Jesus Unleashed: Reviewed

 

Jesus Unleashed, is not a Christian living book helping the reader break free from sin, the flesh & the devil.  Much like the confrontations the author has had with the City of Los Angeles and the state of California, over the closing of churches and mask wearing in public worship  from the start of Covid mandating. Jesus Christ had his share of confrontations with the Pharisees’ of his day. Did you know when Jesus healed on the Sabbath his action broke  Moses law? Why were the religious leaders of his day always present when Jesus healed the sick, opened blind eyes, and raised the dead? In John MacArthur s latest book "Jesus Unleashed" you will quickly discover why Jesus gave five woe’s to the Pharisees, Why would Jesus purposefully provoke strife rather than trying to make peace with these religious leaders?  Was Jesus really meek and mild? Come on in and let’s dive in a little further read more…

 

Jesus Unleashed: A new vision of the bold confrontations of Christ and why they matter review

Author: John McArthur

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

ISBN: 9780785242970

Page count:  148

Derived from material previously published: The Jesus You Can’t Ignore.

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Jesus Unleashed: Introduction

Let's start with the front cover. There is no art work. The cover is just a plain bright white hardback cover, except for the "from the bestselling author of Only Jesus, "John MacArthur.

Then there is the title;

Jesus Unleashed and a diagonal slash through the last word along with a break below it. Before I talk about the subtitle, let's take a moment to ponder the title itself. 

When I first heard about this particular book a few months before it was to be released it was the title that grab my attention. After all what is more hypnotic and captures your attention aside from a one word title is a two word title.

Surely, this wasn't another  book about the second coming, or one based on a chapter or a few verses on the beginning of the church from the book of Acts? 

Needless to say, the title did grab my attention. As we move down the cover we come to the sub title.

"A New Vision of The Bold Confrontations of Christ And Why They Matter."

Now this brings us to the conclusion that this book is going to be about how Jesus dealt with the religious rulers of his time. And it is. The outlined in true John MacArthur style, from the Gospel records of Mathew to John, which brings the reader to a full picture of the contents of this book. 

Notice the back cover. 

In the late 90's to about 2010, and still today publishers have quite using the synopsis or most known as a description, which aids the reader to decide to purchase a book. Instead many books just have several recommendations or short one to two sentence reviews by top authorities.

I am glad that Thomas Nelson has return to the book description. 

As we get older print size matters. Jesus Unleashed, is a small hard back book with (this just a guess,) print size about a 7 font size. Let me give you a few examples of just how small this book is and I will show you a comparison of another of John's book.

As you can see as a closed book it is only 4 5/8" wide by 7 1/4" long.

This is not a very big book compared to his regular size hardbacks such as Christ's call to reform the church, or his foundation series. 

 You can see there is a good one in a half inch difference in the length. Now let's compare the print size if you can see a difference.

The print size seems to be larger on the regular hard back. Also notice the paper. It seems the publisher is using an opaque paper that maybe recycled-instead of a crisp white as the other book. Recycled paper is actually great to use, but when combined with such a small font it actually limits the readers pace.

 

Fully open the book is only 8 3/4" wide. 

 

What's inside? 

 

Let's take a closer look at the table of contents ...

Every chapter is just as intriguing as the next. The most important chapter this reviewer feels is the most beneficial is chapter 7 unpardonable sin. The religious leader of the temple were looking for a why to kill Jesus at this time. They were even willing to falsely accuse him in order to get the job done. 

The author goes into detail expositing scripture of what this sin is, while unfolding the original confrontations is the story.

I am not going to spoil this book for you, understand that during Jesus' ministry he was at war, spiritual war with false teachers, doctrines of men and devil's. What ever your perception of who Jesus was in the gospels "Jesus Unleashed" will challenge your idea's and you will never look at these confrontations the same again.

Conclusion

 

Back in 2020, John MacArthur, and his church hired Jenna Ellis, an attorney known for being on FPOTUS Donald Trump'$, legal team, to take on the State of California draconian mandates. A God given right and one that the  framers of our constitution included because God said in scripture; "not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near." Hebrews 10: 25 NASB 2020. 

In September of 2021, John MacArthur, and his church won their Supreme Court case against covid 19 restrictions against the county of Los Angeles, and the state of California, and settled for $800,000. 

That is exactly what this book is all about. This is a fantastic read and one that will challenge you the reader as well. 

The only problem that this reviewer had was the small print size, but that is why we now have options to get a digital copy. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes straight forward biblical teaching from a master teacher. If your a Pastor, Sunday school teacher, or have group bible study, this book can also be a good bible study material.

The spiritual fight continues even today. Just as Jesus, clearly stated in John 15:20 " Remember the word that I said to you, a slave is not greater than master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you as well; NASB 2020 version.

 

 

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