| Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You | 
 enlarge | Author: John Macarthur
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1400280281
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9781400280285
ASIN: 1400280281
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Theywere 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.
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 Women of the Bible are always worth studying. November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 12 extraordinary woman October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
not a good book September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
WOW! What a beautiful exposition of these women! September 15, 2008
This is a truly beautiful writing where the author explains the role of these women. It is thoroughly biblical and very interesting to read.
 Respulsive and Insulting June 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I could only get through the first two chapters before I had to put it down. I sought this book out for inspiration, but found it was sexist and insulting. I write this not because I one of those "new fangled feminist types", but because I posses a brain - a God given one. What I glean from the way the stories are presented is that the author's belief is that women exist only through men and have no real intrinsic purpose or value to God or the world, except through men.
Eve is portryaed as a pathetic figure, the author writes patronizingly about Eve's sin: "As the weaker vessel, away from her husband, but close to the forbidden tree, she was in the most vulnerable position possible..." and "...Adam's sin was deliberate (when he took the apple) and willful in a way Eve's was not. Eve was deceived". So, the author doesn't even think she deserves equal billing in the "downfall".
In chap. 2 about Sarah, when explaining how Sara and Abraham lied when they entered Egypt, saying that Sara was his sister so other men would not kill Abraham for her the author concludes: "...Abraham's motives were selfish and cowardly, and the scheme reflected a serious weakness in his faith. But Sarah's devotion to her husband is nonetheless commendable, and God honored her for it..". So, she is not a whole person in this author's view - they both lied, he calls it "cowardly" on Abraham's part, but believes God commends Sara, because she it was good she supported him - EVEN when he did something "selfish and cowardly".
As a Christian I found the simplistic and ridiculous for the 21st century.
I cannot recommend this book to anyone with a brain.
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