Study Guides by
John MacArthur
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Twelve Extraordinary Women
Twelve Extraordinary Women by John MacArthur is a study of twelve women whose lives are woven into the grand tapestry of God's redemptive story. MacArthur's central thesis is both surprising and liberating: what made these women extraordinary was not their natural talent, social standing, or personal charisma, but the power and grace of the God they trusted. From Eve in the Garden to Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb, each woman appears at a pivotal moment in redemptive history — not as a footnote, but as an essential thread in the story God is telling. MacArthur argues that their struggles, doubts, failures, and acts of faith are the same ones believers face in every age, and that the God who shaped them is still shaping ordinary people today.
View Discussion GuideTwelve Ordinary Men
In Twelve Ordinary Men, John MacArthur makes a stunning and deeply encouraging claim: Jesus did not choose the most gifted, the most educated, or the most religiously polished men to carry the gospel to the world. He chose twelve ordinary men — men marked by doubt, pride, impetuosity, political zeal, and even betrayal — and transformed them into the pillars of the church. MacArthur's central thesis is that God's pattern has never changed: He delights to display His glory through weak and unlikely vessels, so that no one can mistake the power as belonging to the messenger rather than to the message. By examining each apostle's personality, background, failures, and transformation, MacArthur invites readers to see that the same Jesus who made fishermen into world-changers is still in the business of making something extraordinary out of ordinary lives.
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