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Title: The Murder Of Jesus by John F., Jr MacArthur ISBN: 0-8499-1554-6 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Almost as riveting as Scripture!
Comment: I read MacArthur's book in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the physical torture that crucifixion brings. I finished the book with a deeper and keener awareness of what Jesus Christ endured for me and EVERY other mortal human being who has lived, is living and will live on this earth.
When reading Scripture, I've found that unless you know the contextual background, you won't realize the Word's full impact. Study aids help to understand cultural, grammatical and traditional customs of biblical times. MacArthur provides that and much, much more. In reference to the Passion Week, he smoothly blends top-notch research with the holy narrative to illuminate the goings-on in Jerusalem, detailing the mechanisms of Jewish law, Roman law and how the two should work together. He unveils the Jews' blatant disregard of the government in conspiring to kill the Son of God and the reckless, desperate abandon and hypocrisy they used to do so.
MacArthur makes you feel like an eyewitness to the events, offering emotional insights that will pull on your heart, water your eyes and drop a lump into your throat. The disappointment in the apostles, the Lord's physical fatigue and the bloodthirst of the Jewish leaders smacks you in the face!
You can't help but notice a difference when you read the crucifixion accounts after reading this book. Besides reintroducing you to your need for God's salvation through Christ, MacArthur gives you a moment-by-moment description of every slap, whip, spit, thorn, nail and spear that should have been borne by ALL of us. He spurs you to meditate why Jesus, being perfect, holy and righteous in all things, volunteered to receive the treatment, punishment and fate of common criminals and miscreants.
MacArthur allows you to feel the humiliation, disgust and agony in your spirit. Therefore, he helps you to appreciate even greater how much God loves us. This book will revolutionize your spiritual thinking and humble you at His feet with awe, submission and gratitude.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Explanation
Comment: I picked up this book after watching "The Passion of the Christ" to get a further explanation of the last hours of Jesus' life from a trusted biblical scholar. Once again, Macarthur did not disappoint and he really has put together here an entertaining, inspiring, and educational book on the death of Jesus. I recommend this book to anyone who has seen "The Passion" and walked away with certain questions. While you read this book, you can visualize the movie. The Chapters are short and make for easy reading, especially for commuters.
To those whose review of this book was limited to the "Jesus' death wasn't murder" variety, miss the point completely. First, the legal definition of murder, with slight jurisdictional twists, is essentially, "an intentional and unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought." Thus, Jesus death was murder in the sense that it was an intentional and unlawful killing. There were certainly no grounds for his crucifixion and calling it murder is actually accurate. Parenthetically, calling it involuntary manslaughter (e.g. an accident) would of course be incorrect. Despite the "in your face" title, Macarthur makes great strides to point out that the death of Jesus was prophesized and part of God's plan. In fact, Isaiah states it pleased the Lord (which is included in the book). The book also includes the fact that Jesus laid down his life on this own accord.
The book also interestingly points out why Jesus had to be pointed out by Judas when he was always teaching in public, which I thought was a great and insightful analysis.
I hope you found this review helpful!
Rating: 1
Summary: Too Anti-Catholic
Comment: This is a good book, but I had to give it one star to offset all the other great reviews. The author lets his anti-Catholic prejudices get in the way of his story, as he will leave the actual story line to give reasons why the Catholic Church has "bad" teachings.
The most obvious problem with this is that the book is supposed to be about the death of Jesus (which wasn't a murder, because murder is a legal term and a government cannot murder anyone) not about why the Roman Catholic Church is wrong.
The second problem is that he gives no evidence that the Church is really wrong. He says things like "common sense tells you" or "Let's be perfectly clear: this is the case," etc. Common sense obviously tells the one billion Catholics in the world differently. If he would view the scriptures in a historical and traditional context he would see things differently.
If you can discard his anti-Catholic approach it really is a great book on the death of Christ. I would recommend getting it from the library, though, and not wasting money on it.
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Title: Gospel According to Jesus, The by John F. MacArthur ISBN: 0310394910 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 18 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness and What He Wants to Do With You by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849917735 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Battle For The Beginning by John MacArthur ISBN: 0849916259 Publisher: W Publishing Group Pub. Date: 04 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Case for Easter: Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection by Lee Strobel ISBN: 0310254752 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $2.99 |
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Title: Anxiety Attacked: John Macarthur, Jr (MacArthur Study) by John, Jr. MacArthur ISBN: 1564761282 Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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