Jesus reuniu em torno de si um grupo de homens completamente distintos um do outro para levar sua missão ao mundo. Um era bastante pessimista. Outro, um rebelde sem causa. Alguns eram rudes pescadores; outro, um cobrador de impostos que enriqueceu às custas do seu próprio povo; outro ainda era um nacionalista ferrenho, que vinha na luta armada o meio correto de libertar seu povo do domínio do poderoso Império Romano. Os doze homens que Jesus chamou para serem seus seguidores, discípulos e amigos não tinham nada que os elevasse acima de outras pessoas. Eram homens comuns, com traços positivos e negativos em seu caráter e em sua história, como cada um de nós. Mas por que Jesus decidiu escolher justamente esses para transformar o mundo por meio do Evangelho? Em Doze homens extraordinariamente comuns, John MacArthur analisa os doze apóstolos de Cristo um a um a partir dos registros a seu respeito nas Escrituras. Cada capítulo apresenta preciosidades sobre esses homens e confirma a verdade de que Deus pode se valer das pessoas mais comuns, vindas dos lugares mais insignificantes, e usá-las para realizar coisas formidáveis no mundo, demonstrando que Deus ainda transforma o comum em extraordinário.
John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a fifth-generation preacher who serves as a pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also a prolific author, conference speaker, and is president of The Master's College and Seminary. MacArthur received a B.A. from Los Angeles Pacific College, his M.Div. from Talbot Theological Seminary, Litt.D. at Grace Graduate School, and D.D. from Talbot Theological Seminary. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he regularly teaches Expository Preaching at the seminary and frequently speaks in chapel.
MacArthur's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. 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. In thirty-six years of ministry, Grace to You has distributed more than thirteen million CDs and audiotapes.
John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the President of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Theologically, MacArthur is a conservative far-right Baptist, a strong proponent of expository preaching, a dispensationalist and a self-described Calvinist. He has been acknowledged by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live as representative of an evangelical Christian perspective.
MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award. Other best-selling books include his MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series (more than 1 million copies), Twelve Ordinary Men, (more than 500,000 copies), and the children's book A Faith to Grow On, which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award.
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