Book Review - Slave by John MacArthur

“To be a Christian is to be a slave of Jesus Christ.”  MacArthur starts and ends his book with the same question- “What does it mean to be a Christian?”.  Throughout the book, he brings answers to the question, in a writing style that is part theology, part history.  He goes from explaining the history of slavery to how God adopts us as slaves into His kingdom.

I really really liked the idea of this book.  It sounded great, a book on how the word slave has been mistranslated into English because of how history changed the meaning of the word…and for a few chapters, it was great…but then it got boring, real boring.  If you’re a theology student, intense pastor or college professor, this is a great book that you’ll be loving on for years!  If you’re someone who doesn’t do tons of deep reading…you might want to skip this one!

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