided into four categories: pastoring, preaching, counseling, and leading. PASTORING: Celebrity pastors, pastoral visitation, rookie pastors, pastoral joys (and miseries), call to the ministry, leaving a church, evangelism, social media, church discipline, hate mail, caring for your body, etc. PREACHING: Sermon preparation, teaching tips, balanced preaching, evangelistic preaching, preaching without notes, and numerous articles on preaching Christ from the Old Testament. COUNSELING: Counseling training, the sufficiency of Scripture, hospital visitation, pornography, mental health, depression, stress, suicide, etc. LEADING: Church meetings, hiring, administration, workaholism, leadership types, control-freaks, etc.

A series of short stories about the Tabernacle as seen through the eyes of a young Israelite girl, her family, and her favorite priest. Join Jerusha, Benjamin, Rachel, Abiel, Rouel, and Levi as the Tabernacle and its teaching about God and His grace come to life in “God’s Mobile Home.”MORE DETAILSMost Bible reading plans founder towards the end of Exodus, and collapse after the first few chapters of Leviticus, as the stirring narratives of Genesis and the first half of Exodus give way to chapter after chapter of laws and regulations about the Tabernacle, it's furniture, and its rituals. Preachers also tend to avoid these chapters like the plague because they are so hard to bring to “life” for a contemporary audience.That’s where this book comes in. It attempts to put real-life flesh and bones on the Bible's teaching about the Tabernacle. Rooted in Scripture, it narrates how the words of Exodus and Leviticus translated into action in the ordinary lives of ordinary Israelites. It's a story about the Tabernacle as seen through the eyes of a young Israelite girl, her family, and her favorite priest, a story that teaches a lot of theology, but does so in a way that young people and even children can understand.For those who want to go a bit deeper, there are study questions for each chapter that have been designed to lead readers further into the New Testament’s light on the Tabernacle.May God's Mobile Home bring God into the home of your heart. May He tabernacle with you, full of grace and truth.

A Daily Devotional through the Books of Philippians and Colossians from the StoryChanger Devotional SeriesIf you want to change your story, you need to know God’s story. This devotional, part of the StoryChanger Devotional series, is a friendly, practical guide to understanding the books of Philippians and Colossians and how they shape your story. Philippians and Stories of Joy and Identity includes 50 devotionals written by David Murray. This series features daily readings designed to help you learn, love, and live the whole Bible. Murray walks you through the full text of Philippians and Colossians, offering thoughtful comments on each book’s message, reflection questions, and a personal daily prayer. These devotionals can help reorient your mind and transform your life with God’s better story.50 Daily God-Centered Each day includes an explanation of that day’s reading, reflection questions, and a personal prayer Great for Families, Individuals, or Small Accessible for non-Christians and new Christians, this devotional also helps readers learn how to effectively share God’s story Part of the StoryChanger Devotional Inspired by Murray’s book The How God Rewrites Our Story by Inviting Us into His

Ever wanted help in learning or in teaching the Westminster Shorter Catechism or the Westminster Confession of faith? Here's a book that will do just that by providing you with simple and memorable teaching outlines for each of these historic statements of the Christian faith. May God use this teaching guide to bring these historic documents to life; instructing the head, igniting the heart, and impacting lives for His glory and our enjoyment.

Over 300 articles and conference addresses that respond biblically, pastorally, and passionately to the most pressing and urgent Christian issues of recent times. The book is divided into 20 categories (e.g. Parenting, Suffering, Growing, Worshipping, Working, Resting, etc.) and covers many contemporary issues like technology, homosexuality, politics, health care, science, and tightrope walking. It also addresses timeless issues such as prayer, Bible-reading, meditation, faith, and obedience! For more on the Christian life see THE HAPPY CHRISTIAN: 10 WAYS TO BE A JOYFUL BELIEVER IN A GLOOMY WORLD, and A BUNDLE OF JOY: SIX BOOKS ON CHRISTIAN HAPPINESS

David Murray is a true Glaswegian. Brought up in the Gorbals in Glasgow in the 1950's, he had a tough but happy childhood. He went from boy scout to Maroon Beret, always loving the army life.Coming from a Roman Catholic family he was taught to believe in God, but alchohol and anger led him into trouble, marriage break-up and dispair.This is the Story of how God can fix themost broken of lives and lift them to unimaginable heights of joy and fulfilmeant through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

A Bible reading plan for kids that Easy to understand and follow. Verse by verse through the Bible. Five minutes a day. Interactive questions. More Details Like every Christian parent, I wanted my children to read the Bible. However, although I found numerous Bible reading plans for adults, I couldn’t find what I wanted for my kids. Some plans were way too ambitious and time-consuming; others just had random verses from here, there, and everywhere. Some had too much interactivity; others had too little. Some had one verse of Bible and one page of commentary! I wanted my children to have a Bible reading plan that would be simple, systematic, interactive, do-able, and full of Bible. So…I wrote one myself. And when I shared the handouts on social media, I was taken aback by the interest and appreciation. Many asked for a book version, and this is it. Each book has about 100 days of Bible reading, each day has a brief question, and each week has an area for prayer points. It can be used with any Bible version. It shouldn't require more than five minutes a day, but, over a few years, your children will read and interact with much of the Bible. And they will end up not only with a memorable collection of Bible workbooks, but also a blessed habit of daily, systematic, interactive, and prayerful Bible reading.

