This biography of Edwards has been criticized for being "hagiography" but it was the first biography to use the new chronology of Edwards life, and Murray continues to be a great resource for every Edwards scholar. It is also a very warm and pastoral biography. Marsden's new biography is superior in many respects, but Murray's work is well worth reading and shouldn't be missed.- Jonathan Barlow

Murray is to be commended for his standard setting work on Edwards. Murray is very warm and doctrine centered. As periodical "Christian History" said of Murray's work, "this is the biography Edwards himself would have most appreciated." This book, according to Indelible Ink, has influenced both John Macarthur and Erwin Lutzer- Jacob Aitken