Book Review: The Jesus You Can't Ignore
In typical style, Dr. John MacArthur unpacks several chapters of Jesus' confrontations and rebukes of the religiosity and legalism of the Jewish leaders of his day. While being both very thorough in the exegesis of the texts he chooses as well as very relevant to contemporary expressions of legalism in the church Dr. MacArthur gives us a good sense of the world of Jesus and how we might confront and deal with legalism today. The book can be a bit redundant, but partly because of the ongoing confrontation between Jesus and his critics that led right up to his death. Overall it is a helpful book for dealing with legalistic, religious people today and seeing how Jesus exposes even our own legalism. Standard fare from Dr. MacArthur here, well written, well argued, straight forward.
