This was an early (1981) Word of Grace Bible Study book. MacArthur, being a graduate of Talbot Seminary, has always been a pretribulationalist though a weak dispensationalist. He writes, “I’m convinced that the correct view is pretribulational. So, when I say that I’m premillennial and pretribulational, I’m saying that I’m committed to the fact that […]
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Book Author: MacArthur, John
The Truth War
This new book by MacArthur does a great service to conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists alike, regardless of your various points of disagreement with its author. MacArthur uses the book of Jude as his text and speaks out on the apostasy within the churches today. He defines and warns of postmodernism and its latest representative, emerging […]
Fool’s Gold
This book is written by a cross-section of Staff and Teachers from MacArthur’s ministries. It contains some needed rebuttal’s to things such as Warren’s Purpose-Driven Life; John Eldredge’s Wild At Heart; and a review of The Resolve New Testament. Other general chapters on discernment and ministry are helpful and challenging. MacArthur does the chapter on […]
Fool’s Gold
Reviewed by Dan Lucarini When I first met Dr. Shrader for lunch in Denver, we talked about the “death of discernment” in the church and thought someone should write a book about it. Well, someone finally did! This book exposes the root problem that causes many Christians to fall in love with the world and […]
God in the Manger: the miraculous birth ...
This is a 2001 book that can be a blessing at the Christmas season. MacArthur does his usual good job of giving many helpful details regarding the whole scenario of Christ’s birth from the politics of the time to the godly men and women involved in the biblical story. The book also begins with an […]
The Master’s Plan for the Church
This is a 1991 Moody Press book which is a remake of an earlier Study Notes titled, The Anatomy of a Church. If, ten years ago, you thought MacArthur was a radical on church polity, you may see him today as a forthright conservative. Though differing with him in some matters of Baptist distinctives, MacArthur […]
Reckless Faith
This is another timely book by MacArthur. As usual, it is well written and documented. He is critical of the consumer mentality within Christianity and of the lack of discernment among its leadership. He even uses the term ‘‘fundamentalist’’ in a positive light and compliments its founders as men of discernment. This volume is timely […]
The Vanishing Conscience
This is a well written book on an important subject. Regardless of your view of the author’s previous books, this is a subject on which every Christian should read. MacArthur has little time for the self-help and self-esteem teachings and believes we already think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think and that […]
Charismatic Chaos
If you are interested in reading other evaluations of the Vineyard movement, many of which are more thorough, I would suggest the following books and articles. Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur, chapter six, ‘‘What is behind the ‘Third Wave’ and where is it going?’’ Power Religion, edited by Michael Horton, part two, which has three […]
Ashamed of the Gospel
There is so much written today on being ‘‘user-friendly’’ that we need books such as this one to bring some balance. MacArthur says, ‘‘I do believe we can be innovative and creative in how we present the gospel, but we have to be careful to harmonize our methods with the profound spiritual truth we are […]