Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern [Hardcover]

John F. MacArthur (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1994

In a society that is hostile to anyone who declares absolutes, that tolerates faith in any form, that values emotion over reason and trendiness over conviction, it's no suprise that many American chuches have lost their ability to discern between biblical truth and doctrinal error. John MacArthur attempts to set them straight.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891077936
• ISBN-13: 978-0891077930
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Widely known for his thorough, candid approach to teaching God's Word, John MacArthur is a popular author and conference speaker and has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. John and his wife, Patricia, have four grown children and fourteen grandchildren.
John's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in seven countries. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, audiotapes, and CDs by John MacArthur.
John is president of The Master's College and Seminary and has written hundreds of books and study guides, each one biblical and practical. Best-selling titles include The Gospel According to Jesus, Truth War, The Murder of Jesus, Twelve Ordinary Men, Twelve Extraordinary Women, and The MacArthur Study Bible, a 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion recipient.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Admonition against leading cause of compromised churches, October 15, 1999

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This review is from: Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern (Hardcover)

Well, this book really nails the underlying root cause of many of professing 'evangelical' church problems. Lack of discernment, which is directly related to biblical ignorance and/or disobedience, is identified in several of it's symptoms as evidenced by the modern church's quest for success. MacArthur exhorts us to return to the discipline of scriptural reason. Where pragmatism, emotion, and a fondness for the world's approval have taken over the thinking and methodology of many Christian ministries, the author seeks to give us a biblical and historical perspective to help us return to the chief concern of being found faithful to the Lord and His word, which often conflicts with the world's vision of success. I have given away ten copies of this volumn because it is an excellent treatment of an epidemic largely undiagnosed in today's professing church; this book belongs in all Pastor's and church's libraries.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MacArthur does it again, August 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern (Hardcover)

A great treatise on the movement in the church today that is both reckless and dangerous. John MacArthur guides the reader through 7 chapters dealing with: 1) The war against reason, 2) The rise of reckless faith, 3) Biblical formula for discernment, 4) What are the fundamentals of christianity, 5) Evangelicals and Catholics together, 6) The "Holy laughter" movement, 7) Looking for truth in all the wrong places, and an appendix on Jonathan Edward's theology of discernment. It's time for the church to return to a spirit of discernment, and this book gives a layout of the steps needed to do just that.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loving Discernment, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern (Hardcover)

Like the apostle Paul, John Macarthur conveys a tone of firm and no-nonsense adherence to God's word balanced with loving appeals and warnings to those who have strayed from the 'non-negotiable' truths of the Christian doctrine.

Clear and scripturally-supported ideas allow Christians to humbly but courageously defend themselves against the often intimidating arguments advanced by church proponents of political correctness, relativism and 'feel-good' mysticism.

Those who believe in the 'plain sense of scripture' as the guiding principle for understanding the Bible will probably find this book an easy and riveting read and its challenges against sophisticated-sounding and subtle false teachings well-grounded.