| Twelve Unlikely Heroes: How God Commissioned Unexpected People in the Bible and What He Wants to Do with You Contributor(s): MacArthur, John F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400206111 ISBN-13: 9781400206117 Publisher: Thomas Nelson OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Holiday - Easter |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John MacArthur reveals how God worked through ordinary people in some unexpected ways. Far from the children's tales depicted in picture books and nursery rhymes, the men and women highlighted in the Bible were unnervingly real. They faltered. They struggled. And at times they fell short. Yet God worked through them in surprising and incredible ways to accomplish His purposes. Scripture does not hide their weaknesses, caricature their strengths, or spin their stories as a display of human nobility. Instead, it describes these heroes of the faith with unflinching honesty and delivers an unexpected ending: "God is not ashamed to be called their God" (Hebrews 11:16). In Twelve Unlikely Heroes, pastor and best-selling author John MacArthur uses his deep knowledge of the Bible and history to take us back to see these three-dimensional men and women in their own times and cultures. In doing so, it becomes clear how their dramatic stories apply to us today. People who might at first seem foreign quickly become familiar and unforgettable, particularly as they reveal the true Hero behind every witness, the power counterbalancing every weakness, "the Author and Finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:1). |
Contributor Bio(s): MacArthur, John F.: - John MacArthur has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, since 1969. His ministry of expository preaching is unparalleled in its breadth and influence. In more than five decades of ministry from the same pulpit, he has preached verse by verse through the entire New Testament and several key sections of the Old Testament. He is president of the Master's University and the Master's Seminary and can be heard daily on the Grace to You radio broadcast (carried on hundreds of radio stations worldwide). He has authored numerous bestselling books, including Twelve Ordinary Men and One Perfect Life. For more details about John MacArthur and his Bible-teaching resources, contact Grace to You at 800-55-GRACE or gty.org. |