Revised and updated, the MacArthur Study Guide Series continues to be one of the best selling study guide series on the market today. For small group or individual use, intriguing questions and new material take the participant deeper into God's Word.
John F. MacArthur, Jr. was a United States Calvinistic evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You and as the editor of the Gold Medallion Book Award-winning MacArthur Study Bible. MacArthur was a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker, and served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California beginning in 1969, as well as President of The Master’s College (and the related Master’s Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Oops finished this awhile ago with the ladies in my church. It brought up some very interesting questions and theological discussions. The questions were well done always bringing you back to what the Scripture was actually saying not, and gave many other Scripture references to get you digging deeper and studying more on your own. Our Womans's Bible study is now doing J Mac's Acts study. Looking forward to that as well.
My main complaint about this John MacArthur Bible study -- and I'll bet it will be the same with the James study we are starting on -- is that he doesn't leave enough space to answer the questions. There will be a question with five blank lines under it, and below that, five Bible passages to consider when answering the questions. By the time you've jotted down notes from those passages, you don't have room to address the question itself. At least I don't; I write big. It also contains, I'm convinced, a few typos that sent us running after the wrong Bible passages. But MacArthur's questions and commentary were good springboards for the discussions we've had in our men's group on Thursday evenings this year. The best part of those discussions, really, were the other guys: Jack, Bill, Jeff, Gary, Ed and Dennis. But MacArthur -- and Peter -- gave us a good starting point.
John MacArthur does a fantastic job of challenging the reader to think more deeply about the scripture being studied. The Bible has all the answers we need, but it's nice to have some perspective brought to what we study.
A very comprehensive study guide. I like the Bible verses and contextual history he provides. One thing in particular - there are always clear Biblical answers to the study questions he asks. So you don't finish a lesson and wonder just what exactly it was you were studying.