James (MacArthur Bible Studies) (Paperback)

by John MacArthur (Author) "Explain why the so-called health and wealth gospel is so popular in the North American church, especially when the New Testament paints a contrary picture..." (more)
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Product Description
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.

About the Author
JOHN F. MACARTHUR pastors Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and serves as president of the Master's College and Seminary. A well-known Bible expositor and conference speaker, he has written more than six dozen books, including the MacArthur New Testament Commentary series and the MacArthur Study Bible. He is the Bible teacher on Grace to You, an international radio broadcast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418508896
• ISBN-13: 978-1418508890
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for personal or group studies., February 8, 2009

By	W. Matthews (Strongstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: James: Guidelines for a Happy Christian Life (MacArthur Bible Studies) (Paperback)

This study guide series is one of the best I have ever used.

Macarthur gives an introduction to the book of James regarding the authorship, the background and setting, along with historical and theological themes. He also mentions some interpretive challenges that may arise from the Scripture.

MacArthur starts each chapter with some opening questions and then provides some background information to the passage of scripture. There is room in the study guide for you to answer the questions. The scripture is then read (which is included in the study guide) along with some of MacArthur's notes about the passage.

There are then several questions to help you understand the passage better. MacArthur provides a cross-reference Scripture passage to further explore the meaning of the original passage from James. There are, of course, additional questions to ponder or discuss.

Finally, MacArthur sums up the passage and lists a few more questions to help you reflect on the text and what you have learned.

I highly recommend this study guide series for either your own personal study or a group discussion. Each chapter can take about an hour during a group Bible Study meeting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Kindle Formatting, May 28, 2009

By	Erik A. Hanson (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked this up on the Kindle for a small-group study, but had to buy a hard copy, as the formatting made reading difficult and ruined my ability to converse with my small group. I'm not entirely certain that I'm not reading a drastically revamped text, since I'm often unable to find passages my group is talking about.

An example: The text will have a few verses of James, accompanied by explanations of key terms, often with reference to nuances in the meaning of the original Greek. That's fabulous. The Kindle version, however, gives the reader a couple verses, a page or two of blank space (but for a vertical line down the screen) and then some of the definitions, effectively removing the definitions from their context and making comprehension prohibitively difficult.

I have no qualms with the hard-copy version. It's just the Kindle adaptation that frustrates me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, September 13, 2008

By	Cookie (San Marcos, CA) - See all my reviews

Very informative, almost too much! A great study aid for individual study when a group is not available.