Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9781400280285
ISBN: 1400280281
Label: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson

They were ordinary, common, and in some cases shockingly low-caste, yet each was made extraordinary by her life-changing encounter with God.

Readers will be challenged and motivated by Twelve Extraordinary Women, a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers at all ages. Inside this book, best-selling author and Bible teacher John MacArthur shows that the God to whom they were so committed is the same God who continues to mold and use ordinary people today.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Any useful insights compromised by conjecture and opinion.
Comment: Twelve Extraordinary Women seems, to me, to be an exercise in extraordinary, opinion-laden criticism of 12 notable women in the Bible. Often, it can be helpful to consider what might have been going on in the lives and minds of characters in the Bible, so we can better relate to and learn from them. However, it is the author's responsibility to carefully delineate fact from speculation. MacArthur failed to do this. In this book, the author blends his personal conjectures, historical context, and Biblical facts so seamlessly that the reader is unable to distinguish between them.

Furthermore, Scriptural references are cited and conclusions are drawn that do not always seem to be supported by the cited Scripture. All in all, it leaves the reader feeling uneasy about what was actually learned in the reading of it.

Emotionally I also found the book troubling, in that the author liberally casts dispersions on women of the Bible that G-d (Who is its divine author) declares as models of faith and whom are included, no doubt, for a purpose, which was certainly not one to discourage and denigrate women.

After forcing myself to read about the first three women in the book, I simply could not read any more, as I didn't want to internalize the mixed bag of opinion, speculation and facts that the author presents.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Author's assumptions
Comment: The author has a interesting imagination. He makes a lot of assumptions on what the women are thinking or doing. Also, his comments are from a sexist viewpoint! When women make mistakes, they are sinners; but for the men it's ok!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Women of the Bible are always worth studying.
Comment: John MacArthur presents women of the Bible in an easy-to-ready manner and I appreciate the depth of each presentation. However, our group of ladies was critical thinkers and if there were instances when speculation occurred on the author's part or if he interpreted the Scripture with a certain slant, we were able to compare those thoughts against the Word and determine for ourselves what the Truth truly was/is. A book can guide, as did "12 Extraordinary Women", but the Bible still is the ultimate study guide. The Bible is where life-changing verses can penetrate the heart and change lives.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: 12 extraordinary woman
Comment: This book is really great! It talks about the woman in the bible but it also shows me how much similar they are to me and other woman around me. They are woman seeking God's heart just like we. The only difference it time. That was then and this is now. Us. I recommend this book to all the extraordinary women our there. Because we are EXTRAORDINARY!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: not a good book
Comment: I did not care for this book. Some of the content in this book is not only wrong, but insulting! The chapter on Mary is particularly offensive. I could not even read it. I would not recommend this book to others.

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