The book “The Jesus You Can’t Ignore” by John MacArthur begins with "What you must learn from the bold confrontations of Christ". MacArthur goes in to great detail looking beyond how most people see Jesus Christ. The author looks into the more confrontational side of Jesus how he stood up to the Pharisees and other non-believers. How even Jesus was not always the timid and reserve man that many assume he is all the time. McArthur takes a few examples and drives each one into biblical based details to support his theories behind what Jesus needed to do to get his message across be it confrontational or not.
If the author’s goal was to direct his book to clergy, seminary students or individual who have invested years to study the bible then this is a must read. To the people who have knowledge behind the bible then this book will hit home and will be an excellent reference for later.
If the author’s goal was to direct his book to the general public interested in finding out more about Jesus then he missed the mark by a mile. I understood entirely what he was trying to get across but I had concerns about others. Most of the common church going people I know never made it past the prologue or introduction. Many were interested in what he had to say but were turned off by his ranting and ravings at the beginning. Which is unfortunate since the majority of the book provided great information.
I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through Booksneeze.com in exchange for my honest review of the book.
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