The Believer's Armor (Guessing Book)

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Summary: An exquisite resource!
Review: Every once in a while a book comes along and surprises me with its excellence, and this book is one of them. The book was originally written as study notes to accompany a 12-tape series of (12) sermons given by Dr. John MacArthur. The first chapter covers Satan's attacks on the Spirit-filled church (Rev. 1:9-3:19), the next two cover the believer's warfare (Eph. 6:10-13), and the next seven cover the believer's armor (Eph. 6:14-17), while the last two chapters cover praying at all times (Eph. 6:18-24) and principles for powerful living (I Cor. 16:13-14).

There are two things about this book that could potentially drive the reader nuts. First of all, as the notes in this book accompany sermons given one week apart, there is a fair amount of recapitulation. Secondly, this book was not originally intended as a standalone book, which means that what it covers is more in outline form, rather than in prose.

In spite of these things, though, this is an excellent book. There are plenty of sidebars full of information, and the text itself shows Dr. MacArthur's usual heavy use of supporting scripture. Also, while it is something of an outline, it does contain more than enough text to bring the reader along (especially when one's reading it with a Bible handy). It is not heavy with articulation, but I actually found that to be refreshing. Also, I must say that I greatly enjoyed the author's examination of the seven churches of Revelation 1.

So, if you are looking for a book that will enlighten you as to what these select scripture references mean, then I can't recommend this book enough, it is an exquisite resource!