A Bible reading plan for kids that Easy to understand and follow. Verse by verse through the Bible. Five minutes a day. Interactive questions. More Details Like every Christian parent, I wanted my children to read the Bible. However, although I found numerous Bible reading plans for adults, I couldn’t find what I wanted for my kids. Some plans were way too ambitious and time-consuming; others just had random verses from here, there, and everywhere. Some had too much interactivity; others had too little. Some had one verse of Bible and one page of commentary! I wanted my children to have a Bible reading plan that would be simple, systematic, interactive, do-able, and full of Bible. So…I wrote one myself. And when I shared the handouts on social media, I was taken aback by the interest and appreciation. Many asked for a book version, and this is it. Each book has about 100 days of Bible reading, each day has a brief question, and each week has an area for prayer points. It can be used with any Bible version. It shouldn't require more than five minutes a day, but, over a few years, your children will read and interact with much of the Bible. And they will end up not only with a memorable collection of Bible workbooks, but also a blessed habit of daily, systematic, interactive, and prayerful Bible reading.

A Bible reading plan for kids that Easy to understand and follow. Verse by verse through the Bible. Five minutes a day. Interactive questions. More Details Like every Christian parent, I wanted my children to read the Bible. However, although I found numerous Bible reading plans for adults, I couldn’t find what I wanted for my kids. Some plans were way too ambitious and time-consuming; others just had random verses from here, there, and everywhere. Some had too much interactivity; others had too little. Some had one verse of Bible and one page of commentary! I wanted my children to have a Bible reading plan that would be simple, systematic, interactive, do-able, and full of Bible. So…I wrote one myself. And when I shared the handouts on social media, I was taken aback by the interest and appreciation. Many asked for a book version, and this is it. Each book has about 100 days of Bible reading, each day has a brief question, and each week has an area for prayer points. It can be used with any Bible version. It shouldn't require more than five minutes a day, but, over a few years, your children will read and interact with much of the Bible. And they will end up not only with a memorable collection of Bible workbooks, but also a blessed habit of daily, systematic, interactive, and prayerful Bible reading.

A Bible reading plan for kids that Easy to understand and follow. Verse by verse through the Bible. Five minutes a day. Interactive questions. More Details Like every Christian parent, I wanted my children to read the Bible. However, although I found numerous Bible reading plans for adults, I couldn’t find what I wanted for my kids. Some plans were way too ambitious and time-consuming; others just had random verses from here, there, and everywhere. Some had too much interactivity; others had too little. Some had one verse of Bible and one page of commentary! I wanted my children to have a Bible reading plan that would be simple, systematic, interactive, do-able, and full of Bible. So…I wrote one myself. And when I shared the handouts on social media, I was taken aback by the interest and appreciation. Many asked for a book version, and this is it. Each book has about 100 days of Bible reading, each day has a brief question, and each week has an area for prayer points. It can be used with any Bible version. It shouldn't require more than five minutes a day, but, over a few years, your children will read and interact with much of the Bible. And they will end up not only with a memorable collection of Bible workbooks, but also a blessed habit of daily, systematic, interactive, and prayerful Bible reading.

A Bible reading plan for kids that Easy to understand and follow. Verse by verse through the Bible. Five minutes a day. Interactive questions. More Details Like every Christian parent, I wanted my children to read the Bible. However, although I found numerous Bible reading plans for adults, I couldn’t find what I wanted for my kids. Some plans were way too ambitious and time-consuming; others just had random verses from here, there, and everywhere. Some had too much interactivity; others had too little. Some had one verse of Bible and one page of commentary! I wanted my children to have a Bible reading plan that would be simple, systematic, interactive, do-able, and full of Bible. So…I wrote one myself. And when I shared the handouts on social media, I was taken aback by the interest and appreciation. Many asked for a book version, and this is it. Each book has about 100 days of Bible reading, each day has a brief question, and each week has an area for prayer points. It can be used with any Bible version. It shouldn't require more than five minutes a day, but, over a few years, your children will read and interact with much of the Bible. And they will end up not only with a memorable collection of Bible workbooks, but also a blessed habit of daily, systematic, interactive, and prayerful Bible reading.